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posted by [personal profile] rivers_bend at 11:39am on 14/04/2007 under
How can it be one hundred and twenty pounds less expensive for me to take two long-haul flights than one? That makes no sense to me at all. Though it does give me good reason to come back and visit. Except then I will still have to fly home again. Though a one way ticket in winter is bound to be less than a one-way in the summer. And... VISIT!

etaNope, a one-way ticket is 664 quid every day of the year from the looks of it. fuck me gently with a chainsaw.
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posted by [identity profile] jadesfire.livejournal.com at 12:54pm on 14/04/2007
What the...how is that possible? who the hell decides these things? do they own a calculator? or a brain?
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posted by [identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com at 12:57pm on 14/04/2007
A one way ticket is much cheaper if I fly from Heathrow to Paris to New York to San Francisco as well. and here I'd thought that the less time I spent in the air polluting the planet the less it should cost me. go figure.
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posted by [identity profile] jadesfire.livejournal.com at 01:01pm on 14/04/2007
You know, it's a while since I did geography, but I'm pretty sure Paris isn't between London and San Francisco :) Mind you, BAA put Stansted (Essex) in Kent on a recent map, so anything's possible...
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posted by [identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com at 01:04pm on 14/04/2007
I guess to Air France it makes sense. Cos i need what is already an 11 hour journey stretched to almost 20. I might as well go to Australia. Madness. My time is worth enough to me that I'm not doing the three planes journey, no matter how much less it costs.
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posted by [identity profile] shezan.livejournal.com at 03:14pm on 14/04/2007
Tickets are consolidated by airlines in flights in which they try to beef up the number of passengers. The flights would be aloft anyway, so the fuel consumption isn't really affected.

That being said, have you tried Virgin on the UK-US route? I've always had good experiences with them.
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posted by [identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com at 03:15pm on 14/04/2007
I only fly Virgin. I'm a snob that way.
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posted by [identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com at 03:19pm on 14/04/2007
ooops, hit send. The service and comfort on Virgin are so far superior to any other airline I've flown for that long journey that I always thing it's worth it. Once, when the difference was more than 200 quid I flew United. It was worth 200 quid, but wouldn't have been worth 100.
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posted by [identity profile] shezan.livejournal.com at 03:37pm on 14/04/2007
Yes, completely agreed. I fly them from London to the US rather than taking a direct Air France supereconomy flight from Paris, that's how much I prefer them. More space, lots of movies, and a nice crew. I've flown them in all three classes, and they're always nicer than the competition.
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posted by [identity profile] tattooedraven.livejournal.com at 03:24pm on 14/04/2007
Completey sympathsize with you, I had to book my airline ticket a year in advance to get a decent rate from NM to Greece. My travel agent used a consolidator as well. While the rate was I could afford, the flights themselves were less than pleasant but in the end the trip was completely worth it.

/Raven's randomness. Good Luck!
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posted by [identity profile] karaokegal.livejournal.com at 03:43am on 16/04/2007
And you thought it was just the limos that were driving me crazy.
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