On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 7:20 PM, Andrew McMillan <and...@morphoss.com>wrote:
> On Mon, 2011-02-21 at 22:58 +0000, Moray Allan wrote: > > It would be good if we could try to get some rough estimates of travel > > costs to the proposed venues. (Ideally each team would check costs to > > their own city, and also check that they agree with the estimates for > > the other bid city!) > > > > We can't get correct travel costs for 2012 yet, so to avoid argument I > > suggest using instead this year's travel dates -- arrive on Sunday 24 > > August, leave Sunday 31 August. > > > > For those dates, I suggest we initially try to check current prices > > from an arbitrary list of destinations: > > > > New York-Managua > > Buenos Aires-Managua > > Madrid-Managua > > Frankfurt-Managua > > Mumbai-Managua > > Tokyo-Managua > > Sydney-Managua > > > > New York-Belo Horizonte > > Buenos Aires-Belo Horizonte > > Madrid-Belo Horizonte > > Frankfurt-Belo Horizonte > > Mumbai-Belo Horizonte > > Tokyo-Belo Horizonte > > Sydney-Belo Horizonte > > > > Anyone with time could help here by checking the prices for one or two > > combinations of cities and replying to the thread. Please give > > details of any changes required, and the overall length of the > > journey, as well as the price you found. > > I checked Qantas prices for Sydney -> Mexico City and Sydney -> Sao > Paulo (they knew of neither Managua nor Belo Horizonte on their > website). > > Sydney -> Mexico City on those dates was $2332 (AUD) > It's cheaper to fly to Managua from the US. There are direct flights from Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Houston, Atlanta and Los Angeles. >From Sydney/Mumbai/Tokyo the best choice is to Los Angeles and from LAX to Managua via Continental. Sydney --> Managua (via LAX with China Southern/Continental) costs USD 2,219 Mumbai ---> Managua (via LAX with Malaysian Airlines/Continental) costs USD 1,888 Tokyo ---> Managua (via LAX with Singapore Airlines/Continental) costs USD 1,916 > Sydney -> Sao Paulo on those dates was $1795 (AUD) (== USD at present) > > I expect that local flights for Mexico City - Managua and Sao Paulo - > Belo Horizonte would be comparable, and around $300-$400 return. > > > > On Travelocity.com I got better luck with the full route: > > Sydney - Managua best price was $3370 USD (and there were a few within > $100 of that). > > Sydney - Belo Horizonte the only price was $2320 USD > > > > On Amadeus.net I got the full route, also: > > Sydney - Managua best price was £1987 ($3224 USD) > > Sydney - Belo Horizonte the best price was £1260 GBP ($2045 USD) > > > > Cheers, > Andrew. > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > andrew (AT) morphoss (DOT) com +64(272)DEBIAN > Does the turtle move for you? www.kame.net > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > _______________________________________________ > Debconf-team mailing list > Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org > http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team > >
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