What's the most expensive CO flight you've ever purchased (biz travel ok)
Aug 20, 2010, 6:59 am
#16
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: CLE
Programs: CO Plat, Hyatt Plat
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$9700 CLE-EWR-DEL-HGK-LAX-CLE (some flights are on partners, but the entire ticket was purchased through CO.
Aug 20, 2010, 7:15 am
#17
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Location: PDX
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A few domestic full Y tickets were around $1300. At least one was on a 738.
Aug 20, 2010, 7:16 am
#18
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: anywhere and everywhere
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Aug 20, 2010, 8:04 am
#19
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Programs: DL PM / SPG Gold
Posts: 562
Do former SkyTeam partners count?
Work booked me JFK-PVG-SIN, and no one bothered to tell me I needed a transit visa for PVG. Show up at the Air China (or China Air) counter and they weren't letting me check-in without the visa.
So I walked over to the AirFrance desk and bought a walk-up JFK-CDG-SIN fare in J.
About $9750 in 2007.
On CO, plenty of $1500 EWR-LAX/SFO flights, but that was back when you were guaranteed the instant Y-up.
David
Work booked me JFK-PVG-SIN, and no one bothered to tell me I needed a transit visa for PVG. Show up at the Air China (or China Air) counter and they weren't letting me check-in without the visa.
So I walked over to the AirFrance desk and bought a walk-up JFK-CDG-SIN fare in J.
About $9750 in 2007.
On CO, plenty of $1500 EWR-LAX/SFO flights, but that was back when you were guaranteed the instant Y-up.
David
Aug 20, 2010, 8:15 am
#20
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Houston, TX
Programs: UA 1K, MM, AMEX Plat, Hertz 1, SPG Plat
Posts: 153
Did a IAH-CDG-JNB-CPT-CDG-IAH, which was ticketed on 005 Ticket stock - The IAH - CDG legs flown on CO Metal and the AF legs CDG-JNB in biz and CPT-CDG in first for abt $11500 two years ago.
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Aug 20, 2010, 8:27 am
#21
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A few years back I logged into my CO account as I changed a return flight in J. Saw a charge for around $21K. Almost had a heart attack.
Turned out it was HKD and the website was showing the wrong currency.. but still..
Most expensive ticket was about $9K paid for by work IAH-HKG. Those days are long over.
Turned out it was HKD and the website was showing the wrong currency.. but still..
Most expensive ticket was about $9K paid for by work IAH-HKG. Those days are long over.
Aug 20, 2010, 8:55 am
#22
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: EWR
Programs: UA Silver; SPG Gold; Hyatt Platinum
Posts: 409
$1200 EWR-MSY in Y in 2008
Aug 20, 2010, 9:35 am
#23
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: NYC
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 156
Kinda funny, but the most I've ever paid for a CO ticket was a B fare EWR-HKG-EWR for $1550.
Coincidentally, that was also the best value of any ticket I've ever purchased on CO as well.
Coincidentally, that was also the best value of any ticket I've ever purchased on CO as well.
Aug 20, 2010, 9:54 am
#24
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: DAB
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I had to buy a last minute SFO-EWR rt in Y, 2 days before departure when a co-worker was hospitalized, and I needed to teach a class in his place. It was about $2300 in 2000 and I called my boss's boss to make sure I wouldn't be fired for buying what at that time was the most expensive airfare I'd ever charged for work.
I'm pretty sure I was upgraded both ways, and remember staying in the Marriott next to the WTC and teaching in a building across the street that had a great view of the twin towers.
I'm pretty sure I was upgraded both ways, and remember staying in the Marriott next to the WTC and teaching in a building across the street that had a great view of the twin towers.
Aug 20, 2010, 9:56 am
#25
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Houston
Programs: United 1K, Marriott Lifetime Platinum; Hyatt Diamond/GLOB
Posts: 738
Four Consultants to Rio - $36,000
Two tickets were just below $9,000 and two were just above $9,000.
International travel for the oil industry. They have to do something with the profits. Could have bought a car.
Domestically, $1,800 IAH-DCA several years ago.
International travel for the oil industry. They have to do something with the profits. Could have bought a car.
Domestically, $1,800 IAH-DCA several years ago.
Aug 20, 2010, 10:00 am
#26
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Brooklyn, NY
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Aug 20, 2010, 10:19 am
#27
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$3300 last minute ticket LAX-DCA in the late 1990s.
Aug 20, 2010, 10:51 am
#28
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: EWR-N.Haledon NJ
Programs: CO Platinum
Posts: 1,134
I distinctly remember that. I was doing that route also and it was unbelievable. To get around that one we started doing CO EWR-MDW and NW MDW-MSP - in some cases brought the fare down into the $400 range.
Aug 20, 2010, 11:02 am
#29
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 1,782
I just buy cheapies 
Paid a $4XX IAH-LHR-IAH and a $4XX IAH-HNL-IAH. Third place would be a IAH-DEN-IAH for $350. Was $210, but it was never ticketed because I used $15 from a travel cert that had been expired for 2 weeks. Doh!
Paid a $4XX IAH-LHR-IAH and a $4XX IAH-HNL-IAH. Third place would be a IAH-DEN-IAH for $350. Was $210, but it was never ticketed because I used $15 from a travel cert that had been expired for 2 weeks. Doh!
Aug 20, 2010, 11:03 am
#30
Join Date: May 2009
Location: New Jersey
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~3000 for an H fare from EWR to PEK. H fare had no BF copays at the time.