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Cohiba
Joined: 01 Feb 2005
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 Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 4:49 pm Post subject: HUGE Difference in Airfare Tickets Prices |
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I've decided to chuck everything next February and go Koh Samui for the
entire month. (I used to do this like clockwork every year, but for some
reason I haven't for the past few)
Anyway, I sent out some email to travel agents and got some pretty
huge price swings:
This is for: Incheon-Bangkok-Samui (return)
yong hun kwon: 1,276,000KRW
SOHO Travel: 1,275,900KRW
Shoestring Travel: 1,496,000KRW
Unique Travel: 1,250,000KRW
Kangsan Travel: 854,400KRW
Needless to say I went with Kangsan. It pays to shop around. |
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jdog2050
Joined: 17 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 4:53 pm Post subject: Re: HUGE Difference in Airfare Tickets Prices |
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| Cohiba wrote: |
I've decided to chuck everything next February and go Koh Samui for the
entire month. (I used to do this like clockwork every year, but for some
reason I haven't for the past few)
Anyway, I sent out some email to travel agents and got some pretty
huge price swings:
This is for: Incheon-Bangkok-Samui (return)
yong hun kwon: 1,276,000KRW
SOHO Travel: 1,275,900KRW
Shoestring Travel: 1,496,000KRW
Unique Travel: 1,250,000KRW
Kangsan Travel: 854,400KRW
Needless to say I went with Kangsan. It pays to shop around. |
Are those with or without tax? |
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losing_touch
Joined: 26 Jun 2008
Location: Ulsan - I think!
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| Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 5:01 pm Post subject: |
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| I recently did the same thing. I noticed the same strange phenomenon. The prices were vastly different. I went to Cathay Pacific's site and put in my information on Saturday. A few clicks later, I was a happy camper with a $495 round trip ticket to Bangkok. Sometimes, it pays to go directly to the airlines. That being said, it is also my experience that booking your own flight to Samui usually works out easier than having a travel agent do it. Only two airlines fly the route. |
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Hanson
Joined: 20 Oct 2004
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| Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 5:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Wow, those prices are terrible... |
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Cohiba
Joined: 01 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 5:09 pm Post subject: |
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Those fares are tax included. The tax these days is like 300,000 to
400,000!!! What's up with that? |
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chevro1et
Joined: 01 Feb 2007
Location: Busan, ROK
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| Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 6:31 pm Post subject: |
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| I've always found Kangsan to have pretty much the best prices as far as Korean travel agencies are concerned. |
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cangel
Joined: 19 Jun 2003
Location: Jeonju, S. Korea
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| Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 6:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Another thing to keep in mind are the carriers and routes. I was shopping around for fares to Vietnam and found that the cheapest flights have the cr@piest routes and departure/return times. |
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D.D.
Joined: 29 May 2008
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| Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 6:47 pm Post subject: |
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| losing_touch wrote: |
| I recently did the same thing. I noticed the same strange phenomenon. The prices were vastly different. I went to Cathay Pacific's site and put in my information on Saturday. A few clicks later, I was a happy camper with a $495 round trip ticket to Bangkok. Sometimes, it pays to go directly to the airlines. That being said, it is also my experience that booking your own flight to Samui usually works out easier than having a travel agent do it. Only two airlines fly the route. |
good luck sleeping in the Hong Kong airport. |
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losing_touch
Joined: 26 Jun 2008
Location: Ulsan - I think!
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| Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 6:50 pm Post subject: |
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| good luck sleeping in the Hong Kong airport. |
Why would I sleep there? Personally, I really like Hong Kong airport. It has free wireless, and I have been through there plenty of times. My layover is 2 hours and 45 minutes outbound and 55 minutes coming back. That is hardly time for sleeping. However, it is time to open the laptop and sink a few beers at the Thai restaurant. |
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
Location: Someplace you'd rather be.
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| Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 7:27 pm Post subject: |
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Some airlines screwed themselves by purchasing a bulk fuel when it was high, in hopes of securing a good price should it go higher. They are stuck at a certain high rate from last summer for several months.
Others are able to take advantage of cheaper fuel prices now.
Prices are still really high overall, though.
Also, agents can purchase blocks of tickets at different times, and I'll bet many of them bought blocks when prices were high. This could end up killing some of them off. |
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Jeff's Cigarettes
Joined: 27 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 7:48 pm Post subject: |
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| cangel wrote: |
| Another thing to keep in mind are the carriers and routes. I was shopping around for fares to Vietnam and found that the cheapest flights have the cr@piest routes and departure/return times. |
Nothing new there. What do u think the most direct route should be the cheapest?  |
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D.D.
Joined: 29 May 2008
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| Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 7:59 pm Post subject: |
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| losing_touch wrote: |
| D.D. wrote: |
| good luck sleeping in the Hong Kong airport. |
Why would I sleep there? Personally, I really like Hong Kong airport. It has free wireless, and I have been through there plenty of times. My layover is 2 hours and 45 minutes outbound and 55 minutes coming back. That is hardly time for sleeping. However, it is time to open the laptop and sink a few beers at the Thai restaurant. |
You are getting a better deal than I did in July. They took away my free hotel offer at the last minute and I was stuck over at the H.K. airport. All the hotel rooms were over 200 U.S. |
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Kenny Kimchee
Joined: 12 May 2003
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| Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 8:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Goddamn, the best fare is almost 850K? I know that's a one-month ticket but still...between the won nosedive and the fuel tax we're getting killed! |
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bangbayed
Joined: 01 Dec 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 8:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Wouldn't it be cheaper if you bought an Incheon-Bangkok return ticket and then bought a BKK-Samui return when you get to BKK? I know the local airlines like Bangkok Air have cheap domestic flights. |
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Chamchiman
Joined: 24 Apr 2006
Location: Digging the Grave
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| Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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| bangbayed wrote: |
| Wouldn't it be cheaper if you bought an Incheon-Bangkok return ticket and then bought a BKK-Samui return when you get to BKK? I know the local airlines like Bangkok Air have cheap domestic flights. |
The last two times I flew that route, only the first and last flight of the day were discounted (by around 2000 baht). |
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