Hi Julien,
Well, that's not the case in Spain. If instead of Madrid I'm in small city
like Valencia, Murcia, Bilbao, etc., typically the cost different will be
only 10-15 Euros more. The companies make the money from the big hop, and if
necessary subsidize part of the small one to sell more seats.
At the end in any case is not so easy, because it will depend on agreements
among airlines, from and to, etc. For example, Minneapolis is more expensive
for me, because I need to fly to Amsterdam to get a cheaper fare. Instead
Latinamerican cities or a couple of US locations, can be below 400 Euros and
even a single hop from Madrid.
Definitively, from Europe, for me seems the most expensive Australia, then
Asia Pacific/Africa, but may be is only the case of if the "from" is Spain,
because typically I will need to fly first to Amsterdam, London, Paris or
Frankfurt.
Regards,
Jordi
De: Julien Laganier <julien(_dot_)IETF(_at_)laposte(_dot_)net>
Responder a: <ietf-bounces(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org>
Fecha: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 15:52:09 +0200
Para: "ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org" <ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org>,
<jordi(_dot_)palet(_at_)consulintel(_dot_)es>
Asunto: Re: Making IETF happening in different regions
Jordi,
You are speaking about low cost flights. I am sure they are readily
available from/to any capital like Madrid, but what about other
places. When I want to go from a secondary french city to a secondary
city in germany without over the week-end stay (say monday-thursday)
the prices can start at 500 euros or more, even if booked three
months in advance.
What I tried to say is that w.r.t. price, the continent location seems
to matter more or less the same than the number of airlines going
there. A major city with lot of connecting flights (Minneapolis ;) is
much more cheaper to flight to than a secondary city.
You seems to agree since you mentioned below European flights between
European capitals.
--julien
On Wednesday 29 March 2006 14:49, JORDI PALET MARTINEZ wrote:
Hi Julien,
I guess is a question of planning.
I tend to book my flights at least 3 months ahead.
Then a flight Madrid-Europe-Madrid, for example, could be so law as
80 Euros (replace Europe with Munich, London, Paris, Brussels, or
any other preferred EU destination).
For the same period (a week, including Saturday night),
Madrid-Dallas-Madrid is about 550 Euros.
This typically works also just purchasing 5-6 weeks ahead of the
flight departure.
Regards,
Jordi
De: Julien Laganier <julien(_dot_)IETF(_at_)laposte(_dot_)net>
Responder a: <ietf-bounces(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org>
Fecha: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 14:13:40 +0200
Para: "ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org" <ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org>,
<jordi(_dot_)palet(_at_)consulintel(_dot_)es> Asunto: Re: Making IETF
happening in
different regions
Hi Jordi,
On Friday 24 March 2006 06:10, JORDI PALET MARTINEZ wrote:
Not really. If you look to the recent sponsors, the current one
and the next one, they are all European companies, hosting IETF
in North America.
Actually it can be presented in the other way around, as they
host here, 50% of the attendees are getting indirectly
subsidized by those sponsors decision to host here because their
travel expenses are lower. So the cost for the participants from
the rest of the world is higher.
I do not agree that the cost for "rest of the world" participants
is necessarily higher when me meet in US. It is usually cheaper
for me to travel from EU to US than to travel from EU to EU. For
example I paid 350 euros and 460 euros to go from France to
Washington DC and San Francisco, respectively. That's more or
less the minimum I am used to pay for intra-EU trips.
So it rather seems that the cost of intercontinental flights is
low when there is a lot of different carriers (competition!) on
the hub-to-hub intercontinental trunk of the trip.
My two cents.
-- julien
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