2011/2/21 Leandro Gómez <leo.tel...@gmail.com> > 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 >> > New York ---> Managua (American Airlines) USD 438 Buenos Aires ---> Managua (via San José) USD 1,122 Madrid ---> Managua (Iberia) USD 1,485 (Alitalia) USD 1,403 Frankfurt ---> Managua (via Panamá) USD 1,629
There are cheaper flights, at least for the last two, but these are the only ones I found right now. > > 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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