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Passions
Joined: 31 May 2006
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 Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 1:47 pm Post subject: Going to Korea this winter from LAX. Buying ticket question. |
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This Christmas I was thinking about visiting for a week.
Should I buy a one way ticket here in LA, (about $650) and then once I'm in Korea, buy the return flight home?
I was thinking that way would be cheaper since $1 = 1400W right now.
I've never bought a one way ticket in Korea back to the US. Anyone know if it's cheaper this way?
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 5:31 pm Post subject: Re: Going to Korea this winter from LAX. Buying ticket quest |
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| Passions wrote: |
This Christmas I was thinking about visiting for a week.
Should I buy a one way ticket here in LA, (about $650) and then once I'm in Korea, buy the return flight home?
I was thinking that way would be cheaper since $1 = 1400W right now.
I've never bought a one way ticket in Korea back to the US. Anyone know if it's cheaper this way?
Thanks. |
Won't be cheaper cause tickets are priced in dollars and then converted to won for sale here... so you get hit with the exchange rate spread twice.
A 2nd problem may arise when they don't let you on the plane in LA without a return ticket or right of residence. (return or onward passage is a requirement of the visa waiver program).
3rd, one way tickets are USUALLY priced at about 75% of the cost of a return ticket so your BASE PRICE for 2-one way tickets will be about 150% of the cost of a return ticket. |
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Rteacher
Joined: 23 May 2005
Location: Western MA, USA
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| Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 7:34 am Post subject: |
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| I suggest booking round-trip and using a Korean-American travel agency to find the cheapest rate (at least that's what I found leaving from NY) |
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kiteflyer
Joined: 27 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2008 4:34 pm Post subject: ASAP tickets website |
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For RT flights originating in the USA: www.asaptickets.com.
They're the best and I've used them in the past.
They offer "open-ended RT tickets" if you twist their arm. |
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