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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Simon Calder

Should air fares be capped in the same way as gig tickets?

Departing cheaply? That all depends on how keen other people are on a seat on your plane - (Simon Calder)

Personally I can think of many places I would rather be on 11 July this year than Heaton Park in Manchester. But tens of thousands of Oasis fans are collectively spending millions on tickets for the first night of their reunion tour.

Viagogo currently has a ticket on sale that, according to the site, has a face value of £2,000. All yours for £5,000 – an uplift of 150 per cent – plus a “handling and booking fee” of £755 and the VAT that applies, taking the total to £5,906. Let’s call it three times the number you first thought of.

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