Plane tickets are too expensive!

[TwoCanucks]

Checked for my birthday next August £129 return from Aberdeen. Hour and a half flight so nothing to complain about. I feel for all the Americans! Never realised it cost so much for you guys!

For comparisons sake... $898 Cdn is around 535£ or 625€....you gots it so good on yer side of the pond

[gronin]

Checked for my birthday next August £129 return from Aberdeen. Hour and a half flight so nothing to complain about. I feel for all the Americans! Never realised it cost so much for you guys!

For comparisons sake... $898 Cdn is around 535£ or 625€....you gots it so good on yer side of the pond

For comparison - US or Canada to Holland is many times the distance of Aberdeen to Holland. My last flight from London to Amsterdam was £212 for 45 minutes in the air. That would equate to about £2250 (USD 3600 or CAN 3740) for JFK to AMS. And let's not even get into comparative earnings...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Median_household_income

It's all relative...but to what?

[TwoCanucks]

Weird, I've flown from London to ams three times both ways, never paid more than $100 can for that portion...did bmi and it was super cheap.

Also, don't forget there's about 4-5 times as many people on a trans continental flight vs a london-ams puddle jumper...we are all paying the same airport taxes.

My $898 ticket is $199 in fare, $699 in taxes

[gronin]

Weird, I've flown from London to ams three times both ways, never paid more than $100 can for that portion...did bmi and it was super cheap.

Also, don't forget there's about 4-5 times as many people on a trans continental flight vs a london-ams puddle jumper...we are all paying the same airport taxes.

My $898 ticket is $199 in fare, $699 in taxes

BMI no longer fly from any London airport. Things change; fares go up.

CAD100 is about GBP60? - I think you'd struggle to find a flight for that price these days... unless you go to Luton which stretches the definition of a 'London' airport IMO.

[TwoCanucks]

Right now expedia.ca i can book british airways london gw $209 taxes incl roudtrip direct to amsterdam nov 26-dec 2. Thats 125£ roundtrip taxes in. Median household is nice, but i pay 5-8 times more in airfare, but my household income is defo not 5-8 greater

My $898 fare was a special price, usually goes for $1200-1700 cdn with/without connection.

I guess my original point was, and not to mean any disrespect, i think we are having a fun convo... My original point was your proximity is so much closer, thats awesome, then you add in the relative low price, and thats a double wammy. And i think thats great for everyone over on that side of the atlantic. Im a pothead and envious

[Adamster]

If you heck Toronto/ NYC or Philly connection you'll find cheaper then 898 $ and Travelocity is better then expedia.ca ...return normal price with klm is about 1215$ if you shop around 3-4 months before you may get it at -/+ 815$ also a lot of cheap flights to Belgium and Paris for around 598/650 return with tax from Canada or NYC from Paris bus is like 70/80 euros return and takes same time then the bus also from Canada to Frankfurt you may find cheap flights at around same prices the Paris and Brussels but these r mostly 2-3 week befor you leave flight or like I call them cou de tete flights