View Full Version : Airlines slash their prices for flights on Sept 11
Anyone looking for a last minute break at a great price, Yahoo News reports today that the transatlantic airlines are slashing their prices for flights on September 11th as they have so many empty seats. People are reticent to fly on that date for obvious reasons and the events of the weekend in Sweden will not have helped much. A lot of villas are also vacant ( methinks possibly for the same reason) so anyone out there who does not worry about such things could get a great deal.
Julie Carty
bellaepovera
04-09-2002, 17:34
They have posted these offer since this summer when i was in Fl. The only problem is one way is practically free and some in the states are free but on the way back they are charging regular prices so not sure that you are getting a bargain flying out of Europe but in the states i know Spirit airlines usually have one way flights for as little as $79. Wish i could go in Sept.
patti pacienza
athurstance
04-09-2002, 18:14
We're flying to Barcelona on Sep 11. Flying on that date doesn't really bother me. We didn't deliberately choose that date to get a cheap flight it just worked out that was the best time to go.
Angela
It didnt say it was a one way flight only. Usually they are a return, so if it is cut price going out, the return is cut price as well.
Julie Carty
My daughter has just booked someone a rtn flight on Concorde to NYC, departing on Sept 11 for £2000. Still a little bit pricey for my pocket!
Liz
Ah, but what was the normal price, Ltz???
Julie Carty
bellaepovera
05-09-2002, 12:08
$10,000!!!
patti pacienza
caroline
05-09-2002, 12:43
Sounds like an excellent bargain to me <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>
Caroline
imported_n/a
06-09-2002, 02:11
Liz
Are there any restrictions on when they have to return?
Jane
What happened in Sweden at the weekend?
I've been in the villa and never turned the TV on so have missed a whole week of news!
Carla
"It's been a quiet week in Lake Wobegone"
Carla,
a young man, Kerim Sadok Chatty, half swedish half Tunisian was arrested trying to get onto a Ryan air plane to UK with a gun in his hand luggage.
Background info:
he has recently converted (in the last 2 years) to the Salafi doctrine. He is a known associate of someone who the USA claim has close ties to al-Qa'eda. The 2 were friends in prison. He took a flying course in US 6 years ago, although he was expelled because of his temper. In 1988 he enrooled on another course (in Florida I believe) but failed to attend. Many of those arrested in Europe since Sep 11 accused of ties to al-Qa'eda have been Salafi devotees. He was convicted of a serious assault on a US marine guard working at the embassy at Stockholm.
He was planning to attend the Salafi Islamic conference in Birmingham. There is talk he was planning to hijack the plane and fly it into the American embassy in London.
The formal charges against him are "reasonable grounds for suspicion" that Chatty had prepared to hijack an aircraft. There is a secondary but lesser charge of "serious firearms crime".
How much of this is true apart from being in possession of a firearm I don't know, but this all comes from Tuesday's DT. (Thought I ought to be somewhat accurate rather than rely on memory!)
Fiona
Thanks Fiona. He is obviously not the sharpest knife in the cutlery drawer. How on earth did he think that he would actually get away with having a gun in his hand luggage?? Especially near to September 11 and probably with middle eastern appearance as well.<img src=icon_smile_shock.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_shock.gif border=0 align=middle>
Carla
"It's been a quiet week in Lake Wobegone"
Edited by - Margot on 05/09/2002 23:48:50
By the time he appeared in court his beard had been shaved off and his long hair cut!
Fiona