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Old Mar 23, 2020, 5:04 am
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hnussbacher
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Israel
Programs: Elal Silver, AirCanada Aeroplan, AA AAdvantage, KLM Flying Blue, Continental OnePass, Delta Skymiles
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Originally Posted by Ditto
Actually quite a few airlines fly out pretty much empty from their home base to repatriate stranded citizens of their respective countries, they just don't make a whole PR fuss about it.
LY is charging a pretty penny for those flights...
$1500 is a pretty penny? So I checked via Expedia Athens-Perth for June 7-21 (normalcy) and cheapest I found was $3700.
Tried Frankfurt to Perth same dates in June - $3800
Tried from Istanbul to Perth - $3500

Tried Istanbul to Costa Rica - $2900 in June

So I am wondering why you would state that Elal is charging a "pretty penny" for flights that appear to be cheaper than anything available this coming summer.
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