Buy internal flights in UK or in Colombia?

I have just rung Avianca in UK to check prices of internal flights and have been quoted Bogota to Tumaco £130 and Bogota to Cartagana £130 one way. This seems quite expensive to me or am I behind the times with prices? (last time in Colombia was 2004). Could I get better prices paying for them in Colombia?

By larumberainglesa on Oct 11, 2006, 03:10 in Friendly Talkzone.

suizo says on Oct 11, 2006, 07:55:

I suggest calling Avianca directly in Bogota and paying with your CC by phone. This will be half as expensive! Bogota - Cartagena is around 60£ incl. taxes oneway. I've done this and it works perfectly. Unfortunately, it is not possible to book online. Maybe you could also try Aerorepublica, sometimes they are cheaper.

Luke says on Oct 11, 2006, 15:57:

Suizo is right Online pricing is much different than calling directly. Also, hotels usually give much better rates in person or calling directly than you would get by visiting their website. Gringos get overcharged all the time.

larumberainglesa says on Oct 12, 2006, 02:24:

thanks! I suspected it was so! Won't have any money to spend once I get there at this rate!

lpdiver says on Oct 12, 2006, 06:08:

My wife Always gets a much better price than this Gringo...

tony

"cook some rice!"

ColombianoGringo says on Oct 12, 2006, 08:11:

Definitely Just a few months ago I needed to buy a round trip ticket from Bogota to Neiva. I called Avianca's US number and was quoted a price of over $300.

I asked the agent if it would be cheaper to buy it in Colombia and she said "of course" and quoted me COP $350.000 which is about US $146. She went ahead and made a reservation for me and I paid for it the next day when I flew into Medellin from the US.

Now, whenever I need tickets for Colombian domestic flights I just send my novia some money and she buys them for me.