Diary

I read an article about round-the-world air tickets. Although I had known about such tickets before, the article pointed out that business class tickets were significantly cheaper than regular ones.

In fact, they were around 2 million yen less than standard fares. I checked the prices on the Star Alliance website and found that the article’s information was accurate. However, please note that the prices shown on the Star Alliance site do not include tax and fuel surcharges, so the total cost is approximately 1 million yen.

I’m really pleased that I can travel comfortably around the world at such a cost.

References

• Traveling around the world in business class
• Star Alliance Round the World Planne
• OneWorld RTW Explore

Original Statements

I read the article written about an around the world air ticket. Although I used to know the ticket beforehand, this article noticed that business class of the tickets were enormous cheaper than ordinally tickets. Specifically, These were about two hundred million yen lower than ordinally tickets. In practice, I searched the cost on the Star Alliance website, so the article’s information was true – attention: as the cost on the Star Alliance web doesn’t include tax and fuel surcharge, total cost becomes about one hundred yen. I feel really pleasant that I can comfortably travel around the world in this cost.

IELTS Improvement Points

Collocation:

significantly cheaper
→ A commonly used collocation to describe a large price difference in formal or academic contexts.

business class tickets / regular ones
→ Natural collocations to distinguish types of flight tickets. “Ordinary” is grammatically correct but less natural here.

round-the-world ticket
→ This is the standard term in travel English; not “an around the world ticket.”

fuel surcharges
→ A common term in airline pricing; “fuel surcharge” is used in plural when referring to general additional fees.

Template:

Although I had known about [X] before, [new discovery or surprising fact].
→ A great complex sentence structure that demonstrates contrast and past perfect usage.

I checked [source] and found that [result].
→ Useful structure for writing Task 1 or Task 2 when discussing facts and verifying information.

Please note that [caveat or detail].
→ Very common formal template to introduce important clarifying points, especially useful in formal writing.

I’m really pleased that [positive conclusion].
→ A polite and expressive way to convey satisfaction or a personal view—good for General IELTS Writing Task 1 letters.

Vocabulary:

significantly
→ A formal adverb meaning “by a large amount”; stronger than “very” and suitable for academic writing.

regular (tickets)
→ A more natural term than “ordinary” in the context of airline tickets.

approximately
→ A formal alternative to “about”; useful for describing numbers or statistics in IELTS writing.

accurate
→ A precise synonym for “true” when referring to information or data; more appropriate in formal writing.

pleased
→ A more polite and natural British alternative to “pleasant” when expressing personal satisfaction.