Questions tagged [price]
Questions regarding prices of various objects and services (not related to budgeting a trip).
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Is there any advantage in buying tickets in advance for the train in Moroccos?
I will have to travel between Fes and Casablanca.
However, I am unsure about the travel hour (not day).
I see that it's possible to buy the tickets in advance, on the website.
This would usually be my ...
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How can I know the in-flight Internet prices for a given flight number?
Internet prices vary quite a lot between different flights. How can I know the in-flight Internet prices for a given flight number?
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Is it legal for an airline to show, at the same exact time, two different prices for the same exact flight?
I recently bought a ticket from a (legit) European airline, with which I had flown before, for a national flight in an EU country.
In the process of booking, as I normally do, I tried to find the ...
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Is there any index reflecting flight ticket price trends?
Following Why are international flights so much more expensive this year (2022)?, I wonder: Is there any index reflecting flight ticket price trends?
I'd like to better quantify such price trends.
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Why are international flights so much more expensive this year (2022)?
I have seen similar questions, e.g. this one - Why are flights getting more expensive as traveling returns back to normal? - but these are fairly old.
Now that life goes back to normal after the ...
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Fuel price premium on highway service stations in Slovenia
We will be traveling from Germany to Croatia via Austria and Slovenia and I'm currently planning on where to have stops and refuels. According to some websites I found, Slovenia seems to have the ...
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How can I find cheap first class flights?
I usually travel as cheaply as possible. This allows me to travel more and I am OK with it.
However, one day, I would like to experience a first class flight. I think that's an experience in itself. I ...
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Database/API for airline ticket prices [closed]
Some airlines have price calendar like the following:
But how can I get prices for various airlines/directions, for next 6 months, in one API/database?
Amadeus has API for getting info for one ...
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Why do most hotels in the US refuse to match travel agency prices?
I've seen that happening a few times in the United States and it seems to be the norm rather than the exception: I go to a hotel with no reservations, I show some booking price that can be obtained ...
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What does i.i stand for in a menu in Costa Rica
I am looking at some menu photos from Costa Rica and I noted that they list two prices, and the second has i.i. next to it. What does this mean? Here is an example(taken from here):
Googling did not ...
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Massive price difference between broker and rental car company
This may be a duplicate of Why is renting a car through a broker cheaper than directly through a car rental company? but I don't think the answer addresses a really large price difference.
I rented a ...
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Are there any apps or sites that allow you to set a strike price on flights?
So, there are plenty of sites that will tell you if flight prices in your search results are "high" or "low".
Are there any sites or apps that will let you set a "strike" ...
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How close can I get to space for a reasonable price?
Recently there's been news about a company who will be offering balloon rides to the stratosphere for $125,000 (USD). Blue Origin hasn't announced the ticket prices for their flights yet, but the ...
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Why is air travel to China currently (May 2021) 4x the usual price?
For the past 15 years, round-trip economy flights from San Fransisco to Shanghai have been close to $1000-1500 per person. Currently the summer prices are between $3500 and $4500 per person. Looking ...
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Why do return ticket prices jump up if the return flight is more than six months after the departing flight?
On Singapore Airlines, if you book a flight from London to Singapore for almost any date, the price is either £690 or £1088. For example, a flight leaving on the 28th of Dec with return on 28th of ...
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