Is it normal for such a small fare difference between C and F?
Feb 17, 2013 | 9:08 am
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Is it normal for such a small fare difference between C and F?
I need to book tickets for my parents in biz and so I looked up a rather complex booking with stopovers in DXB each way and the price came up to 7,266 SGD. Not exceptional but not too bad either. Then I decided to redo the same booking but choose all 4 flights in F and the price rose to 8,527 SGD, much less than anticipated.
Is this quite normal with Emirates, just approx. 17% more $$$ to fly F instead of C?
P.S. Brilliant web site I must add. ^ At least when it comes to looking up flights and getting stopovers sorted without any errors or crazy price hikes.
Is this quite normal with Emirates, just approx. 17% more $$$ to fly F instead of C?
P.S. Brilliant web site I must add. ^ At least when it comes to looking up flights and getting stopovers sorted without any errors or crazy price hikes.
Feb 17, 2013 | 9:30 am
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I need to book tickets for my parents in biz and so I looked up a rather complex booking with stopovers in DXB each way and the price came up to 7,266 SGD. Not exceptional but not too bad either. Then I decided to redo the same booking but choose all 4 flights in F and the price rose to 8,527 SGD, much less than anticipated.
Is this quite normal with Emirates, just approx. 17% more $$$ to fly F instead of C?
P.S. Brilliant web site I must add. ^ At least when it comes to looking up flights and getting stopovers sorted without any errors or crazy price hikes.
Is this quite normal with Emirates, just approx. 17% more $$$ to fly F instead of C?
P.S. Brilliant web site I must add. ^ At least when it comes to looking up flights and getting stopovers sorted without any errors or crazy price hikes.
Feb 17, 2013 | 10:04 am
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Feb 17, 2013 | 10:30 am
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No idea I was surprised. When I go to sin I will book f over j for sure.
Feb 17, 2013 | 12:11 pm
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Where is the destination?
It could be a route where there is a smallish percentage difference between cheapest business and cheapest 1st or
could have been that only a more expensive business fare was available and that the difference between the available fare and 1st was reduced or
the stopovers may have removed availability of the cheapest fare
SIN-DXB r/t is around 17% more from cheapest business to 1st , for example, whilst SIN-LON is about 35% more expensive
It could be a route where there is a smallish percentage difference between cheapest business and cheapest 1st or
could have been that only a more expensive business fare was available and that the difference between the available fare and 1st was reduced or
the stopovers may have removed availability of the cheapest fare
SIN-DXB r/t is around 17% more from cheapest business to 1st , for example, whilst SIN-LON is about 35% more expensive
Feb 17, 2013 | 12:28 pm
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I'm looking at the SIN-DXB-WAW route, return. Actually it should be SYD-SIN-DXB-WAW with stop-overs at every step of the way, but the SYD-DXB part is giving me headaches and seems to be something that I need to arrange separately - probably on SQ.
Feb 17, 2013 | 12:48 pm
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The cheapest base 1st fare that EK offers on SIN-WAW is 35% more than the cheapest base business . Perhaps availability for the lowest business is not there which would explain only a 17% difference
Feb 18, 2013 | 9:38 am
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Wow, I wish a 17%, or even 35%, J->F differential existed ex-USA. Usually it is a 100% - 200% differential. Just checked a random date JFK-DXB-RIY, $4,900 in J and $18,000 in F, only a 250%+ difference.
Feb 20, 2013 | 10:08 am
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8,5k for F doesn't seem too bad though when J was going for 7.2k. SQ and LH both spike their prices much more for F compared to J.
Feb 20, 2013 | 10:53 am
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I need to book tickets for my parents in biz and so I looked up a rather complex booking with stopovers in DXB each way and the price came up to 7,266 SGD. Not exceptional but not too bad either. Then I decided to redo the same booking but choose all 4 flights in F and the price rose to 8,527 SGD, much less than anticipated.
Is this quite normal with Emirates, just approx. 17% more $$$ to fly F instead of C?
Is this quite normal with Emirates, just approx. 17% more $$$ to fly F instead of C?
However, the difference between the lowest C Fare and the lowest F Fare is higher:
[KVS Availability Tool 7.1.6/Diamond - Galileo: Fares/PSH/RU]
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SIN Singapore Changi SG [WSSS] WAW Warsaw Okecie PL [EPWA] R/T 01 Apr 2013 | Economy-Low Carrier From To Fare Cur AdvanceP Min Max Fare Basis | Travel Period --------- ------ ---- -------- ---- -------- --- --- -------------------------- EK SIN WAW 1135 USD *** 3 120 BLX4MSG1 27 Dec-22 May EK SIN WAW 1176 USD *** 3 120 BLW4MSG1 27 Dec-22 May EK SIN WAW 1257 USD *** 3 120 MLX4MSG1 27 Dec-22 May EK SIN WAW 1298 USD *** 3 120 MLW4MSG1 27 Dec-22 May EK SIN WAW 1379 USD *** 3 360 WLX1YSG1 27 Dec-22 May EK SIN WAW 1419 USD *** 3 360 WLW1YSG1 27 Dec-22 May EK SIN WAW 1581 USD *** 3 360 RLX1YSG1 27 Dec-22 May EK SIN WAW 1622 USD *** 3 360 RLW1YSG1 27 Dec-22 May EK SIN WAW 1784 USD *** 360 ELXRTSG1 27 Dec-22 May EK SIN WAW 1825 USD *** 360 ELWRTSG1 27 Dec-22 May EK SIN WAW 2108 USD *** 360 YLXRTSG1 27 Dec-22 May EK SIN WAW 2149 USD *** 360 YLWRTSG1 27 Dec-22 May EK SIN WAW 4729 USD *** 6 30 KPX1MSG7 27 Dec-22 May EK SIN WAW 4866 USD 3 Days 3 120 IEE03SG1 27 Dec-22 May EK SIN WAW 5677 USD *** 360 CEE1YSG1 27 Dec-22 May EK SIN WAW 5769 USD *** 6 180 KEE6MSG7 27 Dec-22 May EK SIN WAW 6650 USD *** 360 JRTSG1 27 Dec-22 May EK SIN WAW 6731 USD 3 Days 360 ARTSG1 27 Dec-22 May EK SIN WAW 7947 USD *** 360 FRTSG1 27 Dec-22 May EK SIN WAW 10748 USD *** YRTSG7 27 Dec-22 May EK SIN WAW 13209 USD *** CRTSG7 27 Dec-22 May EK SIN WAW 20393 USD *** ARTSG7 27 Dec-22 May