Christmas Time Flight Prices

[Wheatmaster]

I was doing some research for an asia trip during the last two weeks of December. I was expecting the typical hike for airfare during peak travel season. Maybe $2000 for airfare roundtrip from Chicago to Hong Kong.

But what I found was completely ridiculous! Prices are already $3800 for a non-stop flight from Chicago to Hong Kong! I've seen it go up during travel season but never anything like this!

 

[ViviTheMage]

weird, I can usually get prices from MSP to the EU for about 500 bucks round trip during xmas/new years.

Hong Kong is a little further though

 

[Wheatmaster]

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage
weird, I can usually get prices from MSP to the EU for about 500 bucks round trip during xmas/new years.

Hong Kong is a little further though

look at an athens trip, $1000!

 

[akshatp]

Thats nuts... buy some webcams and do xmas via videoconference

 

[krylon]

Originally posted by: Wheatmaster
I was doing some research for an asia trip during the last two weeks of December. I was expecting the typical hike for airfare during peak travel season. Maybe $2000 for airfare roundtrip from Chicago to Hong Kong.

But what I found was completely ridiculous! Prices are already $3800 for a non-stop flight from Chicago to Hong Kong! I've seen it go up during travel season but never anything like this!

It's already October. Snooze you lose bro.

 

[quikah]

Huh, I found $1235 for 12/16-12/30.

 

[MixMasterTang]

Well it looks like only United Airlines flies direct from ORD - HKG, that's why it's such a high price. There are plenty of sub 2000 dollar fares for connecting flights, or book a cheap flight from ORD-LAX and then another from LAX-HKG and there are tons of options for 1500-2000.

Your Trip - 1 Adult
Modify Flight
Flight - 1 round trip ticket

Fri, Dec 18 Depart:
Arrive 8:59am
8:25pm next day Chicago, IL (ORD) to
Hong Kong, (HKG)
Continental Airlines - 1 Stop
Flight 2976 / Flight 99
Operated by EXPRESSJET AIRLINES INC DBA CO EXPRESS
Fri, Jan 01 Depart:
Arrive 11:25am
6:38pm Hong Kong, (HKG) to
Chicago, IL (ORD) Continental Airlines - 1 Stop
Flight 98 / Flight 1185

$1923 after taxes and fees.

 

[rudder]

Damn, this is better than expedia.

 

[Nik]

supply/demand

Also, outside of the holidays, flight prices are usually at their lowest 21 days before the flight.

 

[FoBoT]

just stay home, there is a world economic depression, remember?

 

[lxskllr]

Take a train ;^)

 

[arrfep]

Originally posted by: lxskllr
Take a kayak;^)

Fixed.

 

[DivideBYZero]

Originally posted by: arrfep

Originally posted by: lxskllr
Walk

Fixed.

 

[DaWhim]

stay home, more money saved.

 

[josh0099]

plenty of non-direct flights under $2000 it seems

 

[yllus]

My Canada -> New Zealand flight came out to $2100 round-trip a few months back. A week later (or today) the cost went up to $3200. I guess it's all timing.

 

[Wheatmaster]

the only problem for me booking a non-direct flight is that I only plan to stay in HK for a week and without a direct flight, i literally lose a full day maybe even 2 days just on flying. Yeah I'm a complaining spoiled a-hole but hey gotta take advantage of time!

 

[IceBergSLiM]

ride your bike for free. Leave today.

 

[Kirby]

B'ham - Seoul, then Busan - B'ham, 12/15 to 1/7

$1431

 

[K1052]

I just dumped $480 on American for ORD-SAN at xmas time. Even Southwest could only beat that price by $10.

A friend of mine gave me some SWUs that he wasn't going to use before they expired so at least I'm not going to be in shitty AA steerage.

 

[MixMasterTang]

Originally posted by: Wheatmaster
the only problem for me booking a non-direct flight is that I only plan to stay in HK for a week and without a direct flight, i literally lose a full day maybe even 2 days just on flying. Yeah I'm a complaining spoiled a-hole but hey gotta take advantage of time!

A connecting flight only adds a couple of hours each direction. 4 hours does not equal a full day or even 2 days.

 

[JTsyo]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
just stay home, there is a world economic depression, remember?

Don't forget the flu.

 

[OCGuy]

Flights are great right now, got non-stop roundtrip from LAX-Maui for ~$600 fees included for turkey day.

$75 each way non-stop LAX-Cabo for Halloween.

 

[zoiks]

I'm trying to find a flight from SFO-LHR during the season but the cheapest is about 785.