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[Sausage]

i noticed cathay paciifc flights to HK in december are more expensive this year... $573 compared to $450 last year. Any reason for this?

 

[dede1217]

i noticed cathay paciifc flights to HK in december are more expensive this year... $573 compared to $450 last year. Any reason for this?

Every year airline price wont be exactly the same ...
If there is lesser seats left, then airline would up their price ...

Perhaps there is lesser seats left, hence the price is much more expensive.
However, if there is still a portion of seats unsold, the airline might still have discounted rates to sell those seats that are still available ....

 

[dilphinus]

Every year airline price wont be exactly the same ...
If there is lesser seats left, then airline would up their price ...

Perhaps there is lesser seats left, hence the price is much more expensive.
However, if there is still a portion of seats unsold, the airline might still have discounted rates to sell those seats that are still available ....

Airline fares pricing don't work this way

There are a lot of factors. If it's that simple as you say (lesser seats), you can also be a pricing analyst.

One factor is the pax's routing. The airline would rather sell the HKG-SIN seat to someone who's flying LHR-HKG-SIN or SFO-HKG-SIN to someone who's only flying HKG-SIN. Simple reason, revenue.

Full planes are not always necessary. Sometimes high fares is becos the airline doesn't want you. The aircraft can carry only so much weight. It can more profitable for a carrier to transport high-value cargo than a few extra customers.

Selling 300 seats at $100 each is (almost) similar to selling 150 seats at $200 each. Let's not talk about manpower for a load of 300 pax vs 150 pax and fuel consumption (for this comparison).

 

[dede1217]

Airline fares pricing don't work this way

There are a lot of factors. If it's that simple as you say (lesser seats), you can also be a pricing analyst.

One factor is the pax's routing. The airline would rather sell the HKG-SIN seat to someone who's flying LHR-HKG-SIN or SFO-HKG-SIN to someone who's only flying HKG-SIN. Simple reason, revenue.

Full planes are not always necessary. Sometimes high fares is becos the airline doesn't want you. The aircraft can carry only so much weight. It can more profitable for a carrier to transport high-value cargo than a few extra customers.

Selling 300 seats at $100 each is (almost) similar to selling 150 seats at $200 each. Let's not talk about manpower for a load of 300 pax vs 150 pax and fuel consumption (for this comparison).

Good explanations ... Haha demand and supply is just a generic explanation. Yup learnt about the passenger load factor, all those calculation and air rules in my uni module before haha ...The job of a reveneue analyst is challenging.

From my experience, cathay always overbooked their economy seats.
Hence people would tend to get upgraded to business class seats ...

 

[s7460597]

Umm haven't been upgraded on cx before

https://youtu.be/-oJlJ5oo5AM

 

[dede1217]

Umm haven't been upgraded on cx before

https://youtu.be/-oJlJ5oo5AM

From my observations cathay to bangkok , some times is overbooked ...
if is overbooked, then you would get upgrade ... is nice to get upgrade ...

 

[dede1217]

Cathay Promo ...
$ 238 to hk

https://www.cathaypacific.com/cx/en_SG/offers/flight/two-to-travel-flash-sale-origin-singapore.html

 

[Sausage]

i want to go to hk around 20-26 december but it seems cheapest night flight is $568 for economy by cathay pacific. Any cheaper or is this typical? Last year I paid around $450 and thought it was a bit higher than the previous year.

 

[dede1217]

i want to go to hk around 20-26 december but it seems cheapest night flight is $568 for economy by cathay pacific. Any cheaper or is this typical? Last year I paid around $450 and thought it was a bit higher than the previous year.

Have to wait and see ... we wont know what would happen in the future .

 

[sashimi69]

Bought my Cathay flight tickets for this Aug for $300 (after tax all) at Via dotcom. It's cheaper compared to booking direct to Cathay... check so much but found this in the end through skyscanner

 

[dede1217]

Bought my Cathay flight tickets for this Aug for $300 (after tax all) at Via dotcom. It's cheaper compared to booking direct to Cathay... check so much but found this in the end through skyscanner

reliable ? managed to find your booking id on cathay website ?

 

[dede1217]

Hong Kong at cathay 198sgd

Sales period: 8 - 29 Aug 2017
Travel period: Departure from Singapore between 1 - 30 Sep 2017

 

[sneggg]

scoot buy 1 get 1 free just book for sep

 

[Sausage]

i don't thnk dec 2017 will have good deals coz it is school holiday time
right ornot

 

[dede1217]

i don't thnk dec 2017 will have good deals coz it is school holiday time
right ornot

yup ... u can wait cathay ... maybe they would have ?
since last month they do have end dec to early Jan 345 to taipei tax in two way nett ...

 

[Sausage]

dat one is needing 2 people or 1 person alone can?

 

[dede1217]

dat one is needing 2 people or 1 person alone can?

That one was 2 to go ... however the promo has ended already ...

 

[Yukiko000]

Hi, I'm looking for a flight buddy to purchase the 2 to go SQ/Cathay pacific tickets to HKG around mid sept 2017 as its really worth it!The price for the promo at around $200 as compared to the usual price $240-$250. Please PM if u are interested!

 

[dede1217]

Hi, I'm looking for a flight buddy to purchase the 2 to go SQ/Cathay pacific tickets to HKG around mid sept 2017 as its really worth it!The price for the promo at around $200 as compared to the usual price $240-$250. Please PM if u are interested!

Saw Singapore airline promo already
Seems like times were bad ...

First time seeing cathay and Singapore airline having $198 promo ...
This year cathay broke record, 151sgd to bangkok , more worth than budget airline ...

 

[runforyourlife]

Waiting for Jan promo lol