Prices Change Constantly

If there is one thing that I never get tired of as a Travel Agent, it’s explaining to passengers that airline prices are not constant (the only thing constant about airline prices in fact, is the fact that they change!) From year-to-year, month-to-month, and even day-to-day they can go up or down due to a variety of external factors including seat-availability, fuel costs, tax changes, economic and governmental regulations (among others).

That said I did a little investigative searching today for the price of air tickets from May 1st through May 15th (2011) and checked departures from Boston, Cleveland, and Phoenix (to both London and Edinburgh).

Approximate Cost of Travel to The Promise Land*

Cities	Boston	Cleveland	Phoenix
London	700	900	875
Edinburgh	750	1000	1150

As I mentioned above, these figures can be taken with somewhat of a grain of salt as airfare is subject to change but it does provide some interesting insights, namely:

• Tickets to Edinburgh are generally 7-24% more expensive than tickets to London
• Ticket prices increase at an approximate rate of 20 cents a mile the farther you get away from the United Kingdom.

Okay, maybe getting a bit carried away here but what can I say, I’m excited. Ticket prices for May of 2012 won’t be released until July or August so we can probably table this item for a while, just wanted to have a quick look now as we are forming our budget.

Cheers,

Young Dan Lux

* Prices are listed in US Dollars and include base fare, taxes, and fuel surcharges. Prices have been rounded to the nearest 25 dollars for simplicity.