The Tale of the $10,000 Flight

[wise_rita]

I'm tinkering around with flight prices home this summer.  Cathay Pacific is running a sale to a few US destinations only (LA, Chicago, NY, San Fran) but not my desired airport, Minneapolis. 

Want to know what the difference is between BNE-LAX versus BNE-MSP?  Over $10,000!

Brisbane to LA = $1,764

Brisbane to Minneapolis = $12,049

And there you have it, folks, the $10,000 flight half way across the U.S.

WTF?    

[glitterfart]

do you get champagne, a massage and other special trestment? Is this the playboy jet staffed by thee bunnies?

[dorothyinAus]

Holy Crap!

Can you fly into the US and then take Southwest to Minneapolis?

Last time DH & I flew home, there was no cost difference in the MEL-SFO flights and the MEL-MSY (NO) flights. That's the ONLY reason we flew United.

And just out of curiosity, why not fly Brisbane to SFO, then on to Minneapolis? Is there that big a difference versus LAX? I avoid LAX at all costs. $10,000 is not worth it, but anything under $500 per person is for me.

[wise_rita]

Jan 21, 2014 3:11:16 GMT -5 dorothyinAus said:

Holy Crap!

Can you fly into the US and then take Southwest to Minneapolis?

Oh, totally, that's what we'd do if we went with Cathay Pacific.  

But SO thinks going to Hong Kong first is unthinkable and adds too much time to the journey.  1) No it doesn't and 2) It's at least $400 cheaper per person, if not more.

It looks like LAX is cheaper to fly into than SFO.  LAX is way cheaper than ORD, too.

[GilliC]

Maybe you're seeing prices misquoted in NOKs. That's the only reason I can understand for any $10K flight!

[GilliC]

Maybe they don't have a flight to Minnesota, so that $10K is actually to charter a plane to take you there.

[Brit]

Wow, that's insane!

I guess I'm lucky that we get free flights home every six months!

[CakeLover]

Wow! That is crazy!

[potatopie]

holy crap. i was just thinking of starting to check summer prices. now i'm nervous!

[Deleted]

Holy shit!

I was just looking up prices to fly from the US back to Cape Town in December.

Philly to Cape Town was $3,000, ugh.

NYC to Cape Town was only $2,000. So it looks like if I do come I'll definitely take the bus up to NYC and fly from there.

[potatopie]

Jan 23, 2014 9:42:43 GMT -5 @wandering said:

Holy shit!

I was just looking up prices to fly from the US back to Cape Town in December.

Philly to Cape Town was $3,000, ugh.

NYC to Cape Town was only $2,000. So it looks like if I do come I'll definitely take the bus up to NYC and fly from there.

Hi! Have we "met" yet? I'm in CT. Been here for 3.5 years now. Are you from here originally?