Did you know that you can buy a round-trip ticket to Europe for around 600,000 won by using a group ticket? Group purchase of airline tickets is literally a method of buying airline tickets together at a lower price. We will tell you what group-purchased airline tickets are and how much cheaper they are compared to regular airline tickets. Let’s explain with the most famous Modetour flight ticket.
What is a group purchase airline ticket?
Group purchase airline tickets refer to airline tickets that can be purchased more cheaply by multiple people purchasing them together. Usually, travel agencies buy airline tickets in advance in large quantities to form package products. If no more package products are sold as the travel date approaches, the remaining seats are sold at a low price to make up for the profits. Airline tickets purchased in this way are called jointly purchased airline tickets.
Pros and Cons of Group Purchase Airline Tickets
The advantage of group-purchased airline tickets is, of course, the low price. You can get it at a much cheaper price than the market price. You can get a round-trip ticket to Europe for around 500,000 to 600,000 won.
The downside is that the schedule is often close and you cannot adjust the date or time. There may be a few seats left. This is unavoidable because you are purchasing an airline ticket purchased in advance by a travel agency. However, because the price is so cheap, it is the best choice if it fits your schedule. So let’s see how cheap it is.
The representative travel agencies that sell group-purchased airline tickets are Modetour and Hana Tour. Let us explain how to purchase group airline tickets through Modetour.
How to purchase Modetour group ticket
First, access the Modetour group purchase airline ticket sales page. Set the departure city, travel destination, and travel period and click Search.
I set the departure city as Incheon, the travel destination as Europe-all, and the period as from today to the end of next month.
Modetour group purchase flight ticket search screen
TIP. At this time, it is best to select a period of up to one and a half months from today. Because group-purchased airline tickets are basically close to last-minute deals, there is not much difference in price for distant dates.
Modetour group purchase airline ticket Incheon round trip price
I sorted the search results by lowest price. The Asiana Airlines round-trip ticket to Turkey (Istanbul) departing from Incheon on December 8 and returning on December 16 is 510,000 won! Can you believe that you can travel a long distance that takes 12 hours one way for only 500,000 won? A round trip from Frankfurt is 1,040,000 won, and a round trip from Barcelona is 1,060,000 won. It’s surprising that this price is even at the end of the year.
Details on the prices of all tour group purchase tickets
Because the price is so cheap, you may think it is tax-excluded. Surprisingly, it includes tax. If you look at the details, out of the total cost of 510,000 won, only 200,000 won is airfare and the rest is fuel/taxes. In effect, isn’t it like giving them a ride for free just by charging fuel tax? Let’s compare how much it costs if you book the same itinerary through Skyscanner.
Incheon-Istanbul Skyscanner lowest price search
The same Asiana Airlines flight that I just saw with the Modetour group purchase ticket costs 1.47 million won. Modetour group-purchased airline tickets are a whopping 960,000 won cheaper than booking through Skyscanner. It is 600,000 won cheaper than the lowest direct flight price, Korean Air, which is 1.11 million won. It’s an amazing price no matter how you look at it.
Let’s also look at the prices for round-trip flights to Frankfurt below. The price of the Modetour group purchase ticket is 1,047,600 won, which is 277,200 won cheaper than Skyscanner’s lowest price of 1,324,800 won.
Top: Modetour group-purchased flight ticket (round trip to Frankfurt) / Bottom: Skyscanner lowest price
This is a Barcelona flight ticket. The Modetour group purchase ticket is 1,060,000 won, which is 826,100 won cheaper than Skyscanner’s lowest price of 1,886,100 won. It’s almost half price.
Top: Modetour group-purchased flight ticket (round trip to Barcelona) / Bottom: Skyscanner lowest price
Below is a table showing the price differences between the three airline tickets just shown.
Because group-purchased airline tickets are ‘sold out’, the price keeps changing every time you search. If all remaining seats are sold, you may no longer be able to view it. Flight tickets that are cheaper by one digit may suddenly appear. We recommend that you refresh frequently.
conclusion
By using group purchase airline tickets, you can purchase airline tickets at a really low price. Of course, there are definitely disadvantages. There are many cases where the schedule is close, detailed schedule adjustments are not possible, and there are not enough remaining seats. Nevertheless, because the price is so cheap, I think it is the best option for those with flexible schedules or those traveling alone.
In some cases, there are plenty of seats left, so if you are planning to travel abroad, it would be a good idea to look into group purchase airline tickets first!