World's cheapest flight
Jun 23, 2004 | 12:34 am
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World's cheapest flight
The cheapest flight I have ever found is ZAL-ZCO (Valdivia, Chile to Temuco, Chile). Full fare on lanchile.com is 3,500 CLP (5.35 USD), plus tax minus 3% on-line booking discount, for a total of 5,200 CLP (7.95 USD).
That is so cool -- eight bucks total for a flight. Granted, it's only 78 miles (25 minutes block time), and there's only one flight a day, but that is a price that can't be beat.
Expedia.com says the price is $37 for a Y fare, but for some reason Expedia.com only has access to Y fares for all intra-Chile flights.
It might be an error (i.e., should be 35,000 CLP one way), but even if that's the case, it's cheaper than any other mistake fare that I know of when you include the taxes.
That is so cool -- eight bucks total for a flight. Granted, it's only 78 miles (25 minutes block time), and there's only one flight a day, but that is a price that can't be beat.
Expedia.com says the price is $37 for a Y fare, but for some reason Expedia.com only has access to Y fares for all intra-Chile flights.
It might be an error (i.e., should be 35,000 CLP one way), but even if that's the case, it's cheaper than any other mistake fare that I know of when you include the taxes.
Jun 23, 2004 | 12:37 am
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Originally Posted by JS
The cheapest flight I have ever found is ZAL-ZCO (Valdivia, Chile to Temuco, Chile). Full fare on lanchile.com is 3,500 CLP (5.35 USD), plus tax minus 3% on-line booking discount, for a total of 5,200 CLP (7.95 USD).
That is so cool -- eight bucks total for a flight. Granted, it's only 78 miles (25 minutes block time), and there's only one flight a day, but that is a price that can't be beat.
Expedia.com says the price is $37 for a Y fare, but for some reason Expedia.com only has access to Y fares for all intra-Chile flights.
It might be an error (i.e., should be 35,000 CLP one way), but even if that's the case, it's cheaper than any other mistake fare that I know of when you include the taxes.
That is so cool -- eight bucks total for a flight. Granted, it's only 78 miles (25 minutes block time), and there's only one flight a day, but that is a price that can't be beat.
Expedia.com says the price is $37 for a Y fare, but for some reason Expedia.com only has access to Y fares for all intra-Chile flights.
It might be an error (i.e., should be 35,000 CLP one way), but even if that's the case, it's cheaper than any other mistake fare that I know of when you include the taxes.
$16, can you get 1000 aa miles and q-points? That's only $800 for platinum.
Jun 23, 2004 | 1:19 am
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Nope. The fare basis code is GOW, so assuming that's in the G booking class, you get no AA miles at all. You do get LanPass miles (kilometers, whatever). The cheap fares (super economica web) accrue neither AA nor LanPass miles (kilometers).
LanChile.com says "full fare", meaning it's refundable, no advance purchase, etc., but apparently it's not really full fare, which would be the $37 Y fare seen on Expedia.com.
LanChile.com says "full fare", meaning it's refundable, no advance purchase, etc., but apparently it's not really full fare, which would be the $37 Y fare seen on Expedia.com.
Jun 23, 2004 | 2:48 am
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In 1999 I paid USD10 for a domestic Libyan flight from Tripoli to Benghazi - an hour on a 28 year old 727!
The USD10 was using black market currency though - the offical price was nearer 50.
The USD10 was using black market currency though - the offical price was nearer 50.
Jun 23, 2004 | 4:10 am
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A couple of months ago, Air Asia was offering an non-refundable, non-changeable advance purchase fare for one of the domestic sectors in Thailand (I'm thinking Bangkok-Ubon Ratchathani but I could be wrong) - 9 baht (USD 0.225) each way. Add up taxes (I think it was 155 baht) and the grand total was something like USD 4.50
Jun 23, 2004 | 6:43 am
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Originally Posted by loadera
Ryanair have a lot of fares for 99p, however, that doesn't include taxes. I have also seen Ryanair list some flights as 'free' so that's not a bad deal. Shame the airports are so out of the way.
Jun 23, 2004 | 8:37 am
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About 6 years ago I got a return flight DUB-STN on Ryanair for IRL0.02 (about $0.03) + tax. I can't remember what the taxes were but certainly nothing like they are now! Those were the days....
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Jun 23, 2004 | 8:50 am
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Not in the realm of "world's cheapest", but possibly up there in the annals of unusual fares: about 3 years ago (right at the tail end of TWA's existence), I booked a walk-up one-way fare MCI-STL-TPA for $62 all inclusive. I think the base fare was about $40. Just this year, I got a one-way ticket on Delta MCI-CVG-IND for something like $42 - a base fare of $27.
I do not believe that either was a "mistake" fare, however I don't believe anything is truly a "mistake" fare.
I do not believe that either was a "mistake" fare, however I don't believe anything is truly a "mistake" fare.
