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[ 08-30-2009: Message edited by: NP ]
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quote:Originally posted by Linerrich:The end says that one-way Tourist Class rates begin at 1600 francs, which would have been about USD $320.00 in 1963.
I'm not sure if French Line fares were price-competitive with air travel in 1963, but they certainly were by the early '70s according to the 1972 edition of Arthur Frommer's Europe on $20?? Dollars A Day. The fares between the two modes of travel were almost identical, so you can see how the equity of time savings on a flight vs. that of the amenities of a luxury liner appeared to compare at the time.
Considering that a tourist-class crossing cost around $20 less than on the "futuristic" QE2, the French Line were apparently pricing their fares pretty aggressively near the end.
"First of All: It's going to cost you more than flying. There is just no way that we can put you up for five days in our floating luxury hotel, with fifteen to twenty marvelous feasts, for the same price as a jet seat rental with a couple of tray meals aloft.Our base price from New York to Southampton is $288.00. That's during the thrift, or "off season" in the Left Bank, which is what other lines call tourist.You can also spend $1043.00 to cross the Atlantic with us if you are a wealthy sybarite occupying a deluxe stateroom at the height of the season. But there is lots of room in-between."
[ 09-03-2009: Message edited by: Linerrich ]
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