Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!cbdkc1!desoto!packard!edsel!bentley!hoxna!houxm!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!godot!ima!haddock!johna From: johna@haddock.UUCP Newsgroups: net.travel Subject: Re: Transatlantic Airfare Question Message-ID: <340@haddock.UUCP> Date: Wed, 6-Feb-85 23:56:59 EST Article-I.D.: haddock.340 Posted: Wed Feb 6 23:56:59 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 9-Feb-85 08:26:20 EST Lines: 11 Nf-ID: #R:ihuxm:-122300:haddock:16600004:000:559 Nf-From: haddock!johna Feb 6 12:50:00 1985 > ..the standard advance purchase non-stop round trip fare from Chicago to >London (Heathrow) is 709 dollars (travel midweek in April). The same >fare in the UK, but starting from London, is 379 pounds, or 425 dollars > at the current exchange rate (1.12). Airfares are priced based on the country of origin. It is usually cheaper to buy two one way tickets (US->UK, UK->US). This fact is not known by many, including travel agents, but is perfectly legal. Tickets for UK->US flights can be purchased in the US at the UK rate. ...!decvax!ima!johna