Flight price panicking !

[Triciamcl]

Booked our flights very early this morning LHR to MCO 13-29 September 2022 BA £588:97 pp really happy with that 😃😃

[Warkman58]

Originally Posted by ScoopsAhoy

I’ve checked every flight company so far and they’re all the same.
It’s disgusting.
VA wanted £5,310 for 3 flights.

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Why is it disgusting? That’s the price, that’s what an actual plane Seat costs.
Far too used to getting cheap seats based on more seats than demand, large aircraft compared to the smaller capacity now.

Disgusting that these airlines are trying to survive, not like Flyglopespan, Norwiegen air, you know, cheap prices that didn’t cover their costs.

[kk20]

try orher airports, indirect, other airlines.

[ScoopsAhoy]

Originally Posted by Warkman58

Why is it disgusting? That’s the price, that’s what an actual plane Seat costs.
Far too used to getting cheap seats based on more seats than demand, large aircraft compared to the smaller capacity now.

Disgusting that these airlines are trying to survive, not like Flyglopespan, Norwiegen air, you know, cheap prices that didn’t cover their costs.

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Oh please … if you think it’s a fair price then you have more money than sense.
If they keep charging this much then they’ll go out of business anyway as no one will want to use them.

[munmun]

Originally Posted by ScoopsAhoy

Oh please … if you think it’s a fair price then you have more money than sense.
If they keep charging this much then they’ll go out of business anyway as no one will want to use them.

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That is just not true, airlines use buckets and the price goes up as they get booked. There is no evidence that they are not selling seats.

[NewtoOrlando]

Originally Posted by mason1

This is what we are planning to do. £3200 for direct flights and car (dropping off at Hard Rock and re-hiring a couple of days later). Seeing if prices drop a bit more before committing. This is 1-22 August for 4 people and large car. Dearer than we usually pay, but I think next year will be more expensive due to demand.

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This is exactly what we've done, saved £1500 by dropping the car for 3 days while we're at the Hard Rock as we won't need it, looked today and the price is £6.5k... we paid £3028!

[ScoopsAhoy]

Originally Posted by munmun

That is just not true, airlines use buckets and the price goes up as they get booked. There is no evidence that they are not selling seats.

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I didn’t say they’re not selling seats I said if the price stays high like that then they won’t in future.
Again, if someone is happy to pay over 5k for 3 flights then they need their head examined.

[Gelatoni]

Originally Posted by ScoopsAhoy

I didn’t say they’re not selling seats I said if the price stays high like that then they won’t in future.
Again, if someone is happy to pay over 5k for 3 flights then they need their head examined.

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Hopefully when this "wave" of pent up demand is over in a year or 2, people won't pay those fares and the buckets will bounce back to pre-pandemic levels 🤞

Could be wishful thinking though 😂

[Warkman58]

Originally Posted by ScoopsAhoy

Oh please … if you think it’s a fair price then you have more money than sense.
If they keep charging this much then they’ll go out of business anyway as no one will want to use them.

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You really don’t understand the financial aspects of running an airline do you’/
Have a look at these articles before commenting on prices:

dailymail/travel/t...ax-ticket.html

simpleflying/the-cost-of-flying/

Airlines that live on low cost financial basis such as flyglobespan, Flybe, Thomas cook, Norweigen and many more went bust as their fragile process was based upon quantity over quality.
Major airlines have reduced seats available by reducing aircraft and reducing the size of these aircraft.
No real carrier will want to make a loss on your tickets just so you can get a “cheap” ticket.
Less seats means less seats that can be sold at below cost as the fixed costs are covered in the rest of the seats.

An economy return ticket has always been around £1,400 and yiu only got it cheaper to fill the aircraft.
They will stop flying routes that are unprofitable, with lower fleets this is quite simple to do.
How about your company slashes your wages so more people can buy your product, I’m sure with your views that’s perfectly acceptable

[DisneyCrazyCrew]

Originally Posted by Triciamcl

My release date comes up start of October but went on to BA.com this morning to gauge prices and for just one person direct LHR to MCO it’s coming up at over £1400 for the September dates currently. Showing ! Really worried now I’ll have to disappoint everyone if this is the flight price 😭

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I am seeing similar for my dates (21st Sep) but my return date has not been released yet so I am hoping for a better price once return dates have been released