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...goes according to plan, the members of the board will be charged with several responsibilities: supervising the selection procedure of players in their native countries, raising money for the round-trip airfare to the United States, and generating publicity for the program in their countries...
...other carriers, which are also raising prices about 10% on their regular fares at the end of April, maintain much higher basic rates. Sample round-trip fares from New York: London, $639; Paris, $679; Rome, $799; Frankfurt, $734; Tel Aviv, $799; Tokyo, $1,305; Peking, $1,544. But then come all the different kinds of discounting: midweek flights are cheaper; so is APEX (Advance- Purchase Excursion rate, a round-trip ticket bought at least two to three weeks in advance). And then come discounts on discounts: if, for example, you cannot buy an APEX ticket 21 days in advance...
...pressure of competition has an effect. British Airways and TWA are fighting People Express by selling $199 standby fares to London. Pan American last week offered special discounts just to mollify travel agents and passengers inconvenienced by its recent strike. It granted $25 discounts on all round-trip tickets bought through any agency for travel on or before May 31, plus $100 coupons for any flight after...
These various deals have narrowed the price gap between scheduled airlines and charter carriers. Last year five major charters went into default, but the five survivors expect a 20% increase in business this year over 1984. Sample round-trip charter rates from New York: London, $512; Paris, $507; Rome, $607. Standby fares are $100 less...
...ghost. Sarajevo has devoted a $2 million fund solely to cementing the Olympic image by staging additional world-class sporting events--world speed-skating championships, European bobsled championships and the like--in hopes of attracting the fans and tourists who follow them. So far, the strategy is working. With round-trip air fare from New York and seven days in a hotel at the foot of Olympic ski runs costing just $680, the tourists are coming...