Transatlantic Fares Aboard the Caronia
Below is a summary table of the fares shown from various schedules. These are the starting prices for one-way rates. Full transatlantic rate schedules for all Caronia cabins have been added to the January 1962 and January 1964 pages.
Summary table of Caronia fares gathered from various schedules
Rate Schedule Southampton to New York Service
One-Way Transatlantic Fares
| Rate Year |
First Class |
Cabin Class |
Summer First |
Summer Cabin |
$ to £ Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 |
From £82 |
From £52:10s |
From £82 |
From £52:10s |
June '49 $4.02 |
| 1951 | From $300 |
From $200 |
From $330 |
From $220 |
June '51 $2.80 |
| 1954 | From $300 |
From $200 |
From $330 |
From $220 |
June '54 $2.80 |
| 1954 | From £107 |
From £71.10s |
From £118 |
From £78.10s |
June '54 $2.80 |
| 1955 | From $300 |
From $200 |
From $330 |
From $220 |
June '55 $2.80 |
| 1956 | From $300 |
From $200 |
From $330 |
From $220 |
June '56 $2.81 |
| 1957 | From $305 |
From $205 |
From $335 |
From $230 |
June '57 $2.775 |
| 1960 | From $342 |
From $229 |
From $372 |
From $255 |
June '60 $2.835 |
| 1962 | From $342.50 |
From $229 |
From $377 |
From $255 |
June '62 $2.811 |
Notes:
- Fares shown in Pounds Sterling are for tickets bought in the UK.
- Fares shown in US Dollars are for tickets bought in the US.
- Summer Rates were applied to sailings Eastbound from mid-April to nearly the end of August each year from 1951. Westbound they applied from mid-June to the end of October.
- The Dollar to Pound Sterling rates are quoted from the New York Times on or about 1st June of each year.
- The British Pound was devalued from $4.03 to $2.80 on 19 September 1949
- See how much 300 1951 USD is worth today
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