This sounds like a right rip-off

[Ako Si Jamie]

Just been speaking to an Aussie.

He goes to the Phils regularly and pays the equivalent of 34,000 PHP in AUS dollars for a return journey which is well over £500 if I'm not mistaken. This kind of price is from both Sydney & Melbourne with the cheapest airline.

Distances

London to Manila approx 6600 miles
Sydney to Manila approx 3800 miles

After doing the maths I'm baffled.

[raynaputi]

When my grandad died last month, my aunt and uncle who live and work in Kuwait paid for the cheapest ticket they can get, which is Emirates at £500+ for each! Same price coming from the UK!

[melovesengland]

They dont look very cheap at all now, I dont know if cheap airfares do still exists!! I am planning for bring my sister and my daughter next year to the UK for a visit and i dread to think of the costs of their fares! Ridiculous amount of money.

[Dedworth]

The cost of living is very high nowadays in Oz

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/new...-1226677641006

[joebloggs]

i don't know if the cost the airline gets has increased over the years (cheapest i can remember getting was about £380 return using KLM or Airfrance 8-10yrs ago) , much of the cost now is taxes, surcharges and extra fees

[grahamw48]

Quite right....greedy Treasury penalising us travellers to make up the shortfall from the tax-dodging corporates and the rich .

[Michael Parnham]

i don't know if the cost the airline gets has increased over the years (cheapest i can remember getting was about £380 return using KLM or Airfrance 8-10yrs ago) , much of the cost now is taxes, surcharges and extra fees

KLM price that I paid in 2010 was slightly less than £380 and that was the cheapest I ever had since 1989!