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Title: Internal flights, price quotes, fair prices Post by: Philb on April 22, 2002, 04:00:00 AM Over the past couple of weeks I have been busy making arrangements for my upcoming
trip to Russia in June. I need to do quite a bit of traveling within Russia. So, as in the past I have contacted the usual list of travel agents asking for airfare quotes. The quotes that I received ranged from $275.00 to $350.00. I did not think this was unusual. Well, this time I also asked a friend of mine in Russia to obtain quotes for these same flights. This quote was for $180.00 for an identical itinerary. By the way, this quote was obtained using my passport number and was not a fare reserved for Russian citizens. Now, I do not mind paying additional money for additional service (convenience, the I was wondering what others do in regards to the booking of flights within the FSU and if Title: huge mark-ups Post by: odeccaman1 on April 23, 2002, 04:00:00 AM ... in response to Internal flights, price quotes, fair pri..., posted by Philb on Apr 22, 2002
are common in Ukraine too as there can be big price differences in simple everyday products. In a criminal society I think this attitude comes naturally to merchants. Have a good trip Title: Re: Best Link that I have... Post by: BrianN on April 23, 2002, 04:00:00 AM ... in response to Internal flights, price quotes, fair pri..., posted by Philb on Apr 22, 2002
http://www.go-russia.com/tissa.htm Title: Re: Re: Best Link that I have... Post by: Philb on April 23, 2002, 04:00:00 AM ... in response to Re: Best Link that I have..., posted by BrianN on Apr 23, 2002
These prices are no longer current through this agent. I received a quote of $276.00 through them Title: oh well... Post by: BrianN on April 23, 2002, 04:00:00 AM ... in response to Re: Re: Best Link that I have..., posted by Philb on Apr 23, 2002
No use then... that one get's the boot from my favorites folder. Thanks for the update. Title: I have the exact same issue with this... Post by: BrianN on April 22, 2002, 04:00:00 AM ... in response to Internal flights, price quotes, fair pri..., posted by Philb on Apr 22, 2002
There are wayz to do this... but I'm going the straight route right now and pay the extra 200 bucks I guess... I've got too much @#$% going on at the moment to pis around with it. Title: Where? Post by: MarkInTx on April 22, 2002, 04:00:00 AM ... in response to Internal flights, price quotes, fair pri..., posted by Philb on Apr 22, 2002
I'm looking at a trip to Ukraine, and see prices of $1400! Where are you getting these prices of $250 to Russia??? Title: Re: Where? Post by: Stan on April 23, 2002, 04:00:00 AM ... in response to Where?, posted by MarkInTx on Apr 22, 2002
I just called my connection in Chicago and she told me about $860.00 round trip from Chicago to Kiev but the seats were filling up fast. Title: Get your flights now! Post by: BrianN on April 24, 2002, 04:00:00 AM ... in response to Re: Where?, posted by Stan on Apr 23, 2002
Same thing to just about anywhere, tis the warming up season for visiting russia, and the seats are filling up fast, and the fares are going up quick! Title: I apologize for not being clear Post by: Philb on April 22, 2002, 04:00:00 AM ... in response to Where?, posted by MarkInTx on Apr 22, 2002
I was refering only to the flights within Russia. In my case from Moscow to Novokuznetsk. Title: Re: those are probably internal flts Post by: wsbill on April 22, 2002, 04:00:00 AM ... in response to Where?, posted by MarkInTx on Apr 22, 2002
Or flying in from Germany, France or Italy. |