Just makes you wonder doesn't it, where the hell they get there prices from, at some of these airline!!!! Cathay has always been expensive, even on there so called special deals, same as Virgin Atlantic, which is a far cry from how the airline first started out!!
I'm going back some years now, but BA used to do a deal, 99 pounds one way to Hong Kong, this is when the normal price was somewhere in excess of 400 pounds, i think they called it a firecracker deal. It took two weeks to book your ticket and you flew on the 3rd week. I used that fare on about 3 seperate ocassions over the course of a couple of years. Now there is nothing like that available at BA.
Seems to be now, the up and coming airlines like Emerates and Qatar Airways are leading the way on low priced fares from Europe, and the National Carriers are quite content rolling along stitching past loyal customs up. Which seems very strange to me seeing as most of them are loseing money hand over foot, you think they would be doing there upmost to get bums on seats and filling there aircraft up on each and every flight!!! Nope, they'd rather cut there services or make you pay for services as if you were flying with a chartered airline...
I'm probably luckier than most here, i can go when i want to, ie,...i'm not tied by annual holidays, or other work related restrictions. So if i see a flight at a very reasonable price i can book it and just go. And that's where you get the best deals, from what i can see these days. I never start looking for flights before 3 or 4 weeks from my preferred departure date. Long gone are the days where you book months in advance to get the best prices on flights, though many seem to think this is still the case, ..... it definitly ISN'T!!!
Anyway, i've had my little rant now, so time for a coffee i think!! ...hahaha!!!!
David
