Originally Posted by
ocdb8r
Henky....this may have been the source of the confusion between our posts...the OP who mentioned the cost from USA to the Far East was speaking about the cost in Y (hence the exclamation that it went from 50k to 120k).
YOU seem to be talking about the cost in J (because LHR-HKG only costs 60k in Y and 120k in J).
An important distinction as the bump in cost would not be nearly as significant. JFK-HKG in J currently costs 100K, so I would not be surprised to see it upped to 120K (which incidentally is more in line with what the USA carriers charge).
If you want to look at it on simply distance then JFK-HKG should be more than 120k for J as LHR-HKG is 5,994 miles while JFK-HKG is 8,071 miles (LHR-EZE is 6,904 miles).
However, I don't think they'll push it much higher than what other US carriers charge. I think J will lie somewhere between 120k and 150k (my guess is 140k).