Airfares cheaper than the transport to the airport

[Quickstatus]

What airport town combo where the transport was more expensive than the airfare?

 

[henrus]

What airport town combo where the transport was more expensive than the airfare?

Depends on the airfare. The recent Rex/VA sales on the MEL-SYD route saw JQ drop its price to $30. An airport train (SYD) and a Skybus (MEL) on the ends of the flight would be more than the fare.

 

[Flashback]

What airport town combo where the transport was more expensive than the airfare?

Pretty much any place that Ryanair flies to...

Especially so in the Nordics.

 

[Must...Fly!]

Pretty much any place that Ryanair flies to...

Especially so in the Nordics.

Stansted or Luton can be bad enough!

 

[Flashback]

Stansted or Luton can be bad enough!

Yes, I had a £10 fare to Oslo on FR and it cost far more than that to get out to STN.

 

[Must...Fly!]

Yes, I had a £10 fare to Oslo on FR and it cost far more than that to get out to STN.

I think my best one was a €5 flight from Strasbourg to STN...train to the airport in France was €2.20, then the Stansted express....twice as much as the plane and train that preceded it, combined!

 

[Mattg]

Yep, Oslo is one that comes to mind. My train ticket to the airport was nearly double the cost of my €9.99 Wizz Air flight.

 

[OZDUCK]

Yep, Oslo is one that comes to mind. My train ticket to the airport was nearly double the cost of my €9.99 Wizz Air flight.

But did you pay for the fancy Airport Express train or take the local train which is about 5 minutes or less slower but also costs about 50% less?

 

[Captain Halliday]

During my time living in DRW, the JQ flight to DPS was always cheaper than the cab to the airport.

Edit: and on one occasion was still cheaper even after adding the bundle to get SC.