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wawawawonder
Joined: 30 Mar 2008
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 Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 5:31 am Post subject: Beijing Olympics |
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| Could anyone give me an estimate on the cost of the average return flight to Beijing? I have been quoted 550,000, which I'll pay if I have to, but it does seem a little steep. How much of a premium do you think there'll be at the time of the Olympics? |
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wawawawonder
Joined: 30 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 10:06 am Post subject: Update: I was a naive idiot |
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I had in mind a wonderful weekend away at the Olympic Games but my plans have been scuppered, it seems, by capitalism at its most rampant!
For those outside China, it seems you are supposed to buy your tickets from the official ticketing partner in your country. I looked into this and prices were very, very fair- I'm talking 10-20 dollars. Unfortunately, they are all sold out for the events I wish to see.
Is this because of phenomenal demand? I don't think so. Looking elsewhere, you can find tickets costing 100s of dollars. Yes, ticket agencies have bought tickets en masse in the hopes of selling them on at vast mark-ups. The tragedy is that they probably don't even need to sell all of them and won't and what we'll see when the games roll around is masses of empty seats. |
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gochubandit
Joined: 29 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 5:52 pm Post subject: |
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so you're saying that if you wanna see the olympics, you need to buy tickets in korea?? where am i supposed to go? i was thinking about watching a few games myself.
any1 with any info? |
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rokgryphon
Joined: 12 Apr 2005
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| Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 10:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Go to your home country's olympic association website, they should have info on how to buy tickets. I have tickets for 5 different events but I am pretty sure that all the tickets are sold out for my home country. At least half of the tickets for events are reserved for Chinese. |
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I-am-me
Joined: 21 Feb 2006
Location: Hermit Kingdom
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| Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 7:39 am Post subject: |
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| Thats not a bad price. I paid $360 last year. Better get them now before they go up more. |
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citizen erased
Joined: 06 Apr 2008
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| Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 10:15 pm Post subject: Re: Beijing Olympics |
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| wawawawonder wrote: |
| Could anyone give me an estimate on the cost of the average return flight to Beijing? I have been quoted 550,000, which I'll pay if I have to, but it does seem a little steep. How much of a premium do you think there'll be at the time of the Olympics? |
good question |
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TeeBee
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 4:23 pm Post subject: |
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OP: I just bought some tickets for flights to Beijing around that time, and the best price I could get was 550,000 won. And I REALLY shopped around. In fact, the longer I took to decide, the more expensive the tickets got. I ended up paying 30,000 won more than I was originally quoted because I took too long to confirm.
If you were flying a coupe of weeks before or a couple of weeks after the Olympics, you would be able to pick up some relatively cheap flights. But I think all the cheap tickets are gone! |
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pugwall
Joined: 22 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 5:05 pm Post subject: |
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| If the boat from Incheon to Tianjin is still running you could take that and then take a taxi into beijing as it is only 45 minutes away. |
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Easter Clark
Joined: 18 Nov 2007
Location: Hiding from Yie Eun-woong
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| Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 4:10 pm Post subject: |
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| I-am-me wrote: |
| Thats not a bad price. I paid $360 last year. Better get them now before they go up more. |
So you're going to the Olympics? Better change your avatar then. |
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I-am-me
Joined: 21 Feb 2006
Location: Hermit Kingdom
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| Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 4:55 am Post subject: |
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| ??? Wish english teachers could read and comprehend. Where in my post did I state I was going to olympics? |
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wawawawonder
Joined: 30 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 5:05 am Post subject: |
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| pugwall wrote: |
| If the boat from Incheon to Tianjin is still running you could take that and then take a taxi into beijing as it is only 45 minutes away. |
Was hoping to take advantage of the long weekend in the middle of the games, meaning flying would be the only sensible option. |
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Easter Clark
Joined: 18 Nov 2007
Location: Hiding from Yie Eun-woong
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| Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 2:22 pm Post subject: |
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| I-am-me wrote: |
| ??? Wish english teachers could read and comprehend. Where in my post did I state I was going to olympics? |
Sorry, one would presume if you paid for tickets to the Olympics you would go. So are you sitting on them or are you selling them? |
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pdxsteve
Joined: 29 Sep 2004
Location: Bundang
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| Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 2:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Easter Clark wrote: |
| I-am-me wrote: |
| ??? Wish english teachers could read and comprehend. Where in my post did I state I was going to olympics? |
Sorry, one would presume if you paid for tickets to the Olympics you would go. So are you sitting on them or are you selling them? |
I believe the poster was speaking of purchasing airline tickets, not Olympics tickets. |
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Easter Clark
Joined: 18 Nov 2007
Location: Hiding from Yie Eun-woong
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| Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:04 pm Post subject: |
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^
 Apologies all-around |
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I-am-me
Joined: 21 Feb 2006
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