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Old Feb 15, 2015, 8:39 pm
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Cheapest you paid for a flight

What's the cheapest that you paid 100% out of pocket for a flight, excluding using miles to subsidize part of the cost?

I paid $18 for a one way flight from PBI-IAD on Frontier. The base fare was $3, so most of it was the taxes and fees. And recently I paid $39 for a one way flight from LAS-IAD also on Frontier.
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Old Feb 15, 2015, 8:55 pm
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$1 AKL-WLG on Air New Zealand during their 12 days of Christmas promotion two years ago... more recently $32 JFK-SFO with JetBlue though I'm sure others went to far more exotic destinations than I did on that fare (out of the 32 routes they offered it on)
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Old Feb 15, 2015, 9:39 pm
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$55 for my upcoming Rome to Paris flight on Vueling, and that's only because I pre-paid for my bag (€20 more than the bare-bones fare).
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Old Feb 15, 2015, 10:23 pm
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$50 for party of four, including taxes/fees for Penang-Langkawi flight via AirAsia.

That's not the cheapest one can get.
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Old Feb 15, 2015, 10:34 pm
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$0 + taxes on a couple Air Asia flights
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Old Feb 15, 2015, 10:40 pm
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$9 for JFK-SEA-JFK last Jan/Feb in business during Delta's mistake fare bonanza.
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Old Feb 15, 2015, 10:57 pm
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Cheapest you paid for a flight

US$300 round trip LAX-TPE-LAX a few years ago on MH.
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Old Feb 15, 2015, 10:59 pm
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$19 for intraCalifornia flights IIRC, but maybe it way $29.
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Old Feb 15, 2015, 11:07 pm
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Originally Posted by MSPeconomist
$19 for intraCalifornia flights IIRC, but maybe it way $29.
In 1983, after my high school prom, I flew myself and my date from LAX to SAN and back for $ 20 RT on PSA. It was more fun than the parent-chapperoned dance.
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Old Feb 15, 2015, 11:14 pm
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I once paid Ł25:00 for TWO business class returns to Brussels from LHR,was on one of the first internet auction sites,QXL, now gone.Flights were with BM.
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Old Feb 15, 2015, 11:19 pm
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Originally Posted by CO-PLAT
$0 + taxes on a couple Air Asia flights
Air Asia often charges fuel surcharges. So, a total all in price is what is needed.

I paid 25 cents for a RT CO flight from PHX-LAS in the late 70's.
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Old Feb 15, 2015, 11:33 pm
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4$ for a private jet on saturday from Quebec City to New York.

I think as far as value for the money is concerned, I'll win this one
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Old Feb 16, 2015, 12:27 am
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Can not really say I paid anything...

ITINERARY/RECEIPT - All times are local.

GOING OUT

From Riga (RIX) to Milan (Bergamo) (BGY)
Tue, 02Mar10 Flight FR4715 Depart RIX at 21:20 and arrive BGY at 23:00

COMING BACK

From Milan (Bergamo) (BGY) to Riga (RIX)
Thu, 04Mar10 Flight FR4714 Depart BGY at 17:15 and arrive RIX at 20:55

PASSENGERS

1. MR XX ADT 2. MRS XX ADT 3. MRS XXX ADT 4. MR XXX ADT

PAYMENT DETAILS

*********0.00 LVL Total Fare

*********0.00 LVL Taxes, Fees & Charges

*********0.00 LVL Total Paid
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Old Feb 16, 2015, 1:49 am
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€ 0.02 rt for CRL-NYO on FR
I was a broke student at the time and Ryanair had these 1€ct flights with no taxes & no cc charges if you paid with certain cards...
The price & time to go from NYO to Stockholm is another story...
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Old Feb 16, 2015, 2:49 am
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Paid ~USD55 for a return all in flight from Singapore to Taipei on Mar 2014 by Scoot.
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