Ludicrous airfares to Europe this summer
Mar 17, 2023, 8:42 am
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they’re high because they can be high. Perhaps this is the summer of the driving in USA? I absolutely refuse to pay such fares so the planes will fly without me. My spouse says that we are going to ORD in august and I’m thinking that I might not go because it’ll be overpriced and I don’t need to go to an oven. So my solution to high fares is to not fly for now.
Mileage trips to the EU are a million points in J, Hampton hotel equivalents are 350 euro, etc etc. These merchants are making a killing this year with covid revenge travel, however not at my expense. I'll resume my EU travels Q1 '24
Mar 17, 2023, 9:44 am
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Economics 101 at play here. I will be foregoing any EU travel this summer and most likely the rest of the year (except 2- UK trips for family visits).
Mileage trips to the EU are a million points in J, Hampton hotel equivalents are 350 euro, etc etc. These merchants are making a killing this year with covid revenge travel, however not at my expense. I'll resume my EU travels Q1 '24
Mileage trips to the EU are a million points in J, Hampton hotel equivalents are 350 euro, etc etc. These merchants are making a killing this year with covid revenge travel, however not at my expense. I'll resume my EU travels Q1 '24
1x AF
1x BA
2x KL
Mar 17, 2023, 9:59 am
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Mar 17, 2023, 6:23 pm
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Economics 101 at play here. I will be foregoing any EU travel this summer and most likely the rest of the year (except 2- UK trips for family visits).
Mileage trips to the EU are a million points in J, Hampton hotel equivalents are 350 euro, etc etc. These merchants are making a killing this year with covid revenge travel, however not at my expense. I'll resume my EU travels Q1 '24
Mileage trips to the EU are a million points in J, Hampton hotel equivalents are 350 euro, etc etc. These merchants are making a killing this year with covid revenge travel, however not at my expense. I'll resume my EU travels Q1 '24
Big kudos. Maybe you’ll finish the Vegas TR - yes I enjoyed it and I want to read more more more for your Vegas trip lol
Mar 17, 2023, 8:16 pm
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Mar 18, 2023, 5:59 pm
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I’m looking forward to reading it! Confirmed that Vegas is finished - I did wonder what you thought of DTF compared to dim sum you get in texas! I’ve not yet gone to dtf only because I have other dim sum options. All yum.
Mar 18, 2023, 10:15 pm
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DTF is very good, but we still prefer Red Farm in NYC!
Mar 19, 2023, 2:52 pm
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Well, we wound up paying $2600 each for premium economy ORD-ZRH-BCN on Swiss, then LHR-IAD-ORD on UA. Doing the open jaw vs round trip didn’t make much difference in the price. We will do a cheap one way from BOD-LON and spend a day or two in London visiting friends.
Mar 19, 2023, 10:04 pm
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So fun!!
That’s not so bad. I think that our premium economy Sfo/cdg in 2012 was $1200 each so $2600 now seems reasonable. It’s definitely less than the $4500 for P (discounted C) Sfo/Europe in 2013. That’s the last time we went to Europe (Sfo-fra-Firenze and ven-muc-Sfo).
That’s not so bad. I think that our premium economy Sfo/cdg in 2012 was $1200 each so $2600 now seems reasonable. It’s definitely less than the $4500 for P (discounted C) Sfo/Europe in 2013. That’s the last time we went to Europe (Sfo-fra-Firenze and ven-muc-Sfo).
Mar 20, 2023, 12:49 pm
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Mar 31, 2023, 8:52 pm
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I recently booked AA J MCO-LIS and LHR-MCO in July / August. The fare was $4k RT. PE was only about $500 less. For the peak of summer, I thought this was pretty reasonable.
Apr 3, 2023, 2:46 pm
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Fall sales haven't been advertised yet. I imagine there will be some sales in a couple months (for October travel) but whether it mirrors previous years, who knows. Post-covid pent-up demand is significant.