On Mon, 2011-02-21 at 22:58 +0000, Moray Allan wrote:
> It would be good if we could try to get some rough estimates of travel
> costs to the proposed venues. (Ideally each team would check costs to
> their own city, and also check that they agree with the estimates for
> the other bid city!)
>
> We can't get correct travel costs for 2012 yet, so to avoid argument I
> suggest using instead this year's travel dates -- arrive on Sunday 24
> August, leave Sunday 31 August.
>
> For those dates, I suggest we initially try to check current prices
> from an arbitrary list of destinations:
>
> New York-Managua
> Buenos Aires-Managua
> Madrid-Managua
> Frankfurt-Managua
> Mumbai-Managua
> Tokyo-Managua
> Sydney-Managua
>
> New York-Belo Horizonte
> Buenos Aires-Belo Horizonte
> Madrid-Belo Horizonte
> Frankfurt-Belo Horizonte
> Mumbai-Belo Horizonte
> Tokyo-Belo Horizonte
> Sydney-Belo Horizonte
>
> Anyone with time could help here by checking the prices for one or two
> combinations of cities and replying to the thread. Please give
> details of any changes required, and the overall length of the
> journey, as well as the price you found.
I checked Qantas prices for Sydney -> Mexico City and Sydney -> Sao
Paulo (they knew of neither Managua nor Belo Horizonte on their
website).
Sydney -> Mexico City on those dates was $2332 (AUD)
Sydney -> Sao Paulo on those dates was $1795 (AUD) (== USD at present)
I expect that local flights for Mexico City - Managua and Sao Paulo -
Belo Horizonte would be comparable, and around $300-$400 return.
On Travelocity.com I got better luck with the full route:
Sydney - Managua best price was $3370 USD (and there were a few within
$100 of that).
Sydney - Belo Horizonte the only price was $2320 USD
On Amadeus.net I got the full route, also:
Sydney - Managua best price was £1987 ($3224 USD)
Sydney - Belo Horizonte the best price was £1260 GBP ($2045 USD)
Cheers,
Andrew.
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