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    This sounds like a right rip-off

    Just been speaking to an Aussie.

    He goes to the Phils regularly and pays the equivalent of 34,000 PHP in AUS dollars for a return journey which is well over £500 if I'm not mistaken. This kind of price is from both Sydney & Melbourne with the cheapest airline.

    Distances

    London to Manila approx 6600 miles
    Sydney to Manila approx 3800 miles

    After doing the maths I'm baffled.


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    When my grandad died last month, my aunt and uncle who live and work in Kuwait paid for the cheapest ticket they can get, which is Emirates at £500+ for each! Same price coming from the UK!
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    They dont look very cheap at all now, I dont know if cheap airfares do still exists!! I am planning for bring my sister and my daughter next year to the UK for a visit and i dread to think of the costs of their fares! Ridiculous amount of money.


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    The cost of living is very high nowadays in Oz

    http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/new...-1226677641006


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    i don't know if the cost the airline gets has increased over the years (cheapest i can remember getting was about £380 return using KLM or Airfrance 8-10yrs ago) , much of the cost now is taxes, surcharges and extra fees
    http://www.filipinouk.com/forum/image.php?type=sigpic&userid=870&dateline=1270312908


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    Quite right....greedy Treasury penalising us travellers to make up the shortfall from the tax-dodging corporates and the rich .


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    Quote Originally Posted by joebloggs View Post
    i don't know if the cost the airline gets has increased over the years (cheapest i can remember getting was about £380 return using KLM or Airfrance 8-10yrs ago) , much of the cost now is taxes, surcharges and extra fees
    KLM price that I paid in 2010 was slightly less than £380 and that was the cheapest I ever had since 1989!


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