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Alex McWhirter wrote: My cheapest ever air fare was MAN-LHR with BEA on a Super 1-11 in 1970. It was a youth stand-by ticket which cost £2.50.
My cheapest ever air fare was MAN-LHR with BEA on a Super 1-11 in 1970. It was a youth stand-by ticket which cost £2.50.
Morning Alex, may I take the liberty of correcting you? In 1970 you would have paid £2 10s! Ah for those days again ?[/quote]
When an Airfix Sunderland flying boat model could be had for 19s/11 1/2d 🙂 (until July 1969, so nearly).
[quote quote=855301] My cheapest ever air fare was MAN-LHR with BEA on a Super 1-11 in 1970. It was a youth stand-by ticket which cost £2.50.[/quote]
Of course £2.50 in 1970 is £38 today according to my inflation calculator, still, not bad… I hated standby, though.
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Of course £2.50 in 1970 is £38 today according to my inflation calculator, still, not bad… I hated standby, though.[/quote]
Just out of interest and depending how you with to assess it, the current value of £2s10 could range from 31.62 to £86.72.
https://www.measuringworth.com/ukcompare/relativevalue.php
Worth a quick look if you have 2 mins spare time.
Thanks for the link, FDOS_UK, that’s interesting and useful. And I had no idea that such a wide range of calculations was possible.
You’re welcome – I did a ‘A’ Level in Economics, for my sins and had to look at this type of stuff 🙂
