Competition between Baleària and FRS has not adjusted prices on the route to Alcudia

Both companies watch each other closely and go hand in hand on fees. It is the sensation that the client extracts in a simple search and that the consulted travel agencies corroborate.

"The new shipping company has followed Baleària's price pattern a bit, I don't think it has meant a drop of 25 percent, in passengers it may have been more noticeable but when traveling by vehicle, not", explains a local travel agent . Right now Baleària is offering a return ticket in the middle of August for around 30 euros with the resident discount and in a seat; The price varies depending on whether you travel on the ship «Abel Matutes», which makes the journey in two hours, or on one of the superfast ferries that take an hour and a quarter to reach Alcúdia, the «Jaume III» or the «Cecilia Payne ». The shipping company FRS equals that price, the difference is again minimal, three or four euros up or down, for a journey that its fast ferry "Tarifa Jet" takes in an hour and a half, which confirms that both companies are not making a such fierce competition.

"I don't think it's a bad price for the month of August," they point out in an agency, but it is true that the ship does not currently compete in prices with the fastest means of transport between the islands, the plane, which also offers tickets for around 30 euros round trip to go to Palma.

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The most common getaway, for a couple with a car from Friday to Sunday to Mallorca, still does not fall below one hundred euros, as was the case before Trasmediterránea stopped operating the maritime route, even if it was in the low season.

This July the price for two passengers in seats who also take the vehicle is the same in Baleària as in FRS, 131.75 euros with the resident discount, for a round trip. However, the German company has a campaign underway and offers an additional discount on reservations made through its mobile application.