Great J/F Deals Out of CAI
Dec 25, 2017, 9:13 am
#16
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New peopleae pouring into FT all the time, so it does no harm at all to resurrect old tricks.
Dec 25, 2017, 11:43 am
#17
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The main problem is that many of the formerly useful fares had changes to stopover rules, so CAI-south america is now $1200 if you add stops in north america or canada. Used to be you could juice a free trip to south america out of one of these if you lived in N America. That was a real bargain. Debatable whether $1200 is worth it, probably still a worthwhile deal if you were to go to EZE, IPC or GRU...
Dec 26, 2017, 9:05 am
#18
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The main problem is that many of the formerly useful fares had changes to stopover rules, so CAI-south america is now $1200 if you add stops in north america or canada. Used to be you could juice a free trip to south america out of one of these if you lived in N America. That was a real bargain. Debatable whether $1200 is worth it, probably still a worthwhile deal if you were to go to EZE, IPC or GRU...
whwre did you seen 1200$? i see only 2k+
Dec 26, 2017, 10:31 am
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Dec 26, 2017, 11:58 pm
#21
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For now at least TK and MS are still playing the game. Not sure how long that will last, but I have a feeling as long as MS offers cheap C fares, TK will as well. It's not of much use to alliance tied flyers, but WY also offers really good deals out of CAI. All 3 of them play nice with one-ways as well, which LX did not. That's a bonus for people looking for a cheap premium seat out of the region but don't need a full mileage run.
Dec 27, 2017, 2:36 am
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Lufthansa adjusted its (quite crazy) Cairo fares a decade ago, and the ripples didn't spread. So I wouldn't say Swiss realignment presages doom all round.
Dec 27, 2017, 2:41 pm
#23
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Can you give an example of LX doubling their premium fares out of CAI? In my experience, the fares have gone up by say 25-30% but hardly doubled - at least for any South East Asian destinations (SIN / BKK / HKG).
Dec 28, 2017, 12:07 am
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CAI-SIN RT in P now is USD$ 1950 it used to be USD$ 1200