Lemsta69 Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 28 minutes ago, crouchpeter said: 2 weeks holiday in Australia will probably cost twice as much as 2 weeks in Bali or Thailand, including airfares. Every hotel, country restaurant, coffee shop etc. is a rip-off. The Maggie Beer <deleted> syndrome! but Aussies like it that way, gives them something to complain about. if they were really worried about prices they'd do something about it. but it's easier just to hand over your hard-earned to the rich corporations then go on Facebook and whine about it ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinny41 Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 I suspect there wouldn't be many European forum members trying the alternatives as some options more expensive than flying Who Needs Planes? From London to Bangkok Without Flying https://www.jtgtravel.com/europe/united-kingdom/london-to-bangkok-without-flying/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dick turpin Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 (edited) Checked Emirates today BKK to LHR business class B150,000 through August and December, back end of 2018 paid B110,000.......know where the missus is sitting on the next flight. Edited July 4, 2022 by dick turpin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricTh Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 Bummer! Just when the travel restrictions have just been lifted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 6 hours ago, Mac Mickmanus said: How else should the airlines recoup their losses ? and what about the ordinary people? Do they not have losses?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearbox Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 14 hours ago, BestB said: A mate booked a flight Syd to Bkk, with Quantas, $1850, normally it was 1100-1300 max If it is during the school holidays it can go that high, it's the prime rip off time. Tickets with Jetstar in October - November recently were as low as $175 from Sydney to Phuket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisisrascal Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 (edited) Back in November 2021 I paid £350 for LHR to Phuket rtn for March with Etihad. Back in April I paid £650 for BHX to BKK rtn for June with KLM. (This was Economy Comfort and checked baggage) Last week I paid £580 for LHR to BKK rtn for October with Eva. I’m looking at Skyscanner now and you can get an indirect flight in October for £380with Saudi or £480 with Royal Jordanian, both flying from LHR return. Both include checked baggage (Something that the European airlines do not). The key as always is flexibility. Edited July 4, 2022 by thisisrascal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wealthychef Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 On 7/3/2022 at 12:54 PM, webfact said: This coupled with the fuel hikes Oh, and the massive layoffs to spike profits in the middle of the pandemic... leads to another round of price gouging to hurts those same workers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andycoops Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 23 hours ago, RichardColeman said: Certainly Thai air can dictate some silly prices to LHR direct, but if BA return and EVA return to normal then those prices will have to go down. Personally I think its about lack of airline choice and profiteering rather than fuel cost The people at Thai are too dumb to lower fares to meet the competition, they never did it before and they certainly won't now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidgy Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 1 hour ago, Andycoops said: The people at Thai are too dumb to lower fares to meet the competition, they never did it before and they certainly won't now. Flying every three weeks between EU and BKK, I think it polite to tell you, Thai Airways have been my cheapest option on all but two occasions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedhump Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 "the current expensive flights are caused by 1 / Fuel costs 2 / Reduced flights because of lack of check in staff and baggage handlers 3 / High season and school holidays." The first is reasonable if cost increases need to be passed on to the end user. The other two seem not necessary and are there only to increase profit on the number of flights actually performed. Increased demand does not lead to increased costs, and increases in price are because sellers want to shaft buyers while they can. ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BestB Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 13 hours ago, gearbox said: If it is during the school holidays it can go that high, it's the prime rip off time. Tickets with Jetstar in October - November recently were as low as $175 from Sydney to Phuket. It was for next week flight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eaglekott Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 Prices for flights is a lot depending on availability and demand, If the demand is higher than seats available prices go up fast. I also believe most air lines do not have staff yet to bring all their planes up in the air. Even ground staff has not enough staff, and when I was checking in yesterday the nice lady at the checkin counter, told me they were terrible understaffed. The queue line at the check in counter was extremely long. Never seen it this long with only 3 economy checkin counters open, 3 Gold members/Business class fast track checkin helped as much as they could. Before they open the gate (was very late) the same lady came rushing to help with the gate work. They started boarding at scheduled departure time. Well in Bangkok we had to wait close to one hour before the first bags hit the luggage carousel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eaglekott Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 17 hours ago, vinny41 said: I suspect there wouldn't be many European forum members trying the alternatives as some options more expensive than flying Who Needs Planes? From London to Bangkok Without Flying https://www.jtgtravel.com/europe/united-kingdom/london-to-bangkok-without-flying/ Im not even sure its possible to go those suggested routes any longer, they seams to go through Russia. Does passenger trains go that route? And if they do who would travel with them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimjim1 Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 On 7/4/2022 at 1:09 AM, Iamfalang said: have a feeling I'll only be able to buy a loaf of bread and a broken watch when I get to falang land. Sorry the breads out, but I have a few broken watches you can have Cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joskeshake Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 On 7/4/2022 at 7:39 PM, crouchpeter said: July and August to Europe is high season. Should have waited until September. Much cheaper. I know but I was already too long in <deleted> Belgium 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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