Flights to Athens

[thedelbwa]

Listening to 5Live last night at about 11:30pm and they said that flights to Athens around the time of the Champions League Final had already reached about �600 return with EasyJet. Now, don't get me wrong, I ain't going and I hate Liverpool, but this just seems outrageous that companies can just inflate prices like this. I know traditionally, flights to Australia, say, are more expensive around Christmas with it being peak season, but to inflate prices on the back of a football team going to the Final in Athens just seems cr*p to me. Would the flights have remained relatively well-priced had no English team reached the final? Probably.

[spudqueen]

No doubt - it's all about supply and demand! I was up till half two last night booking my flights - I'm going via Prague and back via Dusseldorf, but I'm going! Now all I need to do is find the seemingly elusive accommodation. How can EVERY hotel room be booked?

[Buenchico]

The 5 Live information is out of date. I've just checked the easyJet website. Flying out on the 22nd and back on the 24th is currently priced at �816.65.

Personally, I'm in favour of everyone making as much money as they can out of football. For example, I believe that the law should actively seek to encourage ticket touts, rather than banning them. Tickets for big matches should be auctioned off, in blocks of 100, to agencies and touts, who should then be free to sell them for as much as they can get. It's the job of every business (whether that be UEFA, the FA, an airline or a ticket tout) to maximise their profits by screwing every possible penny out of their customers I support them wholeheartedly for doing so.

Chris

[heathfield]

So, Buenchico, I take it you're all in favour of Gordon Brown becoming the next Prime Minister! ;-)

[casaespana]

Tut tut Chris.

[jno]

airlines lower their prices in times of low demand, so why shouldn't they raise them when demand is high? It's tough on parents who are stuck with high school holiday prices; but otherwise people are free to travel when prices are lowest, if that's what they want.

[munchie63]

supply and demand, just like prices going up during school 1/2 term etc.

return flights to Barcelona can be as low as �49.
when England played Andorra in Barcleona the flights on a Weds and Thurs went up to �150+ ONE WAY.