Have airfares gone up everywhere?

[Olddaddy]

I have never paid more than $3500 AUD in business class to Sydney to Bangkok ✈️

I look today at all fares are over $4,000 unless I do a layover 9 hours in Kuala Lumpur overnight @ $3500

Where can I sleep 9 hours overnight in a KL airport ?🇲🇾

Why bother to save $500 for that ?

Im a big hairy daddy so have to fly business unless I do what I did last April and book 2 economy seats 

I'm sick of it!!!! 😭 

[khaolakguy]

1 hour ago, Olddaddy said:

I'm sick of it!!!! 😭 

Indeed.

[Lucky]

I bought Business Class tix from LAX to BKK for half the price I paid last time, in January.

Unfortunately, I had to cancel them.

[vinapu]

3 hours ago, Olddaddy said:

 

Where can I sleep 9 hours overnight in a KL airport ?

as always there are 2 choices, floor in terminal and hotel

3 hours ago, Olddaddy said:

Why bother to save $500 for that ?

 

likely that 500 would become 300 if not 200 if  you deduct cost of hotel and taxi but 200 thus saved will buy you nice encounter with boy or two or lifetime of Bolt trips from Tarntawan to soi 4 by taxi.

[PeterRS]

Last March my usual Qatar ticket to the UK was up by an even greater percentage. As reported elsewhere, I took a much longer routing via Hong Kong on Cathay Pacific for a considerably cheaper fare. Thankfully only a 2 1/2-hour layover. Yet in recent weeks I have had several emails from both Qatar and Emirates offering even cheaper fares to several cities in Europe valid through to next summer.

[Olddaddy]

This Hainan Airlines is offering a lower business flight 

2 hour stop over in China 🇨🇳

[kokopelli3]

On 8/13/2025 at 5:54 PM, Olddaddy said:

I have never paid more than $3500 AUD in business class to Sydney to Bangkok ✈️

I look today at all fares are over $4,000 unless I do a layover 9 hours in Kuala Lumpur overnight @ $3500

Where can I sleep 9 hours overnight in a KL airport ?🇲🇾

Why bother to save $500 for that ?

Im a big hairy daddy so have to fly business unless I do what I did last April and book 2 economy seats 

I'm sick of it!!!! 😭 

I will try to reply and use the most simplistic language possible. Yes, it is true that air fares have soared to new heights, yet some carriers have allowed their fares to descend to new lows. And a few carriers have maintained a steady, level  course, neither ascending nor descending. Why is that? Since demand is down the carriers seek to stabilize their revenues by increasing fares, while others lower their fares to seek new customers and yet some carriers are maintaining fares at the customary level for unknown reasons of their own.

Does that make any sense? Courtesy of my AI ChatBot. 

[PeterRS]

On 8/14/2025 at 8:48 AM, Olddaddy said:

This Hainan Airlines is offering a lower business flight 

2 hour stop over in China 🇨🇳

Good airline. This January review of the SYD to BKK business class may interest you. Check with the airline if you realy have to enter China to pick up ad recheck in your bag before the Bangkok sector. And do you therefore need a visa?

"On checkin was advised that bags could only be sent as far as Haikou. At that point I would have to enter China, collect baggage then checkin for BKK flight. And that's despite both flights being on a single ticket. Upon arrival then had issues at passport control. They wanted evidence of my 2nd flight. The print out I had on me simply said SYD / BKK. And had no wifi access. Eventually was allowed in. The flights themselves were great. Relatively modern planes with attentive flight attendants. 1-2-1 in business on the A330 and 2-2 on the 737. Western food options on the way over. Very much Chinese on the way back. For the price I paid it was a great option but 15-17hrs to BKK instead of 9 hours might turn others off."

https://www.airlinequality.com/airline-reviews/hainan-airlines

[vinapu]

9 hours ago, kokopelli3 said:

I will try to reply and use the most simplistic language possible. Yes, it is true that air fares have soared to new heights, yet some carriers have allowed their fares to descend to new lows. And a few carriers have maintained a steady, level  course, neither ascending nor descending. Why is that? Since demand is down the carriers seek to stabilize their revenues by increasing fares, while others lower their fares to seek new customers and yet some carriers are maintaining fares at the customary level for unknown reasons of their own.

Does that make any sense? Courtesy of my AI ChatBot. 

In short - however you will be spinning , you ass is always behind

[floridarob]

2 hours ago, vinapu said:

you ass is always behind

Not always the case... have you seen some of the positions the twink bottoms can put themselves into 🧐

[vinapu]

7 hours ago, floridarob said:

Not always the case... have you seen some of the positions the twink bottoms can put themselves into 🧐

I stand my ground

[floridarob]

50 minutes ago, vinapu said:

I stand my ground

As you should.... neither of us could/should do the aforementioned positions, at this point anyway 👨‍🦼