[Travel] Flying to Porto

[Official Old Man]

CL final now taking place there so as I'm bored thought I'd look up flights. Easyjet from Gatwick.
27th £295. 28th £295. 29th £373 (early morning). 30th £73
Returns 29th £52 (morning). 30th £420.
Someone making a few quid? I know prices go up as a plane fills up but that is well over the top.

 

[Live by the sea]

CL final now taking place there so as I'm bored thought I'd look up flights. Easyjet from Gatwick.
27th £295. 28th £295. 29th £373 (early morning). 30th £73
Returns 29th £52 (morning). 30th £420.
Someone making a few quid? I know prices go up as a plane fills up but that is well over the top.

Not surprised given the extra demand . Same on school hols dates . They ramp prices up as much as they can get away with ,

 

[zefarelly]

1290 miles, only a 21 hour drive.

 

[Live by the sea]

1290 miles, only a 21 hour drive.

Driving for more than 2 hours is a pain in my book - would rather fly .

 

[zefarelly]

Not surprised given the extra demand . Same on school hols dates . They ramp prices up as much as they can get away with ,

Center parcs have this business model nailed!

 

[GT49er]

CL final now taking place there so as I'm bored thought I'd look up flights. Easyjet from Gatwick.
27th £295. 28th £295. 29th £373 (early morning). 30th £73
Returns 29th £52 (morning). 30th £420.
Someone making a few quid? I know prices go up as a plane fills up but that is well over the top.

That's fair enough, shirley? So long as UEFA's freeloaders and hangers on get to see the match with their complimentary tickets. After all UEFA isn't there to benefit fans, is it. They have to get their priorities right .................

 

[Brian Fantana]

Center parcs have this business model nailed!

This.

A new mortgage required to go during school holidays.

 

[Icy Gull]

CL final now taking place there so as I'm bored thought I'd look up flights. Easyjet from Gatwick.
27th £295. 28th £295. 29th £373 (early morning). 30th £73
Returns 29th £52 (morning). 30th £420.
Someone making a few quid? I know prices go up as a plane fills up but that is well over the top.

Once demand is there prices are going to hit the roof, airlines have lost millions in the last year. They’ll be milking punters for every pound once the opportunity is there. Can’t say I blame them

 

[schmunk]

That's fair enough, shirley? So long as UEFA's freeloaders and hangers on get to see the match with their complimentary tickets. After all UEFA isn't there to benefit fans, is it. They have to get their priorities right .................

What does UEFA have to do with Easyjet's pricing model?

 

[dazzer6666]

Once demand is there prices are going to hit the roof, airlines have lost millions in the last year. They’ll be milking punters for every pound once the opportunity is there. Can’t say I blame them

Yep, and simple supply and demand. They'll charge what the market can take.........and if the seats don't sell the prices will come down again. Airlines have some pretty good algos adjusting the prices. There are still reasonably-priced flights to Portugal in the school hols..............

 

[Weststander]

Center parcs have this business model nailed!

Loved it when our kids were pre school, we had some lovely breaks at CP Longleat and Elevden ... the accomodation costing in the low £100's.

After that, multiply the cost by 2 or 3.


CP are by no means alone, also: cottage owners in the West Country and Easyjet/BA for flights to any airport remotely near the Alps at Xmas or Feb half term. Return flights normally costing £75, can easily become £775 person!

 

[GT49er]

What does UEFA have to do with Easyjet's pricing model?

The decision to suddenly drastically increase the demand for flights to Portugal.

 

[southstandandy]

Does seem daft that some compromise couldn't have been made to hold this in the UK as a one off due the pandemic and both finalists being from England.

 

[Bry Nylon]

Does seem daft that some compromise couldn't have been made to hold this in the UK as a one off due the pandemic and both finalists being from England.

I think they possibility wanted to but the govnt were unwilling to provide quarantine exemptions for UEFAs 3000 affiliates (guests, sponsors, delegates etc).

 

[Springal]

People always turn this onto the airlines but it is simple algorythms. The first seats to sell on a flight on budget airlines will be fairly cheap, the more they sell the more the price goes up. And if a lot of people book in a short timeframe it goes up even more.

 

[Mellotron]

1290 miles, only a 21 hour drive.

I've driven to Croatia and the Northernmost point of Denmark before. Don't tempt me.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Loved it when our kids were pre school, we had some lovely breaks at CP Longleat and Elevden ... the accomodation costing in the low £100's.

After that, multiply the cost by 2 or 3.


CP are by no means alone, also: cottage owners in the West Country and Easyjet/BA for flights to any airport remotely near the Alps at Xmas or Feb half term. Return flights normally costing £75, can easily become £775 person!

I was talking to a colleague in the US last week and she was saying similar in the US, prices are 2 or 3 fold what they used to be.

 

[The Maharajah of Sydney]

CL final now taking place there so as I'm bored thought I'd look up flights. Easyjet from Gatwick.
27th £295. 28th £295. 29th £373 (early morning). 30th £73
Returns 29th £52 (morning). 30th £420.
Someone making a few quid? I know prices go up as a plane fills up but that is well over the top.

If you've failed to grasp the notion of supply & demand by the age 12 you probably never will.

 

[Driver8]

If you've failed to grasp the notion of supply & demand by the age 12 you probably never will.

Motorhome and Caravan dealers are also taking advantage of this. The exact same Motorhome as I bought two years ago is now £15k more RRP.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

CL final now taking place there so as I'm bored thought I'd look up flights. Easyjet from Gatwick.
27th £295. 28th £295. 29th £373 (early morning). 30th £73
Returns 29th £52 (morning). 30th £420.
Someone making a few quid? I know prices go up as a plane fills up but that is well over the top.

Spoiler Alert: save yourself all that money and hassle. Man City win. Aguero BLASTS the winning penalty into the bottom corner