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Seriously? Chicago - Tokyo, 6274 miles each way, round-trip cost: $1200. Tokyo-Hiroshima, 433 miles each way, round trip cost: $668 -- nm

Posted by ty97 Apr 6 '10, 12:40

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shit, you just reminded me I need to buy a plane ticket like NOW. -- nm - workmanda Apr 6, 13:04 1
- oh, oh, where are you going? -- nm - ty97 Apr 6, 13:20
Number of airlines flying bgetween Chicago and Tokyo - several. Number of airlines between Tokyo and Hiroshima - probably 2 - Roger More Apr 6, 12:41 4
- the various US-Tokyo routes are probably some of the cheapest cost per mile routes you will find anywhere (I'm guessing). -- nm - loosilu Apr 6, 13:06 3
  - Australia just got really cheap too, thanks to some new airlines in the route -- nm - Roger More Apr 6, 13:08 2
    - there were rumors that either Virgin Australia or Delta would get forced out, but not yet. ORD-DEL runs cheap too. -- nm - ty97 Apr 6, 13:24
    - oh, I revise my opinion. LA-Sydney is probably cheaper per mile than the Tokyo routes. - loosilu Apr 6, 13:10
airfare is not based on mileage, silly. -- nm - loosilu Apr 6, 12:40 9
- That's a crazy cost per mile disparity -- nm - ty97 Apr 6, 12:48 8
  - fixed costs vs. variable? -- nm - workmanda Apr 6, 13:04 2
    - Cost to consumer. Not sure how the cost to the carrier breaks down. - ty97 Apr 6, 13:16 1
      - someting to do with cheap flights to Tokyo, maybe. -- nm - loosilu Apr 6, 13:18
  - It's about competition on the route - plus larger aircraft offer more opportunities for discounting -- nm - Roger More Apr 6, 12:50 4
    - yes, that's why it's so insanely expensive to fly to Africa or to many parts of South America. - loosilu Apr 6, 13:01
    - Amazingly, they fly 767, 777, and Airbus 300 on the Tokyo-Hiroshima route. -- nm - ty97 Apr 6, 12:58 2
      - I'll bet there are only two airlines on the route though. Japan's domestic aviation market is heavily protected and starting a discount carrier to - Roger More Apr 6, 13:05
      - it also matters how long before the flight you buy them, whether it's tourist season, etc etc. -- nm - loosilu Apr 6, 13:02
The radiation suits cost extra -- nm - oblique Apr 6, 12:40 4
- plus it is the Giant Moth time of the year again -- nm - Beaker Apr 6, 12:45 3
  - oh god, you just reminded me of those horrible singing miniature girls. -- nm - loosilu Apr 6, 12:46 2
    - It's a small world after all - ty97 Apr 6, 12:50 1
      - you'd remember them. -- nm - loosilu Apr 6, 13:00

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