Reply With QuoteDoesn’t surprise me, probably few seats left.
I realise things in the world are a little crazy to say the least right now but trying to get my head round some pricing changes on flights in the last week or so
I did some pricing before we took a trip this week for April and as an example with BA (using Qatar) a trip to Sri Lanka was £3700 (business) for 2x adults - now it’s over £10800 for the same flights
Some other examples are Thailand has increased by 3 fold and Maldives by double?
I know a week is a long time in flight terms but is everyone leaving the country suddenly or is there something else going on that I am either too stupid or naive to realise? Also I know this is business pricing and economy has barely changed in price but that’s what’s even more strange?
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Doesn’t surprise me, probably few seats left.
Clear all cookies or go into incognito mode and look again. They are tracking and adapting pricing.
I did do this (paranoia on my part) but made no difference - interestingly when checking Qatar and with the to and from Doha legs being BA, to Thailand the price was nearly 50% lower so looks like a BA specific issueOriginally Posted by Mj2k
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No overfly of Russian and Ukrainian airspace will add to fuel costs. Added ATC costs of different countries being overflown now. Those will also add costs.
Absolutely but £7100 extra for flights that go nowhere near UKR/RUS is ridiculous
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A regular London to Colombo flight would go near or over Ukraine, actually. I'm sure you're right in the sense a reroute alone should not add that amount of money on though. Maybe a combination of regulations being relaxed, profiteering, energy prices, war etc?
It’s a few hundred miles south over Romania/Austria so even prior to this week it shouldn’t be impacted but as you say I suspect a combination of all but interesting it does seem to be a BA specific issue (from what else I have seen since checking other airlines)
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If it’s BA they will probably cancel the flight anyway - the last 3 I’ve booked have been cancelled-
Prices aside, I'm waiting for airlines to even announce flights/start selling. Accommodation booked for a couple of European holidays this year. Pre-covid there would have been 4 to 6 Saturday flights to choose from - this year only two and they're at rubbish times :boo:
I’ve just returned from a business trip to Sri Lanka. Took the direct Sri Lankan flight from LHR - CMB in business, was £2500 and very nice too. They’re also a Oneworld airline.
Can’t believe they’d be charging anything like BA….? Worth checking maybe
We managed to get a couple of premium economy seats to Bangkok last weekend cheaper than Emirates were asking for economy. I’m a member on Jack’s Flight Club which sends details of all sorts of flight offers every week, saved us about £550 each on the usual cost of the seats.
I purchased a round trip Madrid to Charlotte, going end of next month 280 quid, bargain I reckon..
We took Qatar through BA for £3800 and are here now (Sri Lanka) but this was for a new trip end of April which I didn’t book before we left and now wish I had!!!
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I use a travel arranger that has saved me a lot of money, always gotten the best price and cabin option and bailed me out when flights are cancelled and he gets me home.
Invaluable to have a good travel arranger. Happy share his details if anyone need a recommendation.
Pfffttt......Third World problems eh?
Is that a travel agent or something else?
We booked with BA to go to our sons Denver CO wedding in October last year. As it was a special occasion I treated family to Business Class.
Flights were subsequently cancelled and the best of a bad lot was to accept a credit voucher for value of fares.
On flights being released we made to rebook like for like only to find they’d gone up by 300%!!! If ever a company was ripping of pax it’s BA due to covid and making hay out of pain.
Another example of BA ripping us, the pax, a new asshole.
Jim
I suspect a company a bit like Reed & McKay. https://www.reedmackay.com
I used to use them, and they did absolutely everything. 24hr cover (they had advisors on nightshifts at home, and during days) -superb service.
Think I’ll stick with economy.
With the Oligarchs under the cosh I reckon private jets got a fair bit cheaper
Yep - had the same with them on a 2 for 1 business class seat deal - only offered a voucher and then of course couldn’t even get one seat for the price or the two we had previously booked - I am convinced BA have a team set up to rip off their regular flyers
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