Emirates Prices
Mar 27, 2019 | 1:33 pm
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Emirates Prices
Booked for April and August LHR to BKK in F and the cost has come tumbling down. I paid over Ł4k same time last year, got both flights for Ł3.2k
We're back to 2017 pricing. Any reason for this ?
We're back to 2017 pricing. Any reason for this ?
Mar 28, 2019 | 8:23 am
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Mar 28, 2019 | 1:21 pm
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I've seen them set at pretty consistent levels for many years, generally between Ł2800 and Ł3300. The past 12 months has seen them at Ł41000-Ł4300 no matter what time of the year I've been flying - in fact Thai were cheaper on a few occasions which is something totally unheard of. Now they've dropped back down to the Ł3200 mark. I get they can change their prices and I get that peak season may attract premium pricing but they seem consistent for the rest of this year at the lower price. I just don't get it. Anyhow...time to move on.
Mar 28, 2019 | 1:23 pm
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Mar 28, 2019 | 7:24 pm
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Flight centre used to have a first and business class page where I saw prices as low as 2600 to BKK over the last couple of years on EK but I think they have changed their website now.
Mar 29, 2019 | 12:53 am
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At the other end of the scale, Economy prices seem to be going up back to the 2000s levels. For about the last decade, I could get tickets easily for around 400GBP for the LHR-DXB route at times and dates to suit me, including seat selection.
Now I’m looking at November flights and the prices are are consistently around 500-600GBP when you add in seat selection.
Now I’m looking at November flights and the prices are are consistently around 500-600GBP when you add in seat selection.
Mar 29, 2019 | 3:32 am
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I think it is important to realise that there are different fare classes (Special, Saver, Flex and Flex+) and inside these fare classes there usually are several fare buckets. Looking at a Flight Centre (or any other TA) booking page will (most probably) give you the best fare at that time (i.e. in the lowest fare bucket they can find). And of course EK will make numbers of seats seats available in different fare buckets as they see fit (i''e' to maximise revenue). Of course the fare of a particular bucket is also not fixed, but it is not changed nearly as often as allocation of amounts of seats to different buckets. And once the seats in a bucket are sold out, you will get the next higher bucket offered (and so on and so forth). And when sales are lower than expected, extra seats in lower buckets may very well be released....
Therefore, to say that 'fares are going up' or 'fares are going down' is a bit of an oversimplification
Therefore, to say that 'fares are going up' or 'fares are going down' is a bit of an oversimplification
Mar 29, 2019 | 1:33 pm
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I think it is important to realise that there are different fare classes (Special, Saver, Flex and Flex+) and inside these fare classes there usually are several fare buckets. Looking at a Flight Centre (or any other TA) booking page will (most probably) give you the best fare at that time (i.e. in the lowest fare bucket they can find). And of course EK will make numbers of seats seats available in different fare buckets as they see fit (i''e' to maximise revenue). Of course the fare of a particular bucket is also not fixed, but it is not changed nearly as often as allocation of amounts of seats to different buckets. And once the seats in a bucket are sold out, you will get the next higher bucket offered (and so on and so forth). And when sales are lower than expected, extra seats in lower buckets may very well be released....
Therefore, to say that 'fares are going up' or 'fares are going down' is a bit of an oversimplification
Therefore, to say that 'fares are going up' or 'fares are going down' is a bit of an oversimplification
Mar 29, 2019 | 9:10 pm
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At the other end of the scale, Economy prices seem to be going up back to the 2000s levels. For about the last decade, I could get tickets easily for around 400GBP for the LHR-DXB route at times and dates to suit me, including seat selection.
Now I’m looking at November flights and the prices are are consistently around 500-600GBP when you add in seat selection.
Now I’m looking at November flights and the prices are are consistently around 500-600GBP when you add in seat selection.
GBP is worth a lot less now. 400GBP a few years ago is more than 500GBP now.
Mar 30, 2019 | 3:34 am
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Yes I get that but pretty much all last year, whatever flight I chose the quote (for saver) was always in the Ł4100 region. It didn't matter which search engine I used, it was pretty standard, I have booked out 4 flights for this year and each one (no matter what date) is quoted in the Ł3200 region. I'm guessing that EK got greedy and tried to get more for their seats then realised they were losing revenue - I can testify to that as a lot of the flights over the past year in F have been pretty empty.
Mar 30, 2019 | 11:30 am
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Fair enough though I'm not sure the demand has dropped off, I just don't think it was there in the first place which beggars the question why EK put up their prices .Switching to 2 class configuration seems logical though obviously disappointing