Most expensive commercial airfare?

[Rain Man]

Jump on orbitz or expedia or something, and find the highest priced flight you can.

The rules:

It must be on a major world carrier or national carrier. No private jets or charters, but if it's a small national airline like Air Mauritius or Air Namibia, that's fine.

It must be a flight that you can look up on one of the travel sites or an airline site. No custom jobs.

You can pick any travel dates and any class of seat.

Travel must be from one city to another and back, round trip. No multi-city trips.

I'll start, and see if you can beat me.

Orbitz says I can fly first class from Denver to Kabul, Afghanistan on July 1st, and return on July 5th, for a cost of only $24,426.

Can you beat it?

[Bearcat]

Bam.

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r143/bearcat2002/flight.png

[Braincase]

Bam.

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r143/bearcat2002/flight.png

Act fast! Only 2 tickets left at this price!

[Rain Man]

Bam.



Ooh. Good one.

[bevischief]

You know you can smoke on Turkish Airlines.

[Rain Man]

Trumping you. Helsinki to Auckland on Cathay Pacific.

[Bearcat]

Trumping you. Helsinki to Auckland on Cathay Pacific.

I was thinking along those lines... tried Perth to Reykjavik, Iceland, but it's "only" $26,100.

[Bearcat]

And apparently there aren't any flights from the Falkland Islands to northern Russia this time of year... :shrug:

[ReynardMuldrake]

http://i.imgur.com/Rlhu6.jpg

:shrug: It's the best I could come up with.

[Bearcat]

Topped 30k...

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r143/bearcat2002/flight-1.png

[ReynardMuldrake]

$25,747

[bevischief]

$28916.

[Cornstock]

Topped 30k...

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r143/bearcat2002/flight-1.png

I actually ran into a woman in the Zurich airport the other day that was doing the South Africa to Alaska thing. She said she had been nanny-ing in South Africa. I'm sure she didn't pay thaaat much for a ticket, but thats a hulluva long ways. There's really just no easy way to get to Alaska.

[Rain Man]

Having trouble beating $30,000...

[Rain Man]

Ha! Back in the lead with a flight from Montevideo, Uruguay, to Antananarivo, Madagascar.

[Imon Yourside]

Greyhound bus from Berlin, Ger to Memphis, Ten = infinite monies :)

[Bearcat]

Topped 40k... :eek:

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r143/bearcat2002/flight-2.png

[Rain Man]

Holy cow.

You'd have to really be wanting to go to San Carlos De Bariloche for that kind of scratch.

[tooge]

I looked and looked for a civilian flight to the moon, but couldn't find anything available this year. I guess for roughtly $250K, it can be done.

[Braincase]

I cannot seem to find a decent flight out of Murmansk.

[OnTheWarpath15]

Topped 40k... :eek:

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r143/bearcat2002/flight-2.png

Goddammit. Thought I was going to have the lead for a bit.

http://i47.tinypic.com/2e1ghuc.png

[Rain Man]

I can't hit $40k yet, but here's a pretty good second: Launceston, Tasmania, to Reykjavik at $36,292.

It may be the longest one so far, too, with a 48 hr, 55 minute span on the way out. That's harsh.

[Bearcat]

I actually ran into a woman in the Zurich airport the other day that was doing the South Africa to Alaska thing. She said she had been nanny-ing in South Africa. I'm sure she didn't pay thaaat much for a ticket, but thats a hulluva long ways. There's really just no easy way to get to Alaska.

Heh, that's pretty cool. So, she lives in Alaska and.... has family in South Africa? Happened to be looking for nanny positions and stumbled on one in South Africa? If guess if you have the time, it's a good way to see the world... I'd make that kind of trip over a couple of weeks, visiting a handful of cities along the way.

[Slainte]

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-0506-golden-ticket-20120506,0,7103119.story

[Rain Man]

I can barely get Easter Island flights over $20K. Darn tourists are bringing the prices down.

[OnTheWarpath15]

$47,796. Sao Paulo to Tokyo.

http://i49.tinypic.com/14oao86.png

[Rain Man]

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-0506-golden-ticket-20120506,0,7103119.story

How fascinating. I never knew that such tickets were sold. It seems like any rich person would buy one as long as you thought the company was going to be around. Heck, I'd sure buy one if I had the money, just for retirement fun.

[Rain Man]

$47,796. Sao Paulo to Tokyo.


That blows my theory. I've been concentrating on cities without major airports.

[Bearcat]

2 fewer stops in 17 fewer hours than mine... LMAO

[rageeumr]

How fascinating. I never knew that such tickets were sold. It seems like any rich person would buy one as long as you thought the company was going to be around. Heck, I'd sure buy one if I had the money, just for retirement fun.

Definitely. Even in 2012 dollars, the original cost of the pass + companion pass is around $1,012,000.

You certainly couldn't buy a very nice jet for that kind of money. Assuming $20k for a charter flight, your break-even point is 50 trips.

Seems like it should have been a no-brainer back then*


*For anyone who had $400k laying around

[Dartgod]

I can't hit $40k yet, but here's a pretty good second: Launceston, Tasmania, to Reykjavik at $36,292.

It may be the longest one so far, too, with a 48 hr, 55 minute span on the way out. That's harsh.

That's weird. I searched the exact same flights and it comes in at $12,824.

[Rain Man]

That's weird. I searched the exact same flights and it comes in at $12,824.

Did you do first class?

[Dartgod]

Did you do first class?

That was it. I was going to fly in the back with the goats.

[Rain Man]

That was it. I was going to fly in the back with the goats.

I've heard that if you don't fly first class you have to do stuff like wash out your own champagne glass. I couldn't handle that.

[Setsuna]

Bam.

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r143/bearcat2002/flight.png

This shit is dumb, because you can sit there and have the dates span a month and the price will be insane. Fuck this thread.

[Rain Man]

This shit is dumb, because you can sit there and have the dates span a month and the price will be insane. **** this thread.


You realize that you're not on the plane the whole time, right? You actually get off the plane and walk around at your destination before you come home.

[digger]

Already been beat. (http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/attachment.php?attachmentid=101219&d=1337213554)

(http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/attachment.php?attachmentid=101219&d=1337213554)

[Rain Man]

Already been beat. (http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/attachment.php?attachmentid=101219&d=1337213554)

(http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/attachment.php?attachmentid=101219&d=1337213554)


While I applaud the attempt, the price to beat is now over $47,000. Step back up to the plate and take another swing.