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Old Mar 17, 2009, 3:37 am
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Originally Posted by bkkman
Any other bargain countries people know of?
Yes, Korea !! It is spectacularly cheap, in part because the won is fairly weak. I'm not sure if the economic downturn has temporarily led TG to lower fares too.

SEL-BKK-LHR/ZRH/CDG starting from 1800 euros (21 day advance purchase)

Factor in a cheap way, if there are any, for BKK-based travellers to get to SEL. But even excluding getting to SEL inthe first place this works out around 36,000 miles (for anyone who's in Miles and More)
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