On Oct 24, 6:10 pm, Qdog223 wrote:
(cross-posted to rec.travel.asia)
> Tonight Pokerstars is running a kickoff special of 10 seats guaranteed
> to Macau. Your $4500 package includes $2500 tournament entry, $600
> hotel and $1400 cash for air travel. I happened to check airline
> travel to Macau (MKM) using Expedia and found its twice as expensive
> to fly to Macau as to Hong Kong. It cost $1400+ to Hong Kong and
> $3000+ to Macau. during the tournament time (Thanksgiving).
>
> Before anyone commits their resources to win a package to Macau, they
> might want to explore the cost of getting there. It might be less
> expensive flying to Hong Kong and taking a slow boat across the South
> China Sea to Macau.
"Slow boat"? There's a 45-minute ferry ride.
> Anyone having an inside scoop to travel options to Macau please share!
Expedia, Travelocity, Yahoo, etc. are not a good place to find flights
to Asia.
Try Flight Centre or STA Travel, two good discount travel agencies.
STA is mostly a student travel agency, but they can have very good
deals for non-students.
Some of the best deals are travel agents in Asian communities, since
Asian airlines often use them to dump large blocks of unsold seats
cheaply - go to your local Chinatown and look for a travel agent
there, or look in your newspapers' Sunday travel section for an Asian-
specialist travel agency.
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