Last Minute deal CRL to Bilbao on an Avro

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Re: Last Minute deal CRL to Bilbao on an Avro

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100euro retour, is that correct?

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EBAW wrote:100euro retour, is that correct?
Hello

Correct, retour is 100EUR ;)

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Won't be able to make it due to work schedule but thanks for your efforts, Tangolima :clap:

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fcw wrote:BIO and back for 100€, a good deal me thinks!
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It is 200 EUR in total if you book CRL-BIO on the 11th and BIO-CRL on the 13th ;)
CRL-BIO or BIO-CRL is 100EUR ;)

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Re: Last Minute deal CRL to Bilbao on an Avro

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Wouldn't it be better to just book BRU-BIO, SN will take you there on the selected dates for 190 euro...
No offence though, love the kind of action you promote over here. But what would be the advantage of taking your flight? I don't really understand the concept!

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@ tangolima

There seems to be a confusion on the meaning of "retour". In commercial aviation, "return" usually means both ways: a return ticket is for the whole trip, going + coming back.

After re-reading your posts, it seems "retour" means the "coming back" part only.

Thanks for the offer anyway!

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convair wrote:@ tangolima

There seems to be a confusion on the meaning of "retour". In commercial aviation, "return" usually means both ways: a return ticket is for the whole trip, going + coming back.

After re-reading your posts, it seems "retour" means the "coming back" part only.

Thanks for the offer anyway!
Hello

A return ticket is 200EUR ;)

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Re: Last Minute deal CRL to Bilbao on an Avro

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Now we're talking !
This turned into a great deal, if I just had the time I would have joined !
Bring more of these..
Cathay, aren't you ashamed to complain about the price first and then when the price comes down still decline because you can't go? If you can't go in the first place, stai zitto.

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Hi,
What the heck? 300 eur for BIO isn't a bargain, now I tought it was 100 return I did my best to say it is a great deal as some say always negative, now it is 200 the bargain isn't so good, but hey I don't care, hope they will bring more good deals in the future but I didn't see them for the moment,but hey my idea of a good deal differs from others, its personal, ...
It's not because I can't go I can't have an opinion about a given deal,bargain..
BTW.. Again starting pointing personal on members, soon another nickname again I guess,... here we go again..
Sorry for this mr. Aviation director expert, guess you should write for becoming a moderator here,
All those stupid replies which don't fit your opinions...
No need to reply, as I won't discuss you anymore from now on..

CXB, still the backpacker
New types flown 2024 : DO228, A338 , PC6

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Re: Last Minute deal CRL to Bilbao on an Avro

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For you it may be normal, but for me there is nothing normal to complaining to a seller about something that you're not interested in in the first place. I find that very offensive for the offering party and I suggest that you mind your manners.

While you're at it, why don't you go on to SN's Facebook page and start complaining about each and every fare they post that doesn't suit your mood? Most of your favorite airline's flights are above 300 euro return, that should be enough to really make you tell them what a bunch of thieves they are.

Just because you organise these avgeek trips on luchtzak.be, it doesn't mean that others won't be interested in these offers.

Tangolima, please ignore this backpacker, please keep us posted about any interesting offers on charters or positioning flights.

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Good morning, tangolima!

Just a few questions from a curious reader, if I may?
(and no flanker2, I am not going to book a ticket, so sorry for my what you will thus call offensive behaviour, like euh... well, asking questions?!)

Am I right in assuming you are selling the remaining seats on some sort of a charter flight?

Maybe it would be a good idea to tell people who's flight they will be joining on or at least if the flight will be otherwise empty or not, just so they know what to expect (if anything)? Theoretically, they could be joining a partyflight so to say, which I can imagine not everybody would be happy with doing?

Also, is there any catering foreseen? Can they check in luggage? How about insurances?
I don't want to spoil anybody's fun, but in this day and age, the legal stuff is important, so a bit more details on what the product is exactly might be appreciated and even help it gain in attractiveness?

As others have said before: it's not like Bilbao is unreachable for similar or even lower prices otherwise with several of the network airlines like for instance brussels airlines who's product and schedules are well known on the route from Belgium to Bilbao, so just exactly what are you offering for the same kind of money?

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Re: Last Minute deal CRL to Bilbao on an Avro

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Hello

200EUR for the return ticket means catering, 20kg and taxes included.
The remaining seats are indeed from a charter flight. The flight will not be empty.

Some of you were talking about Brussels Airlines and other carriers. I just looked up the price with Brussels Airlines from BRU to BIO.

Dep 11/09 at 11.15 from BRU
Arr 13/09 at 15.55 at BRU

Total: 506,72EUR (b. light economy)

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Re: Last Minute deal CRL to Bilbao on an Avro

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Thank you for bothering to reply to a non-customer!

Just a technical remark, if I may:
since there is no date flexibility to what you offer, it's an understandable, but nevertheless wrong benchmark technique to compare with flights only on the same dates as yours!

Indeed: Passengers going to BIO on your flight, are in fact adapting their plans to your promotional offer.

So, going from there, they might just as well shift their travel around a bit more to find your offering to be set on the high end of the market, as I see non-stop returns for well under 200 euro on BRU-BIO on numerous tickets on many occasions, as fretn already mentioned.

Not criticising you, just pointing out that according to me, you have set the price a bit too high based on an error in your benchmark technique, something which Cathay already felt too, intuitively.

Hope you don't mind me saying this, as in fact I am bringing no new elements, but I am providing some theoretical backing to 2 previous remarks which were indeed purely intuitive so far and as such were much contested by a certain member, but which have very solid grounds nevertheless.

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Re: Last Minute deal CRL to Bilbao on an Avro

Post by KriVa »

Man oh man... I'd love to go. Too bad I'm already on holiday then.

please post some more fares like these if you know about them, I wouldn't mind at all!!
Thomas

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Re: Last Minute deal CRL to Bilbao on an Avro

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Inquirer wrote:Thank you for bothering to reply to a non-customer!

Just a technical remark, if I may:
since there is no date flexibility to what you offer, it's an understandable, but nevertheless wrong benchmark technique to compare with flights only on the same dates as yours!

Indeed: Passengers going to BIO on your flight, are in fact adapting their plans to your promotional offer.

So, going from there, they might just as well shift their travel around a bit more to find your offering to be set on the high end of the market, as I see non-stop returns for well under 200 euro on BRU-BIO on numerous tickets on many occasions, as fretn already mentioned.
It all depends,if it is a charter flight because Mr X wants to celebrate his birthday in BIO, I agree.
If however there is an event going on in BIO, TL is correct in benchmarking against same date departures.

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