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Old Mar 7, 2015 | 5:35 pm
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Himeno
 
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Originally Posted by Henry Bruce
All, many thanks for your help, we've managed to get a good deal on an ex-AMS itinerary priced by Cathay. However, I was surprised to see such a variation between the ticket when priced by CX Amsterdam ~$2889 (€2665) vs. CX North America: $4,360.41. Even allowing for Visa/Mastercard's foreign exchange rate variation and with no restriction on usage of foreign cards, I'm not sure what Cathay's business model is, other than to take advantage of unsuspecting foreigners!
Base fares are different depending on which country you start in. (check any airline, you'll find that most charge more for flights out of Australia then for the same route to Australia) CX don't decide the base fares for oneworld products.
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