Star Alliance Reduces RTW Fares.

[Nigelinoz]

From:
http://www.travelweekly.com.au/dirplus/images/travelweekly/TravelTodayPDF/11_03_2009.pdf

Star Alliance will drop the price of its round-the-world (RTW) fares in Australia by more than
17 per cent from March 15. Fares will start from $2980 plus taxes due to the decline in the
value of the Australian dollar compared to the US dollar

 

[moa999]

And C fares from Korea reportedly up 45% !!

 

[SeaWolf]

Anyone know where this put those fare in relation to where they were at the start of the year before the price rise? Is this just a roll back of that price hike? Or are we now better off than we were?

 

[MelUser]

Although it is nice to see fares come down isn't the reasoning wrong. Surely if the Aus dollar is falling and airlines want to maintain their level of profit they would have to increase the fare in Australian dollars?

 

[simongr]

Although it is nice to see fares come down isn't the reasoning wrong. Surely if the Aus dollar is falling and airlines want to maintain their level of profit they would have to increase the fare in Australian dollars?

Well OW put the prices up when the A$ was strong...