Buisness class to europe
 

Does anyone know why business class to Europe is so expensive? For example, St. Louis to Amsterdam is over $6,000. But Amsterdam to Singapore - much longer - is only $3,000. What's going on??

The price that is charged has nothing to do with the distance traveled. It is all about what the market on a particular run will bear.

BOOK YOUR FLIGHT FROM STL TO SINGAPORE IN BUSINESS CLASS WITH A STOP IN AMSTERDAM -- THROUGH A CONSOLIDATOR AND IT WILL BE EVEN CHEAPER!<BR><BR>IT IS CALLED HIDDEN CITIES!----

Sorry - forgot to mention to use only SINGAPORE AIRLINES

There are connections available between A to B to C. For competitive reasons A to C is cheaper than from A to B. So you get off in B instead of continuing to C. That's the hidden city ploy.<BR><BR>Don't do it. The airline will cancel your B to A return.<BR><BR>

Vic is right,plus,CARRY your bags.They will re-calculate your fare,and charge you the new fare,when you check-in at what was supposed to be your connection point!

Randy is right. But I think they'll try to charge you a walk up one way fare, the dreaded Y fare.<BR><BR>What will work is a back to back. Let's say that Monday you want to go to LA and you want to come back Friday. You look like a business person to the airlines so they want $2,000 for the ticket. Well why not buy a ticket for Monday with a return in two weeks. Then buy a ticket from LA for Friday with a return in two weeks. Now you look like a vacationer, so the fare is $300 round trip. Well two $300 tickets is a lot less than a $2,000 ticket. And you don't have to stay over a weekend.<BR><BR>More travel agents will be using this ploy since they don't get any commissions. In the past, if you had an airline "plate" and were entitled to commissions, the airlines have programs to detect back to backs. So the offending agency would get a dreaded debit memo, not for the commission they received but the entire fare. If you didn't pay up, the airline would pull your plate.<BR><BR>Well, now while it's a lot more cumbersome, agents will buy back to backs directly off the web. Maybe one round trip with Orbitz and one with Travelocity. They'll charge a fee for each ticket and both the agency and the customer may be happy. The airline will have to come up with some new plan like denyed boarding. Well, we'll see.<BR><BR>