It’s $450 round trip for me no matter what airline. That’s arriving the morning of the 21st and leaving later in the day on the 22nd.
wow $30? Why drive anywhere lol? I wonder how much money theyre making at those rates
I know it’s really really strange. They don’t include anything…i.e. no checked bags, no food, no drink, so you get nickeled and dimed if you aren’t careful.
But when I’m in Europe, we’re going to make a couple of 2-3 day trips. It’s nuts how cheap it is. My friend was in London with his brother a couple of years ago and they were bored, so his brother said ‘Let’s go to Amsterdam and see Billy Idol in concert!’. They were there a few hrs later for $45 round trip. Their cab fare from London to the airport and then back to their London hotel was more than the flight to the Netherlands and back.
I spent college doing odd weekends/day trips away on Easyjet and Ryanair. 20 euros all in from London to Prague and then Amsterdam to London. Prague to Amsterdam we did overland, hitchiking, train bus via Berlin. Or the 20GBP all in return to Turin for a skiing trip.
Ryanair make money by taking you to butt fuck middle of nowhere shitty airports with no public transportation. The only option to the target city (often 90 mins away) is a bus run by… Ryanair.
What they have achieved though is some aggressive pricing from BA. Last time I went skiing in France, BA was the cheapest all-in option as their fare included bags, boards, seat assignment etc…
And the really ridiculous? In 2009 my wife was living in Canada, while I was still living in England. We went to Vancouver for a holiday. I flew via Toronto to meet up with the missus and then on together to Vancouver. We booked at the same time and she still paid $20 more than me lol.
Funny business airfares… Toronto-SFO out 19/4 back 22/4 $839, Detroit-SFO same dates, $464 lol.
^thanks for the insight, I’d like to go to Europe at some point so the thought of $30 flight tickets was pretty awesome
it still is beemer…not all of the airports are middle of nowhere. When I fly from Paris to Glasgow, it’s an airport that is very close to the city (the Paris side) and it lands at Prestwick, which used to be the main international airport in/around Glasgow.
I’ve seen that with a bunch of them lately. My parents flew from Prestwick to the south of france, and were about a 20 euro cab ride to the place they were staying. Their round trip flight cost 44 pounds (about 75 dollars)
They used to use nothing but MOFN airports, but if you check their website, they have hundreds of options now. Still with the crazy pricing.
The fact that Europe has a modern train system must force air carriers to stay competetive.
In Canada to fly from coast to coast would cost over 1000$ one way and take a few hours, or you can take the train for the same price or more and take a week.
WTF! Turns out driving is ALWAYS the cheapest (but not fastest) way to go.
Doesnt Virgin offer flights from toronto direct to Vegas now? From what i remember they were pretty afordable prices. Then just fly Nevada to Cali. with a smaller carrier.
is/was my phrasing is never consistent lol, I’m still interested in giving it a shot… need to figure out where specifically I’d like to go though. Probably Italy, Germany and the UK, but I’m not sure where in each to aim for… touristy stuff normally doesnt appeal to me.