This is what you get with the most expensive plane ticket in the world

Yes, you can spend about 55,000 euros for a single(!) plane ticket if you buy the most expensive plane ticket in the world. Then what do you get?

Flying is a bit of a mystery. It’s bad for the environment. That while flying is often the fastest and cheapest. Why take five hours by train or ten hours by car when you can get there by plane within 50 minutes, from Amsterdam to London for example. It costs nothing if you go shopping with a provider such as Ryanair.

Most expensive plane ticket in the world

However, there are destinations for which flying is the only option. The most convenient option is not to travel to Australia by train. Those kinds of destinations can actually get out of hand in terms of money. How much money can you spend for just a one-way ticket from A to B, in short, what is the most expensive plane ticket in the world?

That is from Abu Dhabi to New York in the ‘Residence’ of Etihad Airways. The United Arab Emirates often offer a solution for the most expensive items and the country’s airline company therefore also has the most expensive plane ticket in the world. This will cost you 64,000 dollars, converted 55,000 euros, for a single journey. To throw in a nice cliché: there are days when I don’t have it.

flying hotel

Fortunately, the most expensive plane ticket in the world is not expensive for the sake of being expensive. You also get a personal space inside an Airbus A380 from Etihad where expensive hotels can still suck. You get three rooms: a sitting/lounge area, a bedroom with a double bed and a bathroom with shower. So no problems with crying babies or lack of legroom. Of course, ‘standard’ luxury items are also included, such as a TV, refrigerator and noise-canceling headphones to dampen the noise of the plane a bit. You also get access to a butler who will serve you at your beck and call. From Abu Dhabi to New York it takes a while, so it’s nice to have that luxury somewhere.

‘Under fire’

Would you have 55,000 euros to spare for a plane ticket? New? You’re not the only one. Etihad seems to have trouble with the very expensive tickets. The market for air travel with such wealth is not that big, so perhaps every time that 55,000 euros is tapped is more than they expect. Other airline tickets that are almost in the running for the most expensive in the world are from Lufthansa, Swiss Air, Virgin and again Etihad. But, as with any airline, business class is also allowed.