Intercontinental pricing
Jun 21, 2011 | 11:56 am
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Intercontinental pricing
Tried to book r/t osl-ewr today. Only fare available mid week in late august is economy extra at 16k NOK. Saturday night stay over is alive and kickin at sk intercontinental it seems. Ended up on BA in WT Plus for 7K
I thought they wanted pax on the new route, why are they sending their pax straight into the arms of BA. I am not very price sensitive, but a 9k premium is out of the question to fly direct.
Anyone else experience this?
Is sk intercontinental back to counting on government employees and investment bankers with unlimited travel budget, and the occasional leisure traveller like we had it before lcc arrived? And everyone else flies the competition
I thought they wanted pax on the new route, why are they sending their pax straight into the arms of BA. I am not very price sensitive, but a 9k premium is out of the question to fly direct.
Anyone else experience this?
Is sk intercontinental back to counting on government employees and investment bankers with unlimited travel budget, and the occasional leisure traveller like we had it before lcc arrived? And everyone else flies the competition
Jun 21, 2011 | 3:19 pm
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It's not unusual to see package tour travelers from operators like Swansons in Economy on ARN-EWR and ARN-ORD in the summertime. Maybe some of these operators do large block bookings?
Jun 24, 2011 | 10:55 am
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It is not possible to buy mid-week economy tickets with SAS to NYC. I have tried endlessly to find it. If you search with a saturday outbound you will most likely have cheap economy tickets available on the dates where you previously only had Economy Extra. At least this is my experience.
First I was bewildered by this, then I got angry, then I changed airline for longhaul flights. But I hear they still fill their planes so I guess it works, wich is admirable.
The example with BA, above, is not quite relevant though. Prices are about 20% off from select destinations. While this is more about trippling the cost of a mid week travel compared to a Sat-Sun stay trip.
First I was bewildered by this, then I got angry, then I changed airline for longhaul flights. But I hear they still fill their planes so I guess it works, wich is admirable.
The example with BA, above, is not quite relevant though. Prices are about 20% off from select destinations. While this is more about trippling the cost of a mid week travel compared to a Sat-Sun stay trip.
Jun 25, 2011 | 12:13 am
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Jun 25, 2011 | 9:22 am
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Jun 25, 2011 | 3:36 pm
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My point exactly. Without saturday night stay, its full economy extra at 16', or business full flex at 26'. They dont sell M.
This is rediculous. They are probably running full loads during the summer, but there is 9 more months in the year. I guess they are laying out the red carpet for Norwegian.
I will gladly pay a 20% premium for a direct flight on sk, but 100% is out of the question When i am travelling with a bigger Group of colleagues.
This is like it used to be pre lcc within europe
This is rediculous. They are probably running full loads during the summer, but there is 9 more months in the year. I guess they are laying out the red carpet for Norwegian.
I will gladly pay a 20% premium for a direct flight on sk, but 100% is out of the question When i am travelling with a bigger Group of colleagues.
This is like it used to be pre lcc within europe
Jun 25, 2011 | 3:39 pm
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