According to Expert Flyer their ticket types have lots of 7/14/21 day restrictions - probably the reason for your change in price - book advance to keep it cheap.

It would seem all their cheap fares require a two night stay in BUD which is nearly as expensive all up as booking only the more expensive fare and doing it in one day.

CDG to BUD and ZHR to BUD seem really expensive for quick day trips. Anyone else notice this?

For those that want to know it appears that including a Saturday night stay in your booking plans reduces the price a lot.

Or you do a OneWay Trip from or to BUD and go/return with another carrier.

Would it work for AA Platinum/OW Sapphire? If so, my other, more beautiful part, will be on a plane tomorrow :D

Thanks in advance!

by the way, our residence is in London

Erm ... you haven't actually read this (not even especially long) thread, have you?

cheers,

Henry

I am finding it is cheaper to fly Sky Club on a Friday return flight than do a two day stay and fly Y.... hmmmm decisions decisions..... One way is crazy expensive on any airline including Malav and others on the way back.

Well i can only fly on the weekends, starting friday at 6 pm. so i will go with easyjet and return with on malev on the same day. and the one-way flight costs the same as a return, but i can do it all on one day.

Actually there are still return tickets for 70 Euros between MXP and BUD...but you need to stay in BUD on Saturday night. But, considering it's BUD, it worths!

Nz status match
 

I'm now ST ELITE PLUS (FRECCIA ALATA AZ), i would like to STATUS MATCH with NZ, or any others STAR ALLIANCE carriers (except BD), please could you help me.

Weighing everything up i think i shall just got with a return day trip to BUD ex ZHR in one day on a Friday Sky Club as that is cheaper than Economy ironically and hope that's enough for them.

Sure thats enough. 1 OneWay Trip is sufficient. It only needs to be under a Malev flight number (no codeshare) and thats all. Gonna go out to do my trip now, hope that everything works out the way i planned. :D

The challenge will be getting them to match platinum for platinum. Let the games begin.

Yeah, this is probably not gonna happen, but trying is always possible, i dont have any Platinum Status, but VS Flying Club Gold, which LAN matches to Comodoro, which is OneWorld Emerald, therefore i asked MA to do the match to Platinum. Now i gotta wait and see.

Also: If you plan on leaving the airport (if you arrive at Terminal 2B and return from there, which probably is gonna happen, just stay inside!!!) plan at least 2 hrs to pass the security line on time in the evening. If you have to check-in just take 3 hrs.
Yesterday i almost missed my return flight and after more than 1hr in the line almost pushing my way through asking a lot of people i stilled didnt reach security check. Then with the ultimate boarding call one of the airport lady kindly brought me to the top of the line, then running i got on the plane, without that i would have had to stay in BUD.

I am afraid i dont like your chances either especially as they match colour for colour in your case unless the card colour is Platinum or has the name Platinum in it, you are probably out of luck.

Thank you for the advice about BUD. I have have plenty of time and god help me if i miss a plane. Are you talking about the outside security before entering even into check in or when you pass through immigration etc? Not sure on what security is like in BUD as never flown there before. Any elite lines for Malev elites?