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Dates are great for me. With opponents still to be confirmed, IÔÇÖm less interested in their composition (youths and reserves) or what they are billed as (Team Name XI), than their venues.

Anyone priced this up yet?

http://www.oufc.co.uk/page/News/0,,1034 ... 69,00.html

Haven't done so myself as the dates don't suit but I'd still be interested to know how much it costs. I wonder why they can't just publish a ball park figure rather than invite you to phone and, presumably, negotiate.

&quotHog&quot wrote:Anyone priced this up yet?

http://www.oufc.co.uk/page/News/0,,1034 ... 69,00.html

Haven't done so myself as the dates don't suit but I'd still be interested to know how much it costs. I wonder why they can't just publish a ball park figure rather than invite you to phone and, presumably, negotiate.

I echo your thoughts. I’m almost tempted to contact Virgin, negotiate for about an hour or so on the ‘phone and then play around on the internet holiday comparison sites, get a confirmed price, then say the magic words i.e. “Oxford United

I see on the other place that people have been quoted just over £700 not including insurance and accomodation and they're not happy. I'm not sure why they thought it would be much less but it doesn't seem to be much of a 'deal' to me!

Indeed.

Assuming the club are buying up 25-30 plane seats and hotel rooms (at a discount) for players and officials then surely they would get an even bigger discount for say 250-300 similar items. They could then sell them off to Us, and even cream off a bit to help pay for the trip.

Have to say I’m a little mystified by this.

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&quotSnake&quot wrote:Indeed.

Assuming the club are buying up 25-30 plane seats and hotel rooms (at a discount) for players and officials then surely they would get an even bigger discount for say 250-300 similar items. They could then sell them off to Us, and even cream off a bit to help pay for the trip.

Have to say I’m a little mystified by this.

I've put this point forward as part of the recently advertised &quotChairman's Question&quot. Be interesting to see what they say.

Having done a ton of research on travel costs last summer for a trip to Ireland, here's a few things I found:

*Tripadvisor.com is a must to use for comparison arifares. Incredibly helpful, I looked once or twice a day and noticed many pricing trends, sales that popped up, etc.
*Airfares hit their best cost 2-3 months before the travel dates (at least they did last summer)
*Flying on Tuesdays or Wednesdays was the least expensive
*Oddly enough, fares were less expensive when actually looking on Tues-Thurs (presumably most people look on the weekends so they pop the price up a bit)
*I believe the only close alternative to Boston Logan airport is Manchester, New Hampshire. That can be less expensive than Boston but then again, thats probably a US domestic deal. Not too many flights direct from the UK I suspect. Worth a quick look anyway...