Re: Financial and Travel Tips

[Phan Thanh Lam <phtl@freenet.tlh.fl.us>]

Dear Diem Quynh,

I am sorry I do not have the information you requested.  I think you 
would get a better price through a travel agent than shopping directly 
with airlines.  Travel agents buy the entire bloc of tickets, then 
resell them, and therefore you could get a good bargain from them 
depending on ticket availability.  There are quite a few travel agents in 
the Bay area, so their prices are very competitive.   I'd suggest you 
check the price with the Vietnamese travel agents in San Jose, they 
probably have the best price available.

As to airfare differences if purchased in VN or in the U.S. I don't have 
the facts either.  I would venture to guess that competition is the key 
to keeping the price low, and so ticket bought in the states would 
probably cost less than if purchased in VN .  

Perhaps other readers have first hand knowledge of this and could help .

Regards,

La^m

On Wed, 4 Jun 1997, Diem Quynh Nguyen wrote:
>  HI Bac Lam and everybody:
>  Can you tell me what air line is the best for a round trip from US (SF) 
> to Vietanm (either Hanoi or HCMCity)?.