Airfare Disparity

I had thought about having one my sons come for a visit this summer, but I now find that round trip airfare from Atlanta to Manchester is almost twice as high as round trip airfare from Manchester to Atlanta (which is the usual for me). Does anyone know why this would be the case? I'm talking June, too, not Olympics-period travel...

Thanks!
Kevin

Do you usually travel during the summer? Olympics or not, summer travel is always remarkably more expensive.

I actually haven't traveled round trip from Atlanta to here in quite some time, but I have done it in July twice and I don't remember it being higher than travel here in September or January for example. I flew round trip from Manchester to Atlanta last March and also last November, and t'were I to book that trip in June this year, the airfare would be about the same.

Puzzling...

Do you usually travel during the summer? Olympics or not, summer travel is always remarkably more expensive.

I've found prices from US->UK to be about 20-50% more expensive than the UK->US (same airports), regardless of time of year.

I would guess the UK in July is more of a tourist hotspot for Atlanta residents than Atlanta is for UK residents, as well.

I guess I never noticed because I wasn't doing the currency conversion, but looking back the round trips I used to make from Atlanta to Manchester were actually quite a bit more dear in general than the trips I make now going the other way.

I still don't understand it though. I also don't understand why a £400 ticket is £100 of ticket and £300 of fees. Coming the other way, a $1000 ticket is more like $900 of ticket and $100 of fees.

I've found prices from US->UK to be about 20-50% more expensive than the UK->US (same airports), regardless of time of year.

I would guess the UK in July is more of a tourist hotspot for Atlanta residents than Atlanta is for UK residents, as well.

Supply and demand.  It's a b*tch.