UA and NZ do have AU$999 specials from time to time. Given the exchange rate was as low as 50 cents for a while (even lower), you do the maths. Frank www.airlinesimulation.com www.efzed.com.au The information in this e-mail and any attachments is confidential and may be legally privileged. Please delete the message and any attachments and notify the sender of mis-delivery. Any use or disclosure of the contents of either is unauthorised and may be unlawful. Nothing in this e-mail shall bind Efzed Pty Ltd in any contract or obligation. All liability for viruses is excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender states them, with the requisite authority, to be those of Efzed Pty Ltd or partnership. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Greenwood" <mgreenwood@xxxxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 3:20 PM Subject: Re: SP vs. 400 > I would love to see that ticket because I highly doubt that there were = > fares > available from MEL to LAX in the $500 range, unless someone is selling = > their > buddy passes. > > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > Alireza Alivandivafa > Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 5:44 PM > To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: SP vs. 400 > > > In a message dated 8/12/2003 5:25:08 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > gjmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > > << I don't know your background so I have no idea of what you do or = > don't > know. Some of your other posts indicate a degree of ignorance of various > aspects of airline/aviation matters. You'd be a rare person if you knew > everything about aviation. Nobody else on the list does (except Poon, > maybe!) > > So, now we are 14 years old? If you really want to get into this, you = > don't > seem to know too much about politics, and the degree of ignorance in = > your > political statements seems to say something Grant. You may work for = > high > and mighty Qantas, but I am an active poltical scientist who happens to = > know > something about airplanes and airlines and loves them even more. I = > don't > think I know everything about aviation, and have never made that claim. > Then again, you sit in your little box at Kingsford Smith and snipe at = > me > any chance you get. > > Raped in LA eh? You keep banging on about having lower fares, do you = > know > how much it actually costs to fly a seat from A to B. >> > > All I know is that my friends in Australia have bought tickets on QF = > MEL-LAX > and SYD-LAX for about 500 US. The lowest I can get, even with hotwire, = > is > over 800. That is a huge difference, but then again, I am an idiot and > probably cannot do math anyway > > --- > Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.495 / Virus Database: 294 - Release Date: 30/06/2003 > =20 > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.495 / Virus Database: 294 - Release Date: 30/06/2003 > =20 >