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07-15-2008, 10:20 PM
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#1 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: MNG -> Cornell Univ
Posts: 1,219
| Mongolia to New York?
Hello,
I am going to buy my ticket to MGL to NY soon, but found out that it is $1750 with open end. Is it reasonable? I am just asking because here they tend to say more than the price for their own sakes.
And yes, I also have to wait in Seoul for 15 hours until I finally head to NY!!!
Any input will be appreciated, especially from my fellow Chinese CC'ers since we do live near. Thanks! | 
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07-15-2008, 10:53 PM
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#2 | | Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 502
| Have you checked out cheapoair.com? | |
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07-16-2008, 01:09 PM
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#3 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: London - Now Georgia!
Posts: 78
| Its often cheaper if you put a return date, i just returned home for 6 months and bought a ticket with a return flight 10 days after I got home but didn't actually get on this flight. But it made the flight about $300 cheaper. | |
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07-16-2008, 06:34 PM
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#4 | | Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 344
| @Natoar23: Wouldn't you get charged?? | |
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07-16-2008, 06:40 PM
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#5 | | New Member
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Southern California
Posts: 26
| Believe it or not, round-trip tickets are often cheaper than "one-way" tickets. It doesn't really make sense, but it works that way... | |
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07-21-2008, 04:52 PM
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#6 | | Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 344
| @Branyon214: That's interesting. So according to what I read, I come out with this example.
Round-trip will cost you (let's say) $ 1,200, but the one-way ticket will cost you $ 1,250?? Is this what you meant? | |
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07-22-2008, 11:09 PM
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#7 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 1,469
| Okay, this is what I would recommend. Fly Korean Airlines, JAL, or Cathay Pacific. I'd prefer Cathay because their new CX fleet has much more comfortable seats and more movies and games to choose from. I think it's around 1400 USD for a round trip, but I'm not sure. | |
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07-22-2008, 11:22 PM
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#8 | | Member
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 406
| Quote: |
Round-trip will cost you (let's say) $ 1,200, but the one-way ticket will cost you $ 1,250?? Is this what you meant?
| Often, the difference is even much more than that. I've seen one way tickets cost twice as much as a round trip (with the outgoing legs identical) even though you're only purchasing half the amount of travel. Makes no sense, but with logic like that behind their business models it's hardly a wonder the airlines aren't doing so hot. | |
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07-22-2008, 11:36 PM
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#9 | | Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 502
| it will not always be cheaper to buy round trips.. especially for transit flighta | |
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08-03-2008, 11:51 PM
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#10 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: It depends >-┐ Berkeley <--------------┘
Posts: 1,400
| This is too late, but I thought I'd suggest JAL or ANA. You transit through Tokyo, but they give you a free overnight stay (hotels are 4-5 star quality), free shuttle busses to nice downtown/mall areas, and a free breakfast buffet.
JAL is more popular, because they offer more flights, but ANA is more spacious, has better service/hotels/food, but only offers 2-3 flights a week I believe. | |
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08-04-2008, 01:30 AM
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#11 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: MNG -> Cornell Univ
Posts: 1,219
| JFK. Already bought my ticket, and is going to fly on August 16th. Yay!
Here I come, Cornell! | |
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