The Ten Most Expensive Airline Tickets You Can Buy
What's the most expensive one-way commercial flight with no buses, cars or trains taking you from one airport to the other? Jalopnik readers started booking and this is what they found.
I guess the most important lesson we learnt from this round is that you can actually spend the price of a new Subaru STI or a Mustang Convertible on a single 4,771 mile long flight starting from New York. Now imagine spending that amount on petrol, and see where it could take you!
Note that these are all one-way tickets with no doubling back.
10.) Fairbanks (Alaska) to Auckland (New Zealand)
Suggested by: DannyOPrice: $28066Distance on the map: 7308.85 milesFlight time: 36 hours 10 minutes
Going through Dubai with Emirates has a price.
9.) Dallas (US) to London (UK)
Suggested by: TeXWDPrice: $31464Distance on the map: 4745.14 milesFlight time: 27 hours 38 minutes
They just found a new oil field under the farm.
8.) Miami (US) to Tokyo (Japan)
Suggested by: Raphael OrlovePrice: $32758Distance on the map: 7448.98 milesFlight time: 24 hours 55 minutes
Sounds like a party.
7.) New York (US) to London (UK)
Suggested by: Ray WertPrice: $37297Distance on the map: 4013.03 milesFlight time: 40 hours 55 minutes
All Nippon Airlines is all about taking you around the world, at least twice if possible.
6.) New York (US) to Frankfurt (Germany)
Suggested by: Ray WertPrice: $37297Distance on the map: 4013.03 milesFlight time: 44 hours
The same story here.
5.) New York (US) to Lisbon (Portugal)
Suggested by: Travis OkulskiPrice: $37360Distance on the map: 3367.19 milesFlight time: 46 hours 45 minutes
If you're on a plane for 46 hours, fingers crossed for lovely flight attendants. It usually works.
4.) New York (US) to Istanbul (Turkey)
Suggested by: YamudaPrice: $37992Distance on the map: 5009.82 milesFlight time: 45 hours 45 minutes
This one is shorter. By an hour.
3.) New York (US) to Oslo (Norway)
Suggested by: rilesevenPrice: $39001Distance on the map: 3672.61 milesFlight time: 28 hours
A New York to Oslo flight usually takes 7 hours and 52 minutes. This trip takes a bit more...
2.) Santiago (Chile) to Beirut (Lebanon)
Suggested by: lamakachopPrice: $39525Distance on the map: 8286.39 milesFlight time: 20 hours 30 minutes
With Air France, you can try both the Boeing and the Airbus. That almost makes it a good deal.
1.) New York (US) to Sao Paulo (Brazil)
Suggested by: cwgtimkvPrice: $40994Distance on the map: 4771.69 milesFlight time: 59 hours
All Nippon Airways once again welcomes your cash or credit card! Also, basically, leaving New York in the wrong direction is more expensive than living there.
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