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Old Aug 16, 2011, 3:18 am
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Habemuspapam do you have a similar comparison for the WT and WT+ prices?
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Old Aug 22, 2011, 8:27 am
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Some cheap fares seem to be appearing, ex UK. MIA is showing less than 2K in J - was only for October when I started looking but now extended to November.....
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Old Aug 22, 2011, 9:00 am
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Well, still nothing for FR/NL. My guess is that the 'bigger' markets will be last in line. However, with the savings I have seen I am not holding my breath anyways.
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Old Aug 22, 2011, 9:12 am
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Originally Posted by DG55
Habemuspapam do you have a similar comparison for the WT and WT+ prices?
At the risk of betraying my purchasing habits, I do not.
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Old Aug 22, 2011, 9:21 am
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This sale better be impressive- we are not forking out £1250pp + 25,000 BA miles for a MFU to CW to JFK... expecting to pay about half that in the sale but nothing is being advertised- I'm not too hopeful at the moment...
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Old Aug 22, 2011, 9:31 am
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Originally Posted by mikey2124
This sale better be impressive- we are not forking out £1250pp + 25,000 BA miles for a MFU to CW to JFK... expecting to pay about half that in the sale but nothing is being advertised- I'm not too hopeful at the moment...
You are a very optimistic young man. Last time the ex-UK prices dropped to the EU level so that would be around £ 850 for a WTP to NYC.
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Old Aug 22, 2011, 9:48 am
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Originally Posted by mikey2124
This sale better be impressive- we are not forking out £1250pp + 25,000 BA miles for a MFU to CW to JFK... expecting to pay about half that in the sale but nothing is being advertised- I'm not too hopeful at the moment...
Better than £2250pp for CW straight up.

I reckon you might get £900 if you are lucky. Demand is very high this year and fares have risen to compensate.
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Old Aug 22, 2011, 10:10 am
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Originally Posted by Sixth Freedom
Better than £2250pp for CW straight up.

I reckon you might get £900 if you are lucky. Demand is very high this year and fares have risen to compensate.
Oh dear... I remember seeing fares for £530 in the sale last year! £1000pp for flights is quite a lot for us (have to add on JER flights too) and hotel rooms in NYC are very expensive so 4 nights with flights can easily cost us £7000 + as we want 2 rooms somewhere nice! And that is before you add food + drink (and shopping ) costs!

Oh well, going to hope for the best!
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Old Aug 22, 2011, 10:20 am
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I remain fairly confident that the WT+ Sale for a TATL will be worthwhile [when it eventually happens].

Currently stuck at £1071 LHR-IAD for May 2012 in WT+ [obviously with an MFU to CW ].

Our recent GBP fares for that sector [per person], working backwards from next month's trip, have been, ...
731
628
907
886
641
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Old Aug 22, 2011, 11:47 am
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Originally Posted by henkybaby
You are a very optimistic young man. Last time the ex-UK prices dropped to the EU level so that would be around £ 850 for a WTP to NYC.
I booked in the last sale for £660.
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Old Aug 22, 2011, 11:53 am
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Has the YQ gone up recently?

Looks like £40 each way over WTP to MFU from LHR-JFK atm.

I don't remember paying that much before.
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Old Aug 22, 2011, 11:56 am
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Originally Posted by DonnaDonnaDonna
I booked in the last sale for £660.
We live in hope!
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Old Aug 22, 2011, 12:18 pm
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Originally Posted by henkybaby
We live in hope!
"Feel the Force, Henky ... channel your thoughts and focus on 31 August."
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Old Aug 22, 2011, 12:41 pm
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Originally Posted by T8191
Our recent GBP fares for that sector [per person], working backwards from next month's trip, have been, ...
731
628
907
886
641
Valuable data points; thank you.

Is it a general rule that UK-US returns are cheaper than US-UK returns? I had expected to be able to find a thread discussing that very question, but I can't.
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Old Aug 22, 2011, 12:54 pm
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Valuable data points; thank you.

Is it a general rule that UK-US returns are cheaper than US-UK returns? I had expected to be able to find a thread discussing that very question, but I can't.
I'm a boring old [insert adjective of choice] so I keep track of these things! That also includes the date we booked, in addition to flight dates etc.

No idea about the fares the other way - you need an American as boring as me to provide that data. However, I hope we charge you guys extra ... the UK is a small country, and runs out of space very easily
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