US Airways Dividend Miles - Economics To/From TLV

Can someone please explain these economics to me:

1) I'm going to be in the MRY area in August. I was supposed to fly back to TLV to be with Mrs. NYTA for 10 days and then back to MRY. Bought a ticket on US for $1,763.

Now Mrs. NYTA says "maybe I'll join you in MRY instead" so I think, great, I'll just get a credit on the ticket and buy another one from TLV-MRY and back for her. Price on that itinerary for the same time period: $2,206. Why?

2) Coach tickets from TLV-LON are always in the $700-800 range. Business class - around $1,500-$1,700

NYC-LAX which is about the same distance is $300 in coach and $3,400 in business. Why?

Please, someone enlighten me about why the prices to/from TLV are so strange.

1) Supply and Demand (airline speak: yield management) the fare depends on how many seats are available in each class and how much of them the airline thinks they can sell. Prices go up and down all the time.

2) One is a domestic flight and one is an international flight. You get to pay all sorts of fun taxes to various governments. The UK has the highest in the world - the air passenger duty. Different routes are also different costs depending on how much the airline thinks they can make on them (see answer to #1)

Really has nothing to do with TLV.

NYTA - Are you really a Travel Agent as your handle suggests?

And here I was thinking tax attorney. Shows where my head is.

TA is Tel Aviv. NY is New York. Not a travel agent or tax attorney.

d'oh .

And here I was thinking tax attorney. Shows where my head is. :D

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yosithezet
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1) Supply and Demand (airline speak: yield management) the fare depends on how many seats are available in each class and how much of them the airline thinks they can sell. Prices go up and down all the time.

2) One is a domestic flight and one is an international flight. You get to pay all sorts of fun taxes to various governments. The UK has the highest in the world - the air passenger duty. Different routes are also different costs depending on how much the airline thinks they can make on them (see answer to #1)

Really has nothing to do with TLV.

And I'll add one:

3) On many European airlines (not LY or BA IIRC), Business Class between Europe and TLV is the "intra-European" rather than international variety, meaning the only real benefits in J are a blocked middle seat and slightly enhanced catering.

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While the relevance to LY in particular is questionable, I'm sure the OP's referring to cost of flights to TLV in general rather than just with US.

While the relevance to LY in particular is questionable, I'm sure the OP's referring to cost of flights to TLV in general rather than just with US.

Agreed. I view the ELAL forum as more of the "TLV" forum since there are discussions about flights To/From TLV on other airlines, and even discussions about Arkia.

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yosithezet
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US airways goes from london to tel aviv now? :P

US airways goes from london to tel aviv now? :P

No he was comparing the fact that a flight from LHR-TLV is about the same distance as a US Airways transcon between PHL-SFO but the prices for the same distance are not commensurate.

US airways goes from london to tel aviv now? :P

My point exactly about why it belongs more in the ElAl forum