If you could fly anywhere for free, where would you go? (bridge, plane)
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Our Corp Contract with a major Car rental company allow us to pickup/drop off at any of there Corporation location with no drop fee. The rate is also very good. other then what I can get on priceline (But that may not be cheap when you add in all the fees/drop charges).
I was going to say the South Pole in Antarctica, until I read your first sentence, plus I don't think SW flies there (yet!). That flight would probably cost you at least $50,000 and go up from there.
I was going to say the South Pole in Antarctica, until I read your first sentence, plus I don't think SW flies there (yet!). That flight would probably cost you at least $50,000 and go up from there.
You can't fly to the South Pole. There are no commercial flights, the only flights in and out are military cargo planes.
You can fly to Christ Church and then possibly get a seat on a charter to McMurdo. That's the end of the line though unless you are a scientist. As there are no hotels in McMurdo, it's probably not a good idea to just show up, even if you can get a space on a charter.
The best option to see Antartica is to fly to Christchurch or the Falklands and take a cruise. You can do so for far less than $50K, including airfare.
This will get you onto the ice, but will not get you to the south pole.
Some interesting mentions thus far, thanks for the comments! San Fran has been mentioned a few times... that's definitely one of the places I'm thinking about.
You can't fly to the South Pole. There are no commercial flights, the only flights in and out are military cargo planes.
You can fly to Christ Church and then possibly get a seat on a charter to McMurdo. That's the end of the line though unless you are a scientist. As there are no hotels in McMurdo, it's probably not a good idea to just show up, even if you can get a space on a charter.
The best option to see Antartica is to fly to Christchurch or the Falklands and take a cruise. You can do so for far less than $50K, including airfare.
This will get you onto the ice, but will not get you to the south pole.
I've actually worked in Antarctica, not at the Pole, but I know people who have worked there and yes no commerical planes fly there, but private ones do and it will cost you a little under $39,000 if you want to be on one of those planes. Here's the link:
The very weathy "tourists" are only there for maybe an hour or so and buy stuff in the station gift shop, get their picture at the two markers, the actual and the ceremonial, and there off again.
These tourists aren't coming from Christchurch and Mactown to get to the pole like all the support staff and scientists do, they are coming from West Antarctica and a place called Patriot Hills or now Union Glacier, since the new runway was built there over a year ago (it's like the "new and improved" weathy tourist hub for exploring Antarctica). They start in South America and then fly into PH/UG then into pole and back again.
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