Timeline for How do you know if you have found the cheapest air fare on a given route?
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| May 8, 2014 at 19:14 | comment | added | David Richerby | @jwenting No. As I said in my previous comment, "The second half of a return ticket is valid for a month." The default return ticket used to be same-day but they simplified the fare structure a couple of years ago. But it's always been possible to buy a one-month return. | |
| May 8, 2014 at 18:11 | comment | added | jwenting | @DavidRicherby nice if you can get a return, but returns are usually only valid for a single day. If you're staying several days or a week, you're stuck with having to buy 2 singles. | |
| May 8, 2014 at 15:50 | comment | added | David Richerby | @jwenting In the UK, you should almost never buy two single train tickets instead of a return: it's very common for a single ticket to be 90+% of the price of a return. The second half of a return ticket is valid for a month, so unless you're visiting long-term, a return will be fine. (It turns out that Gatwick is an exception to this, with single tickets costing only slightly more than half a return.) The only way I could find to spend £60 was to buy two first-class singles; however, "several years ago", fares would have been much cheaper since they've been rising at 5+% per year. | |
| May 8, 2014 at 4:36 | comment | added | Mark Mayo | Just checked on nationalrail.co.uk, even at peak hours, you can get £15 tickets. Not that it matters for the answer, was more just concerned about my memory, but it checks out :) | |
| May 8, 2014 at 3:25 | comment | added | jwenting | @MarkMayo no, Gatwick. You'd not get a return of course, but 2 singles... And as I said, this was several years ago. | |
| May 8, 2014 at 1:04 | comment | added | Mark Mayo | @DavidRicherby indeed, I suspect he was thinking of Stansted :/ | |
| May 7, 2014 at 21:51 | comment | added | David Richerby | Um. A standard class return rail ticket from Gatwick to central London (Victoria Station) is £25-30, not £60, as you claim. | |
| May 7, 2014 at 15:35 | comment | added | Relaxed | @jwenting Not at all. The question is: For a given airline/connection, how to know what their lowest fare is. Whether a non-stop flight is worth paying more to you personally is immaterial and doesn't change the meaning of the word “cheapest”. Note that the problem is not even whether your comments are true or not; there are many statements that are indubitably true and still have nothing to do with the question. | |
| May 7, 2014 at 12:16 | review | Low quality posts | |||
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| May 7, 2014 at 11:20 | comment | added | user141 | This is more a lengthy comment, then an answer | |
| May 7, 2014 at 10:12 | history | answered | jwenting | CC BY-SA 3.0 |