Seabreeze brains trust?
I’m trying to book flights to the UK and was wondering why there is a $326 difference in the adult fare for the exact same flights if I add children in?
A child fare is more expensive than the adult fare for the same flight?
Same search literally 5 minutes apart, just added the wife & kids in the second search.
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Airlines work in mysterious ways, went to Paris and wanted to stay 2 days in Bangkok that made the price to go from $1600 to 2900 WTF??? that was with Thai Airlines, went with Mauritius Airways and stayed 2 night in Mauritius going to Paris and same return for the same price was $ 1300 at the time, should check them as they fly to London as well!
It's a Dark Art I reckon....
I'm starting the process shortly to look for fares for a Euro trip next Chrissie with the family - Yes ! I know it's WSing season here in WA. Not many fares up for December and January yet but anyone got the inside info of which sites to use or which airlines offer the best deal or any other info that would help... 
Cheers in advance.
C'mon, you must have travelled with children before... I have
BTW - thanks Qantas for allowing me to carry that small truckload of stuff that goes with the wee one and thanks other passengers...
And for those that have flown with children, I'm sure you'll understand this (for nearby passengers): it's just a little person, it's not the end of the world sitting near one... You'll be OK... Just relax
I know this is out of context, but I would NOT recommend you post details when you might/are leaving the country. It make's life easier
for the dishonest people out there if you catch my drift.
Ring and ask, then question if they are worried about the Equal Opportunity Act having something to say about it?
Positive discrimination is legal ie: They could charge less for a kid as they eat less / take up less room etc ....... but if they are charging for 'pain in the ass value' of kids I reckon it could well be an EO breach. I cna't see any reason they could lawfully charge more for kids. Worth giving them a stir up.
Select to expand quoteMark _australia said..
Ring and ask, then question if they are worried about the Equal Opportunity Act having something to say about it?
They could charge less for a kid as they eat less / take up less room etc ....... but if they are charging for pain in the ass value of kids I reckon it could well be an EO breach. Worth giving them a stir up.
Surely a kid takes one seat? What about morbidely obese peeps?????? Had to seat next to the elephant woman, she was taking her seat + 1/2 of mine ............. they had to give her a safety belt extension (no crap) I asked the cabin crew to relocate her in business just to get told that the plane was full!!!! really??? they did not refound half my fare!
Because children weigh less. Therefor they can calculate their LTOW as being lower, and either load less fuel and have a lower burn rate, or sell the excess capacity off as cargo transit
There would be a limited number of seats available at the lower price on this flight. You would be best booking the single adult at the lower price and book the wife and ankle bitters on a separate booking, get both reference numbers and contact Qantas to organize seating together.
Some sites track your cookies/browsing history, they know if you keep searching for set destinations/dates that your looking for a good deal, each time you look the price goes up which will make some people jump and purchase then and there when in reality you're just being taken for a ride...not sure how prelevant this is but i've read about it before (yeah dont believe everything on the net 
)..try clearing your temp internet files and see if the price goes down again? Or search flights using momondo, skyscanner and ebookers for an unbiased comparison on the deals atm.
Thank you for your email.
It appears there is only 1 fare left available at the lower price.
Once you go over the last fare, the price will increase to the next available fare.
How convenient? The last fare eh?
As for cookies... yep I know about that (I used to do programming work for a large travel company)
We've booked 2 one ways previously as that worked out cheaper than returns...
I found a couple of years ago that logging into Qantas frequent flyer seemed to produce better seat and fare availability. Hardly conclusive but worth trying?
Just flew from Brisbane to WA with 2 kids. They were angels compared to some others on the plane. My youngest is only 6mths and oldest is 5yrs. My youngest slept for most of the flight as we had a bassinet seat for him, the stewards loved him, kept checking on him lol. the oldest watched movies the whole time. the only time my youngest was whinging was when he dropped his bottle and couldn't reach it. Other than that he loved the flight.
Not all kids are devils on planes. Funny thing was on the way back my 5yo was complaining about a kid behind her kicking her seat all the time. I told her it was payback for kicking mine all the time in the car lol.
Call Flight Centre Lowest Airfares Guaranteed.
Aviation costs have a lot to do with weight driven fuel burn rates, that is hte more weight you have the more fuel you use so its not about cost for the airline
To anyone flying with kids; have them exercise their jaw by chewing/sucking on something during ascent and decent will cure their earaches, which is what kids scream about.
Good luck trying to tell bogan parents off the ground for the first time though.
Oh, and byojet.com (edit: just don't muck up when you make your booking.)
Select to expand quoterod_bunny said..
Thank you for your email. It appears there is only 1 fare left available at the lower price. Once you go over the last fare, the price will increase to the next available fare.
How convenient? The last fare eh?
As for cookies... yep I know about that (I used to do programming work for a large travel company)
We've booked 2 one ways previously as that worked out cheaper than returns...
I call bullsh!t
Suddenly the plane is booked out enough that they have to charge more (last cheap fare was just taken)
Yeah right - when the flight is 6mths away?
