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A R Paul
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Hong Kong Department
7 March 1991
Busy To Head of?51) for my troughliche.
AUS TRAVEL BUDGET
TOP 7/3
1.
Mr Sainty and Mr Furness of HKD are most grateful to
you for having made it possible for them to pay
familiarisation visits to Hong Kong in the near future.
They were perfectly happy to travel economy class at a
cost of £1,200 each.
2. As it happens, I have been making my own personal
enquiries about the cost of a return ticket to Hong Kong in
connection with Rosana's visit. When I spoke to the Thomas Cook implant in the FCO, they quoted me a ticket for a price
of £708. For this ticket, Rosana me could fly out on
BA or Cathay Pacific and return on the same airline on a
date and time of her choice. There would be a penulty
(about HK$ 300) if once booked, the flight is changed.
3.
In fact, £708 is well above the going "Soho" rate
(around £650).
4. My point is simply to ask whether the Thomas Cook
implant are giving the FCO the very best advice about
available tickets. In the case of desk officers, I am sure
that they could make use of this cheaper ticket facility,
thereby enabling other desk officers to benefit from
familiarisation visits.
ARPac
A R Paul
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