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TAR 19 Locations/Destinations **Spoilers**
Neobie:
Not sure if Elimination Station would be in Phuket or Koh Samui, but a team being transported to Koh Samui will not be flying towards Phuket.
That said, I'm surprised there're no sightings in Phuket?
mds1978:
--- Quote from: Neobie on June 25, 2011, 01:28:23 PM ---Not sure if Elimination Station would be in Phuket or Koh Samui, but a team being transported to Koh Samui will not be flying towards Phuket.
That said, I'm surprised there're no sightings in Phuket?
--- End quote ---
You're wrong. To get to Ko Samui, you fly through Bangkok or Phuket. There are several cheap non-stop flights that go from Phuket to Ko Samui. Just do a kayak search and see for yourself.
And again, there are no sightings in Phuket because the race isn't going to Phuket. This is an eliminated team going to ES in Ko Samui.
georgiapeach:
We THINK. ^^ :tup: Not yet 100% confirmed either way...
Chateau d If:
I think Neobie's point is that why would you fly from Bangkok to Phuket and then continue to Koh Samui when you could have just got straight from BKK to Koh Samui?
mds1978:
--- Quote from: Chateau d If on June 25, 2011, 02:18:21 PM ---I think Neobie's point is that why would you fly from Bangkok to Phuket and then continue to Koh Samui when you could have just got straight from BKK to Koh Samui?
--- End quote ---
For the same reasons I have to fly through Chicago or Denver to get to New York, even though I could go straight from LAX to NYC on a nonstop flight.
-availability
-price
-convenience/departure times
Of course we'd all love to fly nonstop whenever it's an option, but often times we don't for any or all of the above reasons. Production doesn't have an unlimited budget and the nonstop flights from Phuket to Ko Samui are very cheap ($89).
ETA:
Here's an example to illustrate my point. Flight search for a one way ticket from Jakarta to Ko Samui departing later this week:
$664 is cheapest option, and all flights with this price are via Phuket
$995 is the price to fly to Ko Samui on a direct flight from Bangkok (!!) and this itinerary would be ~6.5 hours, only around two hours shorter than the cheaper option through Phuket (~8.5 hours)
I think if WRP could save $1000 by having a team and one production person take the first option, it makes perfect sense.
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