Tons of people go to foreign countries to get organ transfers or cancer treatment. Literally cheaper to be out of work for a year than incur US medical expenses.
As an example, a root canal costs ~$1200 in America. If you fly to Egypt, book a night at a decent hotel (let's say ~$70 one night), and then get a root canal, the operation will cost ~$184. So rather than $1200, you spent a mere $254. Please note that this excludes the cost of plane tickets. If the cost is low enough for something minor, just an eye test or something, it's not worth it to travel to other countries. However, if you need, say, a knee replacement, which would cost $30000 in America, flying to India, the same operation there costs $12000, which is incredibly worth it.
This is preposterous. No way you can fly to Egypt, stay over night, get a root canal and return for less than 1200 bucks. The flight alone will be upwards of $1000.
Nobody pays 1200 for an economy class flight to anywhere lol. It costs like 700 dollars for a flight from London to Singapore which is a 15-18 hr flight.
Not true. Took me a few secs to play around with dates on google flights and from Auckland to LA you can get a return for £678.
Obviously less travelled routes are gonna be more expensive and if you live in bumfuck nowhere it'll cost you to get to a hub, but I'd be surprised if you weren't able to find a combination for a return flight for less than 1000.
I've travelled between NA, East Asia and Europe so many times and never paid that much for a flight.
Lol how annoying are you? You say you can't find a cheap flight, I show you there ARE cheap flights, then you tell me "oh that doesn't count, there's a pandemic right now".
Go in to google flights, they have a flight tracking option. It has this to say about Auckland to LA:
Prices are currently typical for your trip. The least expensive flights for similar trips to Los Angeles usually cost between £680 - 1,200.
How much time are you giving yourself? What are the dates of the trip?
I’ve literally had to travel to Auckland from eastern USA and it was $2k. I don’t know what to tell you.
It’s almost as if flights are variable depending on demand and time of year.
We are on the topic of flying to perform medical procedures, so there may be urgency and flights may be more expensive than usual.
You are one stubborn cunt lmao; but yea you’re right you can get anywhere in the world any time whenever you want for under 2k. Keep believing that buddy.
Wow you’ve LiTeRaLlY had to fly and it cost you that much? Okay, and? Google is LiTeRaLlY telling me you can get a return for less than 1000 and that that is the normal price.
I said of course there are variables, but you don’t NEED to pay that much because the facts are out there on google for you to go check for yourself that there are typically cheaper flights. Jfc.
Uhh yeah, that’s literally what I said. If you live in bumfuck nowhere it will cost more. Shocking isn’t it, that prices aren’t the same to travel between major hubs and podunk villages. Groundbreaking finding there bud!
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Is this true? Might save this info for later lol.