 Poster: A snowHead
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Can anyone explain the system (if indeed there is one) with pricing for cheap flights? Whilst waiting for others to sort out what they are doing in terms of transport for our trip I have been monitoring the prices on a particular flight with Flybe, the price was 150 when I started watching, went up to 200 and is now 180, is there any explanation for this?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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martski,
Dunno, but £180.00 doesn't sound that cheap
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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johnboy, you're right not cheap, cant get any cheaper with our silly requirements of departure airport etc.
Sage, really dont know...departure not til late jan!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Talking of cheap flights, maybe one of our Spanish residents can help point me /or rather my friend) to a source of budget flights between Alicante and Zurich? A friend wants to come for new year but can't get anything less than about EUR 350 (Helvetic). Any bright ideas?
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Sage, yeah, but still not particularly cheap and change in Palma de Mallorca 
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Colin B, thanks for the link, I've forwarded it
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martski, I think the price can be affected by the time of day you book. I think travel agents can hold the seats and when they do not confirm the price falls a bit. This summer we fly from Newcastle to Nice in August. We booked in May but by the time we actually flew the price had gone down by £10 per seat.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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garywilk, WayneC, check, guess i had better bite the bullet, small price to pay for a week in ste foy. ta neway
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You know it makes sense.
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eng_ch if you can get from basel , easyjet goes there from alicante. Very cheap.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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The ticket prices are based on complex algorithms.
The Ailrines computers know precisely the breakeven profit & loss of every route.
Its not just dependent on route. If one route is selling well at a particular date/time they can throw out cheap tickets for a less booked route.
Even if a route is full say like London to Amsterdam with EJ the airline will still charge high tickets prices to get max profit. In the meantime they can offer cheap tickets on other routes & as those routes fill up they then offer cheap on the next & so on.
Obviously in Internet Realtime this can happen very quick & especially for Holiday periods.
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Poster: A snowHead
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| Gjspain wrote: |
| eng_ch if you can get from basel , easyjet goes there from alicante. Very cheap. |
But sadly dreadful flight times - anyone fancy getting to Basel from south of Zurich for an 8 am flight??? Thought not....
And since cost is critical tp my friend, a hotel the night before is not an option. Thanks for trying anyway
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Cost of flights between Edinbugh and Geneva (globespan) are now £9.98 each way comparred to £25 each way when I booked three weeks ago. Same dates same flights. 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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FAQ
I thought it started cheap and the less seats left the more expensive it got - maybe there was a cancellation or is it near the departure date?
