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[Tommy]

Don't know if I'm missing something here, but was just on the Air Canada website checking one way prices back home to Toronto. It seems anything ahead of 2~3 weeks from Inchon to Toronto is $470, tax is $200. So it's coming in at under $700

This pricing continues on through the new year, except around Christmas of course. Does this seem insanely cheap to anyone else?

[Ilsanman]

They'll find some BS tax and you will never see that ticket for less than $1000.

[Tiger Beer]

Hard to believe, but if it is, nice that I'm from Michigan and could take advantage of that

[Faunaki]

Nice.

[Bigfeet]

No fuel surcharge?

[BritishinSuwon]

Did you go through the entire booking stage? To the point of purchase? I saw the same thing when I was looking to go to Canada to visit family. The prices started at $500, but by the time you get to the purchase stage, it jumped up to $1800+.
I've never understood why airlines do that. Surely it leaves a bad taste in people's mouths when they think they've found such a great deal, only to have the carpet yanked out from under them at the last minute.

[Ilsanman]

Just as I said.

Last year, our tickets for $1800 ended up at $3400 after all BS taxes, surcharges, etc.

[Gideon]

EDIT

YOUR RIGHT!!!

AC064 Seoul, Incheon Int'l (ICN) Vancouver, Vancouver Int'l (YVR) Fri Nov-07 18:45 11:55
0 20hr22 763 Tourist P M,B Change
AC132 Vancouver, Vancouver Int'l (YVR) Toronto, Pearson Int'l (YYZ) Fri Nov-07 17:40 01:07
+1 day 0 321 Tourist L F
AC029 Toronto, Pearson Int'l (YYZ) Vancouver, Vancouver Int'l (YVR) Thu Nov-20 08:00 10:20
0 19hr15 763 Leisure A F Change
AC063 Vancouver, Vancouver Int'l (YVR) Seoul, Incheon Int'l (ICN) Thu Nov-20 12:40 17:15
+1 day 0 763 Leisure A M,L


Fare Summary
Passenger Type Adult
Base Fare 910.00
Fuel Surcharge YQ 465.20
Taxes, Fees and Charges
Canada Airport Improvement Fee SQ 20.00
Air Travellers Security Charge (ATSC) CA 17.00
Canada Goods and Services Tax (GST/HST #10009-2287) XG 1.00
Republic of Korea Psgr. Service Charge BP 24.98
Total airfare and taxes before options (per passenger) 1438.18

Number Of Passengers 1
Grand Total - Canadian dollars $1438.18 CAD


That price is for a round trip. Don't think i'll be making a trip home this winter vacation.

[ajuma]

I was recently checking out flights...don't remember the to/from, but the price was $400....+$660 for tax, fuel and other surcharges!!

[JBomb]

Canadian Airlines are absolutely horrible for that. I really wish there was something done in terms of them not being allowed to advertise which ultimately is false pricing.

[D-Man]

Welcome to reality.

Whenever I see an advertised "cheap fare" I always double the price and add on an extra 100 bucks or so for good measure.

The reality is that flying is no longer "cheap" and we are going to have to live with that.

It will only get worse in the next few years as we suck the little remaining oil from the earth and continue to increase our population.

More and more people will want to fly and we'll all have to pay top dollar in the end.

I think 1500-1800 bucks for a return ticket from Asia to the outlying areas of North America will be the norm for another 2-3 years or so and we will eventual head into the low 2000s for the same airfare.

In 10-15 years, I see a huge reduction in the number of scheduled flights worldwide and only a few wealthy people being able to take those flights as we head on down the slope of peak oil.

.......now back to my yoga and happy thoughts!

[Tommy]

Well, I just checked this out again. I chose a random date for this example. There's one stopover.