[Debian-uk] DebConf8 flights

[Steve McIntyre]

On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 08:31:17PM +0100, Neil Williams wrote:
>On Sun, 2008-03-30 at 19:32 +0100, Neil Williams wrote:
>> http://wiki.earth.li/DebconfTravel2008
>> 
>> Some people are finding that prices are going up as we get closer to
>> what should be Spring. The wiki page is split between those going to
>> DebConf and those going to DebCamp as well.
>> 
>> So shall we go as two groups? All the flights appear to involve a
>> connection via Madrid.
>> 
>> Has anyone booked their tickets yet?
>
>From IRC, it appears that some have, some haven't, so here are some
>options with recent data for a trip including DebCamp and DebConf:
>
>Expedia:
>London to Madrid 1/08/08 07:25 - 10:45 Iberia  
>Madrid to Buenos Aires 1/08/08 12:25 - 19:40 Iberia  
>Buenos Aires to Madrid 17/08/08 13:25 - 06:10 Iberia  
>Madrid to London 18/08/08 08:45 - 10:05 Iberia
>Airfare total: £948.60
>
>Iberia:
>Friday, August 1, 2008 
>11:15  London, Heathrow
>14:15  Barcelona, 
>Friday, August 1, 2008
>21:30 / Barcelona, 
>8:40 - Date +1 / Buenos Aires, Pistarini 25h: 25m 320
>
>Sunday, August 17, 2008
>13:25 / Buenos Aires, Pistarini 
>6:10 - Date +1 / Madrid, Barajas
>Monday, August 18, 2008
>8:45   Madrid, Barajas
>10:05  London, Heathrow
>
>Iberia Total £ 848.6

Cool. I've decided that I definitely can't afford the time for Debcamp
too, so I'm going to head out just for Debconf. Given that, the best
price I can find is GBP 780.70[1], flying:

Outbound:

  Aerolineas Argentinas
  AR1123, AR1131 (LGW->MAD->EZE)
  (Operated by Air Plus Comet)            Departs: Sat 09 Aug 08 10:20
                                          Arrives: Sat 09 Aug 08 22:55
Inbound:
  Air Comet
  A72136, A70230 (EZE->MAD->LGW)
  (Operated by Aerolineas Argentinas)     Departs: Sun 17 Aug 08 14:20
                                          Arrives: Mon 18 Aug 08 09:20                     

That's the best price I can find, with a couple of slightly different
time options for a little more (differing flights on Fri 8th, for
example). After that, next best option is with Air Canada via Canada
which takes approximately *forever*. I echo Neil in that I'd like to
book sooner rather than later before prices go up much more.

Maybe we'll end up with 2 groups flying. I'd suggest if you'd like to
travel in a group at all then you should add yourself to the wiki
page[2] NOW! I'm going to book my flight by next weekend, latest.

[1] http://tinyurl.com/yve854 (the full URL is 655 characters!)
[2] http://wiki.earth.li/DebconfTravel2008

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Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.                                steve@einval.com
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