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Price difference for RTW flights

  • 05-01-2009 9:07pm
    #1
    darrenh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 685 ✭✭✭


    I went into USIT today to pay off the rest of myself and my girlfriends RTW trip. I asked could she recheck the prices of the flights because of the drop in the oil prices. She re-booked the whole itinerary for me and i had hoped that maybe it might be €50 - €100 cheaper. after a few minutes of messing with the calculator and the computer my new price was over €1000 cheaper. I nearly fell over!! Well worth asking!:D


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  • #2
    Neamhshuntasach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,171 ✭✭✭Neamhshuntasach


    RTW prices are only around 2000 anyways. So you managed to get a load of flights for around a grand?


  • #3
    dory
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 4,575 Mod ✭✭✭✭dory


    It's about a grand sterling anyway so thankfully you got the savings passed on to you. Well done! What's your route?


  • #4
    darrenh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 685 ✭✭✭darrenh


    The original price of the flights were going to be €4600 for two. When it was re-booked it only came to €3600. €1000 savings between two or €500 each.

    Our route is:
    Dublin-Heathrow
    Heathrow-Rio (3 months in SA)
    Santiago-Auckland (1.5 months in NZ)
    Auckland-Sydney (1.5 months in AUS)
    Cairns-Singapore (overland to bangkok and 3 months in SE Asia)
    Bangkok-Heathrow
    Heathrow-Dublin

    Leaving for Rio on the 5th March
    I cant stop humming Copa...... Copacabana (Barry Manillow rocks!!!):D


  • #5
    Neamhshuntasach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,171 ✭✭✭Neamhshuntasach


    I got pretty much the same for €1986 in trailfinders about 7 months ago. Except i went to Mexico City instead of Rio. And mine also included a flight from Cairns to Bali and Singapore to Bangkok. Although i'm gonna do the Singapore to Bangkok overland now. I didn't think they ever would have been as expensive as you got them for.


  • #6
    TonyD79
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,080 ✭✭✭TonyD79


    I paid 2283.56 euro for my RTW trip with trailfinders in May and that was after the fuel charges went up .

    Dublin- Bangkok
    Bangkok-Sydney
    Sydny- Christchurch
    Auckland-Fiji
    Fiji- Hawaii
    hawaii- San Fran
    New York - Dublin

    I also paid 777.75 with them for Rio return as I spent 2 months in SA before xmas

    I didnt look around much tbh but you would be surprised at the difference. My friend booked flights from London to San Fran for 581 sterling and then when I searched the same airline and dates on Orbitz.com I got it for 581 american dollers as it was on the webiste for the airline aswell!!


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  • #7
    darrenh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 685 ✭✭✭darrenh


    Neamhshuntasach wrote: »
    And mine also included a flight from Cairns to Bali and Singapore to Bangkok. Although i'm gonna do the Singapore to Bangkok overland now. I didn't think they ever would have been as expensive as you got them for.

    I could have flown Singapore to bangkok at no extra cost but decided to do it overland. Including south america in any itinerary adds a few hundred euro.


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