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APPT Macau airline prices OMG
On Oct 24, 6:10 pm, Qdog223 wrote:
(cross-posted to rec.travel.asia) Tonight Pokerstars is running a kickoff special of 10 seats guaranteed to Macau. Your $4500 package includes $2500 tournament entry, $600 hotel and $1400 cash for air travel. I happened to check airline travel to Macau (MKM) using Expedia and found its twice as expensive to fly to Macau as to Hong Kong. It cost $1400+ to Hong Kong and $3000+ to Macau. during the tournament time (Thanksgiving). Before anyone commits their resources to win a package to Macau, they might want to explore the cost of getting there. It might be less expensive flying to Hong Kong and taking a slow boat across the South China Sea to Macau. "Slow boat"? There's a 45-minute ferry ride. Anyone having an inside scoop to travel options to Macau please share! Expedia, Travelocity, Yahoo, etc. are not a good place to find flights to Asia. Try Flight Centre or STA Travel, two good discount travel agencies. STA is mostly a student travel agency, but they can have very good deals for non-students. Some of the best deals are travel agents in Asian communities, since Asian airlines often use them to dump large blocks of unsold seats cheaply - go to your local Chinatown and look for a travel agent there, or look in your newspapers' Sunday travel section for an Asian- specialist travel agency. |
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APPT Macau airline prices OMG
"Iceman" wrote in message oups.com... On Oct 24, 6:10 pm, Qdog223 wrote: (cross-posted to rec.travel.asia) Tonight Pokerstars is running a kickoff special of 10 seats guaranteed to Macau. Your $4500 package includes $2500 tournament entry, $600 hotel and $1400 cash for air travel. I happened to check airline travel to Macau (MKM) using Expedia and found its twice as expensive to fly to Macau as to Hong Kong. It cost $1400+ to Hong Kong and $3000+ to Macau. during the tournament time (Thanksgiving). Before anyone commits their resources to win a package to Macau, they might want to explore the cost of getting there. It might be less expensive flying to Hong Kong and taking a slow boat across the South China Sea to Macau. "Slow boat"? There's a 45-minute ferry ride. When I took that ride years ago it was one of those fast hydrofoil things that made me sick as a dog. Beware if you get motion sick. |
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APPT Macau airline prices OMG
On Oct 24, 3:38 pm, Iceman wrote:
On Oct 24, 6:10 pm, Qdog223 wrote: (cross-posted to rec.travel.asia) Tonight Pokerstars is running a kickoff special of 10 seats guaranteed to Macau. Your $4500 package includes $2500 tournament entry, $600 hotel and $1400 cash for air travel. I happened to check airline travel to Macau (MKM) using Expedia and found its twice as expensive to fly to Macau as to Hong Kong. It cost $1400+ to Hong Kong and $3000+ to Macau. during the tournament time (Thanksgiving). Before anyone commits their resources to win a package to Macau, they might want to explore the cost of getting there. It might be less expensive flying to Hong Kong and taking a slow boat across the South China Sea to Macau. "Slow boat"? There's a 45-minute ferry ride. Anyone having an inside scoop to travel options to Macau please share! Expedia, Travelocity, Yahoo, etc. are not a good place to find flights to Asia. Try Flight Centre or STA Travel, two good discount travel agencies. STA is mostly a student travel agency, but they can have very good deals for non-students. Some of the best deals are travel agents in Asian communities, since Asian airlines often use them to dump large blocks of unsold seats cheaply - go to your local Chinatown and look for a travel agent there, or look in your newspapers' Sunday travel section for an Asian- specialist travel agency. To the OP. Try using Kayak.com. I don't know what time you are going over, but Eva has flights in the $1,000 range to Macau. |
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