Booking a flight from BA to Miami, round trip, lowest cost on Despegar, is $15,756 pesos. Booking a trip from Miami to BA, round trip, is $11,080 pesos. Trip planned from Nov 23 to Nov 29, same dates, same airports. Different airlines (Air Mexico was the cheapest for BA origin - the price nearly doubles for other Air Mexico flights and gets much worse for other airlines). I don't understand why the base price is higher starting in BA, and both flights have AFIP taxes involved, but the one originating in the US doesn't have an additional item of "cargos" listed as well.
The cheaper flight I mention from BA to Miami, on the first page, the prices range from $15,756 all the way to $24,892. Originating in Miami, the range goes from $11,080 to $14,035.
Just to try another destination for comparison, I tried from Miami to London, and London to Miami round trip. US origination = $11,191 pesos while UK origin = $10,035. Pretty close - roughly 1% more expensive to originate in the States than in the UK. Of course, both of those prices include the AFIP tax since I'm in BA looking for flights. The AFIP tax for US origination is $2,100 pesos, while UK origin is $1,700 pesos.
How exactly are the "subsidies" (if you want to call "subsidies" to the currency restrictions, the extra taxes, and the government's blind "necessity" to keep the peso far, far over-valued for what I don't think are such "altruistic" motives as you seem to want to project onto the government, Bradly. I can understand people thinking of gas, transportation and child subsidies as helpful, but things that work to make things worse?) "helping" anyone when it comes to airline flights? Or anything else for that matter. Given that both prices are in pesos and the only difference is the origin, I'd say that the "subsidies" have caused higher prices for airline flights out of the country, at least to the US, rather than actually help anyone.
I see about a 30% over-inflated price for the flights originating in BA going to Miami with the cheapest flight available - on the cheapest flight, certainly not the majority and a very specific lack of choices in what airlines you can fly (one) at that lowest price. It gets much worse from there
Respectfully, I'm simply not understanding your logic in calling those hypocritical (it seems that's what you're saying) who are complaining about the latest currency restrictions implemented by the government because they have so wasted their reserves trying to delay the inevitable when there isn't even a benefit to begin with, just because people are complaining about it. It seems counter-intuitive to me and what I see as facts certainly don't support the position that the "subsidies" in question have helped anyone.
It's not the "subsidies" being pulled that is causing the problem. The high prices on airline flights out of Argentina wouldn't even be there if not for those particular "subsidies" and this latest round of currency restrictions is just exacerbating this particular market, as most government interventions do whether intended, or worried about, or not.
The cheaper flight I mention from BA to Miami, on the first page, the prices range from $15,756 all the way to $24,892. Originating in Miami, the range goes from $11,080 to $14,035.
Just to try another destination for comparison, I tried from Miami to London, and London to Miami round trip. US origination = $11,191 pesos while UK origin = $10,035. Pretty close - roughly 1% more expensive to originate in the States than in the UK. Of course, both of those prices include the AFIP tax since I'm in BA looking for flights. The AFIP tax for US origination is $2,100 pesos, while UK origin is $1,700 pesos.
How exactly are the "subsidies" (if you want to call "subsidies" to the currency restrictions, the extra taxes, and the government's blind "necessity" to keep the peso far, far over-valued for what I don't think are such "altruistic" motives as you seem to want to project onto the government, Bradly. I can understand people thinking of gas, transportation and child subsidies as helpful, but things that work to make things worse?) "helping" anyone when it comes to airline flights? Or anything else for that matter. Given that both prices are in pesos and the only difference is the origin, I'd say that the "subsidies" have caused higher prices for airline flights out of the country, at least to the US, rather than actually help anyone.
I see about a 30% over-inflated price for the flights originating in BA going to Miami with the cheapest flight available - on the cheapest flight, certainly not the majority and a very specific lack of choices in what airlines you can fly (one) at that lowest price. It gets much worse from there
Respectfully, I'm simply not understanding your logic in calling those hypocritical (it seems that's what you're saying) who are complaining about the latest currency restrictions implemented by the government because they have so wasted their reserves trying to delay the inevitable when there isn't even a benefit to begin with, just because people are complaining about it. It seems counter-intuitive to me and what I see as facts certainly don't support the position that the "subsidies" in question have helped anyone.
It's not the "subsidies" being pulled that is causing the problem. The high prices on airline flights out of Argentina wouldn't even be there if not for those particular "subsidies" and this latest round of currency restrictions is just exacerbating this particular market, as most government interventions do whether intended, or worried about, or not.
This is a win for the free market! haha
