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Monday, April 23, 2007

£700 TO WATCH READING?

Continuing the subject of football, Malaysia Airlines has been running a 'Take You There' campaign this season that features flights, hotels and match tickets for people in this part of the world to watch their favourite English Premier League team live in the UK.
These packages, which include flights, a match ticket, two nights hotel accommodation and transfers, have reportedly been very popular with Asian footie fans. However, the costs as you would expect are way out of the reach of your average Thai soccer fan. To give you an example, the basic price quoted for a package to watch the Charlton Athletic versus Reading match earlier this month works out at more than £700 - or equivalent to more than four times the average monthly wage. And with this greatest respect to both Charlton and Reading, they're not the most popular teams amongst Asian fans. Prices to watch Manchester United and Chelsea are more.
I have one question - what happens if the match is postponed? It looks like from the brief details on the Malaysia Airlines website that it's tough luck!

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