Airline stuns traveller with £18 million price increase on vacation flight: 'I don't have £18 million pounds to spend in Athens'

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
Oct 5, 2025 3:00 PM EDT

"The cost of your holiday has increased…" You don't say!

This person and I are in agreement: the crazy prices when trying to travel have to stop. It's just truly ridiculous the things that companies can get away with.

One thing that I fall for all the time is when cruise lines send me emails advertising cruises that are like, $300 for a week-long, all-inclusive trip. That's a great deal, so I click around and add that to the cart. And THAT's when the fees get added on! There was a time a few years ago when I was beside myself trying to figure out why every time I added a $200 cruise to the cart, the very next booking page showed that this thing was now… $422. Somehow, it doubled in price, and there was literally no rhyme or reason for it.

Anyway, this person's dealing with a really hilarious situation (although they may not find it as funny as all of the giggling commenters did!) They're somehow being charged an impossibly large amount of money — as one commenter joked, "Did you click the moon option rather than the honeymoon option, as that will do it." Check out their "unfortunate" update email below, as well as comments from people who found the whole thing really amusing. 

Next up, read about these people who couldn't believe the levels of entitlement they were witnessing: 'He literally thought he could boss around the team because his mother outranked them.'

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  • 01

    'Booking a little get away for the wife and I... "We're sorry to say the price for your holiday has gone up"'

    14:29 º tui.co.uk/destinat + 5 5GR 49 ✓ TUI < Back to booking summary. £8867599.69pp Total Price £17735199.38 Live price. Local taxes may apply. Inc £2264800.60 Total Discount Pay only £120 low deposit Hotel Customise Checkout ↑ THE COST OF YOUR HOLIDAY HAS INCREASED We're sorry to say the price for your holiday has gone up by £17734902.34. It's because this trip uses flights from a third party airline. We receive the latest prices from the airline a few times each day but, the price might chang
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  • 02
    So, £297 for both with flights seemed a little too good to be true, so I went through the motions.
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  • 03
    Unfortunately for me, I don't have £18,000,000 in the bank to spend 4 days in Athens, even with the £2m discount.
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    Commenters were aghast, and many got a good laugh out of it

    ChipRockets I feel you OP. I hate when they add on that little 69p to the price. like that too. Like it's such a sneaky trick.
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  • 05
    You can sort of rationalise it by convincing yourself you're only paying £8867599 but let's be honest here, you're really paying more like £8867600.
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  • 06
    Lancs_wrig... Sounds expensive, but think of the memories you will make!
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    duggee315 Its only £120 deposit. Put it on klarna
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    weary_dave Is the plane yours to keep at that price?
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    Sweaty_Cur... Did you click the moon option rather than the honeymoon option as that will do it
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