Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove <a href="http://london.ba.com/" target="_blank">http://london.ba.com/</a> Flights to London, $485. Maybe they'll do it the other way around?
Originally Posted By u k fan Flights for a week in December this year are £388 each as of now including all taxes and charges!!!
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Big difference $485 vs $776 per ticket. Maybe it's a way to woo Americans to expensive europe? Worth looking into though, we would love to come back to California for a visit.
Originally Posted By RockyMtnMinnie I went on to check if there were flights from Denver and they had flights for $394, but as I continued I discovered that did not include $598 in taxes, fees and surcharges per ticket! $233 is fuel surcharge alone. So the $394 flight is actually $959.
Originally Posted By RockyMtnMinnie >>>I won't make up the spare room then RMM? <<< I tried. But I can't afford that right now. I'll get there some day. <---Off to buy a lottery ticket.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo That's more in line with the prices I have been seeing. And there is why the baloos may not be returning to the Us for a while. 4 airfares (at the new rates) on one income is a bit of a killer :-(
Originally Posted By LuLu The $485 quoted is one-way, right? So it doesn't seem that great to begin with - and then the surcharges more than double the fares?!?
Originally Posted By RockyMtnMinnie The $394 quote I got was round trip. They just left out some big details... $598 worth.
Originally Posted By u k fan I don't think it's all doom and gloom though. My first flights to Florida in '99 were £324 inc. charges. In 9 years that's only an increase of £64 and LA is further away. Having not properly looked at flights to LA before this is kinda what I expected!!!
Originally Posted By RockyMtnMinnie Oh, it's not doom and gloom, but I think it is a little deceptive on their part. I wonder what portion of the flight charges they consider the $394 to be as I was unable to find a break down of all the additional charges.
Originally Posted By smedley It does seem a huge amount of taxes and surcharges for you compared to the actual flight cost RMM! I know, I am just sad, because it means you won't be coming to see me!
Originally Posted By u k fan According to the UK site (and I think this is wrong as it's never been this way before) the flight is £78. The charges are £310!!!