Flights back to UK - Price jump 30% in one day
Mar 1st 2013, 12:59 am
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Re: Flights back to UK - Price jump 30% in one day
I found Qantas and Emirates similar in price, but Qantas (also Virgin Australia) don't seem to fly direct, they go to other Australian airports first. Thanks for your help guys, I'll have to keep researching. It is just so frustrating when found what I want and was a bit of a shock to see it change so drastically. I expected may fluctuate by maybe up to $200 in total but not that much. I've done 20 flights over the last 12 months, and not seen a change like that.
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Mar 1st 2013, 1:01 am
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Re: Flights back to UK - Price jump 30% in one day
It's always worth knowing what is a good price and booking it when you find it - things have a habit of changing.
What is probably worth doing is seeing if other airlines have implemented (or will soon) some cheaper fares (eg KLM?) in this new month. To me $3850 for an adult and toddler isn't a particularly good fare anyway.
What is probably worth doing is seeing if other airlines have implemented (or will soon) some cheaper fares (eg KLM?) in this new month. To me $3850 for an adult and toddler isn't a particularly good fare anyway.
Mar 1st 2013, 1:22 am
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Re: Flights back to UK - Price jump 30% in one day
My wife has found the original emirates flight, for the original price, on a US website. I can only assume it is because it is still yesterday there!! She tried booking it online but it got confused as our son is 1 on the outbound leg, and it is his birthday while away so he will be 2 when returning. She is on the phone to them now, my fingers are very much crossed that this goes through!!
Mar 1st 2013, 1:58 am
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Re: Flights back to UK - Price jump 30% in one day
Don't forget also the prices will be on an upward trend anyway as the northern spring / summer approaches. Will go down again for a little while between September and October before the Christmas rush.
Mar 1st 2013, 2:09 am
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Woohoo it worked! I got the 'sale' price (Booking confirmation email etc received). It will be interesting to go on the same site when the US reaches today to see if the fares go up. A definite lesson learnt though, get the flights booked, no messing.
Mar 1st 2013, 2:18 am
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You were lucky.Well done.Most of us have made that mistake.
Mar 1st 2013, 2:30 am
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Re: Flights back to UK - Price jump 30% in one day
Hey all, just a rant, I don't think anything I can do. Anyway, my wife is pregnant and wants to go back home with our 2 year old as it will be the last opportunity to see her parents for a long time.
We scoped out flights, found Emirates Adelaide to Manchester $3582 for them both. Seems to be similar for the next 6 months every day. We didn't book it, put it off until I got paid just to make sure we had enough cash. So from last night we found the flight online. Went to the travel agent this morning just to see if they could beat it. Price came up at roughly $4500. We told them much cheaper online, she had a look and no it isn't anymore. Pretty much every airline price has jumped this much. How / why does this happen? Does anyone know?
We scoped out flights, found Emirates Adelaide to Manchester $3582 for them both. Seems to be similar for the next 6 months every day. We didn't book it, put it off until I got paid just to make sure we had enough cash. So from last night we found the flight online. Went to the travel agent this morning just to see if they could beat it. Price came up at roughly $4500. We told them much cheaper online, she had a look and no it isn't anymore. Pretty much every airline price has jumped this much. How / why does this happen? Does anyone know?
Mar 1st 2013, 3:54 am
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Re: Flights back to UK - Price jump 30% in one day
raven you are totally right, the flight we have luckily just booked if it was reversed as in a return flight to adelaide from manchester yesterday was £1400 (about $2200), where the same flight but from adelaide to manchester was $3600. It is a complete rip off. I don't know how they can justify it!
Today they have both gone up, but still the UK return to Oz is £2200 ($3300) and the Oz return to UK is $4500.
Today they have both gone up, but still the UK return to Oz is £2200 ($3300) and the Oz return to UK is $4500.
Mar 1st 2013, 4:05 am
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i have to go back in augh for a wedding and was going to book brisbane to manchester with a stop over in singapore either side. 2 days ago it was $5500 it is now $6500 i am absolutely gutted. This is just another example of rip off Australia. If you look at the price in pounds you pay doing it in the other direction from the uk. Then do the currency conversion you will be very very surprised at how much more we pay !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Seriously, it is easy to do with very little hassle.
Mar 1st 2013, 4:14 am
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thank you amazulu i will have a go right now
Mar 1st 2013, 4:16 am
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raven you are totally right, the flight we have luckily just booked if it was reversed as in a return flight to adelaide from manchester yesterday was £1400 (about $2200), where the same flight but from adelaide to manchester was $3600. It is a complete rip off. I don't know how they can justify it!
Today they have both gone up, but still the UK return to Oz is £2200 ($3300) and the Oz return to UK is $4500.
Today they have both gone up, but still the UK return to Oz is £2200 ($3300) and the Oz return to UK is $4500.
Mar 1st 2013, 4:37 am
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Re: Flights back to UK - Price jump 30% in one day
I'm not sure what you want the govt to do? It's pretty much a classic case of supply and demand. The airlines are running a business - they will charge the fare particular markets can afford to bear - it's what most business do when they set their prices. If the fares were too high, the planes would be empty and they'd drop their prices accordingly. As it stands flights are mostly pretty full.
Mar 1st 2013, 4:53 am
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I'm not sure what you want the govt to do? It's pretty much a classic case of supply and demand. The airlines are running a business - they will charge the fare particular markets can afford to bear - it's what most business do when they set their prices. If the fares were too high, the planes would be empty and they'd drop their prices accordingly. As it stands flights are mostly pretty full.
If the won't you send in the auditors (they are always guilty of something)
If they still won't, you implement rules, with fines. If you are the US, you hijack them off plane and throw them in jail.
Generally before this point, they give in.
See the EU for this policy being applied. If they can tell mobile phone companies how much they can charge, or MS what software they are allowed to include, then the Oz government can tell airlines that fares have to be equal independent of which airport comes first.
Mar 1st 2013, 5:53 am
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Re: Flights back to UK - Price jump 30% in one day
Same experience here.
A few days ago BNE>MAN & LCA>DXB>BNE in May cost $4100 for 2 adults
Today price has increased to $5533.
Though the emirates website does not provide sufficient detail to determine whether the increases apply to a certain route or across the board, to pass a 39% increase off as supply and demand is absurd.
The cynic I have become leads me to believe it's more to do with the Qantas tie-up than any supposed supply & demand factors. i.e rip off Australia.
A few days ago BNE>MAN & LCA>DXB>BNE in May cost $4100 for 2 adults
Today price has increased to $5533.
Though the emirates website does not provide sufficient detail to determine whether the increases apply to a certain route or across the board, to pass a 39% increase off as supply and demand is absurd.
The cynic I have become leads me to believe it's more to do with the Qantas tie-up than any supposed supply & demand factors. i.e rip off Australia.
Mar 1st 2013, 6:31 am
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