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boatofcar
Joined: 20 Dec 2006
Location: Sheffield, UK
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 Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 7:29 pm Post subject: Short-notice Busan to Tokyo under 500k won...is it possible? |
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| I'm going to Japan a week from tomorrow. Is it possible to find a RT ticket for under 500k won? I've searched expedia, travelocity, etc, and the closest I can seem to find is around $750. |
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pugwall
Joined: 22 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 7:36 pm Post subject: |
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| You can fly to Macau for 230 dollars return from Busan with Viva Macau. But that is a whole new story. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 7:58 pm Post subject: Re: Short-notice Busan to Tokyo under 500k won...is it possi |
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| boatofcar wrote: |
| I'm going to Japan a week from tomorrow. Is it possible to find a RT ticket for under 500k won? I've searched expedia, travelocity, etc, and the closest I can seem to find is around $750. |
Try a Korean travel agent. |
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boatofcar
Joined: 20 Dec 2006
Location: Sheffield, UK
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| Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:38 pm Post subject: |
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| I settled on booking from www.whypaymore.co.kr. Got a RT from Busan to Tokyo for 340k won. Not too shabby! |
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regicide
Joined: 01 Sep 2006
Location: United States
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| Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 1:23 pm Post subject: |
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| pugwall wrote: |
| You can fly to Macau for 230 dollars return from Busan with Viva Macau. But that is a whole new story. |
Got any more information on Viva Macau?
I could only get their website , which just seems to have domestic fares.
http://www.flyvivamacau.com/en/book_your_flight/timetable.php
It has been awhile since I have been to Macau--I would love to get there again. |
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pugwall
Joined: 22 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 5:18 pm Post subject: |
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| regicide wrote: |
| pugwall wrote: |
| You can fly to Macau for 230 dollars return from Busan with Viva Macau. But that is a whole new story. |
Got any more information on Viva Macau?
I could only get their website , which just seems to have domestic fares.
http://www.flyvivamacau.com/en/book_your_flight/timetable.php
It has been awhile since I have been to Macau--I would love to get there again. |
http://www.flyvivamacau.com/en/book_your_flight/route_map.php
It seems that they have stopped the Busan route. It must have not been popular or maybe the Korean airline Mafia didn't like somebody stomping on their ground. Shame as I thought budget priced whoring and gambling trips would have been the flavour of the day in these parts. |
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soviet_man
Joined: 23 Apr 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 7:39 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah it does seem Viva Macau has pulled out.
It is incredible why so many 1 and 2 hour flights should now cost $500 US dollars and upwards.
It actively discourages foreigners from entering Korea and Koreans from leaving which is I suppose what the Korean authorities want. |
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regicide
Joined: 01 Sep 2006
Location: United States
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| Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:19 pm Post subject: |
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| soviet_man wrote: |
Yeah it does seem Viva Macau has pulled out.
It is incredible why so many 1 and 2 hour flights should now cost $500 US dollars and upwards.
It actively discourages foreigners from entering Korea and Koreans from leaving which is I suppose what the Korean authorities want. |
Yes. I used to travel all the time when I lived in Taiwan. And just a few years ago I would travel around the region here for about $300. Now it is just not worth taking a trip around the region. I just go home to the States--not much more airfare!
Is there anything regarding Korea that didn't get WORSE in the past few years? |
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