Cheapest place for flights

[Owen]

Of course pretty much anyone coming to the islands is going to need a flight or two so let's share some ideas and places to look for finding the best deals.

First I'll start - there's a company called www.skyscanner.net that has a database of all the major charter companies so rather than checking them all one-by-one, go to www.skyscanner.net and enter your dates and you can see which has the best offer for your trip.

If you're flexible with dates, at the top of the page are some options for type of search - click on "month view" and you can see what dates they are the cheapest for that month.

[rab_c.]

if you are flying from scotland then globespan has some fantastic prices saturday and monday flights from glasgow at http://www.flyglobespan.com/index.asp?lan=en
http://www.thisfrenchlife.com/photos/uncategorized/fly_globespan2110.jpg

rab_c.

[libbyo]

Of course pretty much anyone coming to the islands is going to need a flight or two so let's share some ideas and places to look for finding the best deals.

First I'll start - there's a company called www.skyscanner.net that has a database of all the major charter companies so rather than checking them all one-by-one, go to www.skyscanner.net and enter your dates and you can see which has the best offer for your trip.

If you're flexible with dates, at the top of the page are some options for type of search - click on "month view" and you can see what dates they are the cheapest for that month.

Looked at this site several times, its very good and easy to use. Its also worth remembering that these days two single jouneys with either that same company or seperate companies can some times work out cheaper than a standard return flight. Skyscanner will show that when it searches.

Libbyo :)

[John]

For us southerners ( I can't be the only one that lives south of Watford!) we've found that the BA scheduled flights from Gatwick are cheaper than most of the charter airlines, and generally give better flight times.

http://www.britishairways.com/travel/home/public/en_gb

Allways use Owens transfer from the airport too. Once you've tried it you wont EVER go back to a coach transfer

[sonalf]

got to agree with john ba have £98 00 return (that includes taxes) right through the year .we have booked flights in june & november for these prices,the trick is to put your approx date in and go 14 days either side you then get 28 days prices,you will be surprised how cheap they are ,as a bonus you gat a meal & all drinks are complimentry.:boozy:

[Stephen]

BA flying out of Manchester at the begining of 2006 are a lot cheaper than any tour operator also this site www.dohop.com is very good as well similar to skyscanner as it will find the cheapset deal and direct you to the relevant site

[Stephen]

just checked BA and for the 4/2 the return price from Manchester is £155 p/p , the charters are charging £200+ for those dates

thats is a direct flight so no changing , and my parents have booked a flight to Tenerife in late Jan for £100 p/p with BA

[libbyo]

BA has become very competitive. Its also woth checking opodo and expedia as well. Sometimes you can get a cheaper BA flight through them

Libbyo :)

[askimref]

There was a thread started on the old forum about a new airline flying from Cardiff in 2006 it starts in May and I noticed it is already cheaper to book a flight than Thompsons who up until now have had the monopoly at Cardiff.
http://www.xl.com/default.asp (http://www.xl.com/default.asp)

[yflood]

if flying from irleand www.aerlingus.com (http://www.aerlingus.com) does cheap flights between end of october to march. they go on tuesdays and saturdays prices only start from 49 euro one way.we went to gc with them recently and family of 4 return was 790 euro.

[2-islandangie]

We live on the Isle of Wight so we fly from Gatwick. We find the onboard service on BA superb & the Price is good. We have been using BA since last year.
When we took our daughter to LPA the other night she was flying with Thompsons & they were advertising empty seats. I don't know what price you can get tickets for if you go to the airport. But it would have to be very very cheap to coax me away from BA.

[Owen]

During really busy periods and school holidays when none of the charters seem to be offering reasonable rates, it can work out a lot cheaper flying a scheduled airline via Madrid. Check prices for any of the cheap-rate airlines to Madrid and then with Iberia, Spanair or Air Europa from Madrid on to the Canary Islands.

Another option there is to leave several hours layover in Madrid and get the tube into town and visit the city for the day.

A good webiste for looking at those options (though it's in Spanish) is www.rumbo.es

[libbyo]

I often fly via Madrid. I use Opodo or expedia to find the flights. A day trip[ into Madrid is fun. Leave you bags at left luggage and enjoy. make it a part of the holiday rather than an unfortunate delay flying. when looking at the flight times give yourself at least 6 hours in Madrid to go in and out and site see.

Libbyo :)

[mary]

For those wanting to fly from GC, try www.chollovuelos.com (http://www.chollovuelos.com). I think I got this from www.gran-canaria-info.com.

Its in spanish but shows all companies that fly from Gc and their destinations etc

[vic2207]

In october '05 we booked with www.flythomascook.com (http://www.flythomascook.com) ,which we found to be the cheapest at the time ,also inflight meals we free :thumb:

[Stephen]

Thomsonfly are doing so cheap deals for flights only from various airports , not looked to carefully but there seems some good deals from certain airports
mainly the provincial ones not the big international airports

http://www.thomsonfly.com/en/index.html

[libbyo]

marys previous recomendation of www.skyscanner.net will find the deals in all companies.

Libbyo :)

[itsybitsy]

www.travelrepublic.co.uk (http://www.travelrepublic.co.uk), we got a flight to gc in june this year for £175 each, we are flying through excel. the website is a bit like sky scanner and offers flights with different companies, also at the moment you can pay a deposit and pay the balance of your flight 12 weeks before your departure date

[Stephen]

this is skyscanners latest improved version http://beta.skyscanner.net/

[karen0603]

hi
we fly from scotland and have never found anyone cheaper than seguro travel (will be booking soon for oct) can't wait:happy:
karen:thumb:

[Terry L]

www.travelrepublic.co.uk (http://www.travelrepublic.co.uk)

[Stephen]

BA has become very competitive. Its also woth checking opodo and expedia as well. Sometimes you can get a cheaper BA flight through them

Libbyo :)


Agree with this , my parents have had to rush today to Sweden as my sister is quite ill , they only decided to go on saturday and BA came up cheap and expedia even cheaper but due to a MAJOR problem with expedia last christmas they NEVER want to use them again i tried Opod for them and it came up even cheaper than the other two , as there are no charters or budgets to Stockholm a price of £125 p/p 5 days before departure was brillaint BUT saying that BA is still cheaper for the canaries than anyone i have looked at

[Stephen]

http://www.thomsonfly.com/en/index.html are doing some very cheap deals for GC at the mo £197 for 2 at the beginning of March from manchester

[Phil]

Why not give these two a try:
http://www.airflights.co.uk/
http://www.skybargains.co.uk/

I just booked a flight with Airflights for March.......£138 return from Gatwick:D

[Annie]

aw... i am currently trying to find a charter flight from ITALY to TENERIFE.

the only website showing some results is skyscanner.net though even there i can't find what i'm looking for. because i need a ticket for 2 adult persons, they wanna go there by the end of january and stay for a whole month. and on this website i found a flight but the return flight is set for february 3rd. i've been searching for days...

is there anyone here who could give me a hand? it's easy for all of u travelling from UK because there are so many offers but when it comes to italy charter flights... it's hard to find anything, ESPECIALLY if u're looking for a direct flight (like i am)... :cry:

[Stephen]

you dont say where in Italy you are traveliing from if you cam go from Milan try http://www.binternet.com/index.php and http://www.air-europa.com/en/default.html go from Milan and Rome and http://www7.condor.com/tcf/us/index.jsp go from Milan as well

also you cant try www.opodo.co.uk and www.ebookers.com who can quote you a price online as well

[Annie]

sorry steve i forgot to write that i'm looking for flights from: BOLOGNA, VERONA or TRIESTE. because MILAN is too far away from us... (we're from croatia, by the way)

and sorry but i don't get which currency is "KM"? because the price on skyscanner website is in KM and I have no idea what that is? the only currency under that name that i've heard of is bosnian... but i doubt they're using that one... lol.

[Stephen]

just looked at http://www.dohop.com/ for you and none of those airports do direct to GC its only Milan taht you can get a direct one from the others seem to go via Frankfurt and madrid

[Annie]

hey steve, thanx for your advice. and thanx to this thread we've found tickets for this saturday... the route is: from italy (venice!) to london (gatwick) with easyjet and then from london to tenerife with british airways. i hope there won't be any problems such as delayed flights and so on. i cross my fingers, hehehe.

[Stuartied]

Whos the best for a cheap flight from Scotland?

[itsybitsy]

flights with first choice are quite cheap at the moment, i looked yesterday for my friend and it was £112 for a week and £122 for ten days and that was flying from gatwick in june

[karen0603]

Whos the best for a cheap flight from Scotland?
hi
the best we have found is seguro travel,flying from preswick and you can look online at www.segurotravel.co.uk (http://www.segurotravel.co.uk)
karen:boozy:

[kerry81]

I've just booked flights with flyglopespan from glasgow to Gran canaria for september and it was only £355 for me and the boyfriend. Cheapest flight i could find from newcastle was over £100 more.

[Stevie Boy]

Going out to the island from London in late Feb March, how long is the flingt from Gatwick?

Also where is the best place to go for information regarding jobs? I am not looking for the usual bar work unless I have to, but either building work or something a bit different.

[colinb]

Flying time very much depends on head or tail winds. Usually between 3.5 and 4 hours.

[BigBaz]

Hows this just for a giggle tryed ba for flights 18th till 25th feb !!!!!!!
1 Adult ,,,,,,,Total price: £537.40 GBP
Glasgow to Las Palmas 6 1/2 hours
Las Palmas to Glasgow 16 hours with an over nite stop in Gatwick then flying from Heathrow to Glasgow

[Stuartied]

Okay is is globespan the best bet guys from scotland?

[chorlton]

In the interests of research (and because I want the cheapest flights possible) I have just done the same date search on every flight co listed on this thread so far.

The cheapest by £25 to its nearest rival for the flights I was looking for was www.airflights.co.uk (http://www.airflights.co.uk) for 2 adults flying 25th December for 14 nights with day time flights.

xl were next but the flight times returning are early hours of the morning

[derby drunkards]

I have found some very cheap flights for this summer to PR from XL.com

Hope this helps

Karen & John XXX

[ttwlr]

we pay about £130 to £139 return for our flight from lgw to lpa

[mary]

If you are quick, you can fly from manchester tonight at 23.45 to LP for 36 pounds. Thats on www.airflights.co.uk (http://www.airflights.co.uk)

I wish these companies did the same for us lot going the other way

[Sandy]

That is too good an offer to miss but unfortunatly I'm working in the morning.

:sad:

[fee]

my sentiments exactly sandy - where in livi you from?

[Stephen]

another multiscanner like skyscaner and dohop is this one http://www.sidestep.com/air/ very easy to use

[Bryan]

Hi

Just booked www.xl.com (http://www.xl.com) Saturday 22/04/06-Saturday 29/04/06, 2 adults, resonable flight times £279.00. The same dates on ba.com are £480.80.

Think I got a bargin.

Now can't wait to get out there.

Rgs

Bryan and Chris

:packed: :grin:

[Aughtonblade]

We flew BA in Feb from Man at £142 each good flight times
Leather seats more room than usual and complimentary drinks and Newspapers and a decent meal.
But I have been looking for flights for later this year and they all seem to be via Gatwick with no direct fliight from Manchester
Have BA stopped the direct Man-LPA flight does anyone know?

[2-islandangie]

Just out of interest we flew out with BA (as usual) on 28th Feb. No complimentary newspapers & no snack with 1st drink.
A one off or this a sign of cut-backs????
Our return flight time has been altered & apparently there is only 1 flight a day from Las Palmas to Gatwick.

[Funseeker]

We flew out in February with BA. If you get in early, you can get a good price; but the nearer the day the higher the price. Indeed, after every six people book, the price goes up!
Service-wise, they are pretty good; free alcoholic drinks, free meal and a tad extra on the leg room.
There were free papers on board but you had to be quick, not everyone got one.

[Stuartied]

Hey,

Anyone got any good deals from any scottish airport recently in July?

[BIG TONY]

Booked our flights before Jan 31st as B.A. were offering special birthday flight prices prior to this date. Cost for both of us return to Las Palmas from Gatwick was £190 going out in May, beating our cheapest fare by £9 from luton at Xmas 2003!!!!!

[Doodle]

I have been looking and i think two best web sites for flights seem to be www.dialaflight.com (http://www.dialaflight.com) and www.travelsupermarket.com (http://www.travelsupermarket.com)
hope this helps.

xx

[bluetoff]

Just booked with B.A for £111 return from manchester

[Bryan]

Thought I had a bargin with Xl.com. Booked 3rd March 2006 @ £279.00 for 2 adults, today is gone DOWN 12.5% to £247.00.

:sad:

[bluetoff]

With my BA flight on Monday, I also have free food and drinks in flight.Not bad for just over £100

[Stuartied]

No BA Flights from Scotland Though!

[Sandy]

Try www.flightline.co.uk (http://www.flightline.co.uk). We got 3 adults for £603 from Edinburgh 26th June for one week.

Brilliant flight times too 7.30am departure. Leave G.C at 1.30pm.
What more can you ask for. :grin:

[JoJo69]

Hey people

I just found to my advantage www.xl.com (http://www.xl.com) are doing very good flight prices.

I just (well last week) booked a 2 week flight for £152 and the flight times are excellant:nodding:

Jo

[Stuartied]

Anyone know of any flights out from Aberdeen?

[sprintblue]

Just booked to go from Leedsbfd to Lanz in Nov and it was £147 return PP

While trying to find the cheapest flights I found Jet2, thomas cook, thompson fly, travel republic & bmibaby to come back with the cheapest

:)

[Stephen]

just priced up xmas for 2 weeks from the 23/12 in GC £320 for 2 adults and 1 child from Manchester

with thomsons

[Stephen]

just priced up xmas for 2 weeks from the 23/12 in GC £320 for 2 adults and 1 child from Manchester

with thomsons


Bristish Airways for the same dates similar times and same amt of passengers was

Total price: £1,148.40 GBP

how the **** is that justified:veryangry: :veryangry:

[Stuartied]

Going for a flight with direct hols £520 for 2! leave glasgow at 0600 in gran canaria at 1045.

[richt71]

Great deal on manchester to GC on 22nd May, returning on 29th May. Price £80 inclusive of everything return. It's with excel airways.

Link:- https://secure.xl.com/personal_info.asp?ref=13995.52699405.127.0.0.1.247 3-BPM-NEW-1&voucher=&keys=14022*MLPA11F*MANLPA****Y*%FD14029*MLPA11F*LP AMAN****Y*%FD1%FD22%20May%202006%FD29%20May%202006 %FDLPA%FD1720%FD2245%FD2145%FD0305%FD50&LatesAmt=&searchType=flightonly&XMLSrc=cheapflights

(owen/mods hop linking is ok - if not please remove)

[Doodle]

This is when i am looking to go 22nd - 28th MAy. Xl have sold out on that one now :angry: !!!!!!!!

Am having trouble getting a flight which isnt in the middle of the night!!

So far www.travelrepublic.co.uk (http://www.travelrepublic.co.uk) have one from MAN - LPA £308 for the two of us - not as good as www.xl.com (http://www.xl.com) which if you dont mind flighing in the middle of the night have it £154 for 2 people!! CHEAP AS CHIPS!!!!!!!!!!!

[Factor25]

Just got ours £320 for the two of us beginning of October from xl.com. Booked early because of the problem with rotten flight times, now we fly out at 10am and arrive back at 1130pm, more time in GC, lovely! Oh and if you type DIVERS into promotion box get another £15 off each.

[Doodle]

Too Late! I have justed booked with XL - if only i had read the forum first - could have had flights for £139 for both of us - never mind its still a bargain!!! Must remeber that promotional code for next time!! (how did you find that put by the way?)

[Stephen]

another code is TELEGRAPH for XL and CALIS


and there are a few here www.vouchercodes.com/travel.htm (http://www.vouchercodes.com/travel)

which is updated regularly



:D:D:D

[Owen]

Just had a mate looking at cheapflights.com and made a booking for Gatiwck to Las Palmas and back for 124 pounds in May.

She got a confirmation back saying the price had gone up so that wasn-t available and the trip back would be to Birminghamª

2 days later and the origional fare she saw is still on their web site so sounds like a bit of a scam to get people into their booking system.

Be careful when you book, especially if you dont pay straight away as youmay have just made an ENQUIRY and NOT a booking.

[chorlton]

I had that when booking with Cheapestflights.co.uk for Deedle where it all appeared ok then 24 hours later they rang to say the flight wasn't quite as it seemed - price increased and times had changed slightly.

[flump]

I have just checked ebookers and can get a return flight for two in september for £345 ! and the flight times are not in the middle of the night for once.Seems like a good bargain to me :grin:

[Stephen]

20% discount off Excel flights
The world's leading charter airlines, Excel are offering 20% off all of their flights departing from Manchester Airport between 28th August and 8th October. For more information on discounted flights to Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Egypt and more, visit www.xl.com/manchesterap

[bluetoff]

Just booked today to go in 2 days time with xl.com and paid £29 each return from manchester. So for 3 of us less than £200 inc. In march we went with british airways and paid £100 each, but that included free food and drinks .

[Stephen]

couple of sites which may help people get the best price similar to sidestep and skyscanner

www.jetnav.co.uk

www.OAGflights.com

www.flycheapo.com

www.jumbofly.com

[Owen]

As from October 2006 - rumours are that Easyjet and Ryanair are starting to fly in to the Canary Islands and price wars should start!

Already Spanair have announced in the press that once low fares are released they plan on selling a set number of seats from Madrid for 1 euro each so fares via Madrid should also be pretty interesting...!!!

[oor wullie]

Ryanair...Great as long as you don't need any luggage. I wouldn't give them the chance to ruin my holiday but at least it will bring prices down for the better airlines.I hope.

[shirley]

Ive heard that AVRO AIRLINES are very cheap, little known about but compairs with excel and sometimes cheaper.

[mary]

Avro are good to compare but skyscanner has usually been the best.

Yippee - Easyjet - dont tell me - only from Stansted or some other useless, nowhere near anything airport (sorry to those who live near Stanstead - I'm sure it's a lovely place)

[Suzi]

Ive heard that AVRO AIRLINES are very cheap, little known about but compairs with excel and sometimes cheaper.

Avro, Cosmos, Monarch, Archers Direct all belong to the Globus group.

[Stephen]

As from October 2006 - rumours are that Easyjet and Ryanair are starting to fly in to the Canary Islands and price wars should start!

Already Spanair have announced in the press that once low fares are released they plan on selling a set number of seats from Madrid for 1 euro each so fares via Madrid should also be pretty interesting...!!!


Ryannair have said publically they wont be flying to the canaries , the islands that they were rumoured to go to were Tenerife but landing at the north airport and Fuerteventura , not sure about Easyjet but i would be suprised as the landing fees will make fares expensive Tenerife would really IMHO be the only island feisable as it ahs a second airport and the budget airlines will use taht

[sensible_jane]

We got a cheap flight to rotterdam from this site http://www.travelsupermarket.com/travelmerge/travelsearch.aspx?package=4 we've since used them again when going to Bruuge last month

:packed:

[2-islandangie]

I have just checked out the BA website for October & the bad news is it would cost us about £42 more (£240 return for the 2 of us) The good news is that there is now the option to change the flights (If we want to pay a surcharge of £30) As we are so unclear as to when we are able to return to GC it is too early to try to book.
For comfort & ease of booking,check-in all in all I prefer BA but there are limits to how much we will pay for the pleasure.

[oor wullie]

Some guy on eBay selling booked a flight last month with Thomson for 2 persons to
Gran Canaria for the 18th-25th November and sadly to due to unforseen circumstance we are now unable to attend.Flights cost me £175.00 in total and I offer here at starting price for sale at £70.00 - details as follows :
Departure
London Gatwick 18/11/06, 14:45 arrive Gran Canaria 19:15

Return
Gran Canaria 25/11/06, 20:15 arrive London Gatwick 00:30
I have been advised by Thomson that the admin price to perform a name change is £25 per person so in total this
could be a real bargain for you - a flight for 2 persons for
just £120.00 to Gran Canaria

Sounds a bargin. I fancy it myself if i could get time off work...

[Stephen]

http://www.air-scotland.com/default.asp are coming up with reasonable prices for Las Palmas from Manchester , (only one i checked sorry) flying on a Sunday

[Bryan]

Seems a good deal on Mytravel 9 to 23 Sept 2006 £121.00 each

Cheapest I have seen from Gatwick for ages.

Bryan and Chris
:have-fun:

[Stephen]

easyJet announces NEW Spanish base

easyJet, Europe's leading low-fares airline, today announced a significant expansion of its services in Spain and the launch of a new base at Madrid’s Barajas airport. Madrid will be the airline's 17th base and the first in Spain. The Madrid base will commence operations on 16 February 2007 with several brand new routes from Spain’s largest airport. The details of the new routes and the size of the operation will be announced in September.
easyJet began operating from Barajas in 1998 and has since grown significantly every year. It is now the fourth largest airline and the largest low-fares airline to operate from the Spanish capital. Last year alone easyJet carried 900.000 passengers to and from Madrid – twice as many as in 2004.
Andy Harrison, easyJet Chief Executive, said:
"easyJet continues to grow across its network and in particular in continental Europe. We believe that Spain has excellent opportunities for growth, as air travel is still dominated by inefficient traditional airlines that do not act in the interest of the consumer.
Spain has been a key market for easyJet for the past ten years and the new base will take our commitment to a completely new level. While Madrid is one of Europe’s largest and most important capital cities, it is still underserved by low-fares airlines. easyJet’s new base will make Madrid much more accessible for international visitors and will offer Spanish consumers low cost with care and convenience.”
easyJet currently serves nine international routes from Madrid, including London, Bristol and Liverpool, and offers a total of 72 routes to 11 Spanish airports. With 7.5m passengers in 2005, easyJet is the largest low-fares airline in Spain and carriers more international visitors to the country than any other airline apart from the flag carrier Iberia. Spain is easyJet’s second largest market, behind the UK.









WHAT THIS MAY MEAN IS THAT THEY MAY FLY TO THE CANARIES USING THEIR OWN PLANES FROM MADRID BARAJAS WHICH MAY MEAN A CHEAPER FLIGHT IN TOTAL ESPECIALLY IF BOOKED EARLY , ALSO IT MAY MEAN THAT MORE AIRPORTS IN THE UK WILL BE FLYING TO MADRID THEREFORE EASIER FOR PEOPLE WHO CANT GET TO THE PRESENT AIRPORTS IN THE UK OR DONT WANT TO FLY FROM THEM



THEY HAVENT ANNOUNCED SCHEDULES YET BUT KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THEM SOON

[Phil]

I have been reliably informed by an easyjet member of staff that they will indeed be flying madrid to las palmas from next year.

[trev1865]

if you book with xl.com and put in a promo code of tesco you get a £20 discount.
for instance ema to lanza 12 oct £38 each inc taxes

[2-islandangie]

Just had an e-mail to remind me that the BA sale ends at midnight tonight. Looks like we will have to decide when we can travel!!! I have just put a rough guess of dates & come up with £178.60 return (2 adults).

[2-islandangie]

Just had an e-mail to remind me that the BA sale ends at midnight tonight. Looks like we will have to decide when we can travel!!! I have just put a rough guess of dates & come up with £178.60 return (2 adults).
Sorry the end of the sale is midnight tomorrow.:wub:

[Turbos]

I have been reliably informed by an easyjet member of staff that they will indeed be flying madrid to las palmas from next year.


sounds promising, hopefully it will work out cheaper, dont mind getting 2 flights to gc.

[kate_rox]

This is all very well, but what about those that are going there for a bit more than a package holiday.... ie several months?
none of the sites seem to cater for this

xxxxx

[Stuartied]

Excel are coming out at a not bad price from Glasgow and Type TESCO in the promo code and you will save £20!

[Doodle]

Anyone got any ideas where to look for flights to LPA on sat 24th March return 31st march.
All really expensive - we normally book last minute for this time of year but its never this expensive WHY????????????????? :cry:

[coolcreen]

Anyone got any ideas where to look for flights to LPA on sat 24th March return 31st march.
All really expensive - we normally book last minute for this time of year but its never this expensive WHY????????????????? :cry:
You are travelling just one week before the expensive Easter period. If you can wait till the 7/8/9/10th April, you should be able to avail of better prices.
It's a case of supply and demand

[alip]

Hey folks, just been checking prices (12/5/07)
For 1 week 16/7/07 to 23/7/07 from Glasgow FLIGHT ONLY -

Globespan - 3 adults & 1 child= £1103.92
Out 18.00/ 22.45
Back 23.20 / 04.05(24/7)

XL.com - 3 adults & 1 child= £826 (using "TESCO" discount code)
Out 15.20 / 19.55
Back 20.55/ 01.15 (24/7)

Better price, better times!!!!

Which one would you pick????:ohmy:

[vecino]

Skyscanners are also very good .-
http://www.skyscanner.net/

[alip]

:no:
Skyscanners are also very good .-
http://www.skyscanner.net/
Just tried this site and got - globespan #1052
xl.com #882
Thomascook#1181

[alip]

Hi, Have just checked XL.COM again this mornin and the flight price has gone down to £779!!! rather surprising considering the dates i am looking at (16th - 23rd July) are the Glasgow Fair holiday...........

[Dee]

Budget Travel are offering 1euro flights on certain dates. I spotted one on their web site Dep shannon to LPA on 18/08/07 Ret on 22/12/07 for 63euro total.
A bargain for anyone going for a long stay.

[kforshaw]

Hi

Just to let people (who haven't yet discovered it) that Ryanair are flying to Tenerife, from East Midlands and Liverpool now.

We've just booked return flights for a week away on 6th November from Liverpool for £93 odd including charges!!:)

[sticky_063]

we got flights from flythomascook for £309 for the two of us return... which was the best deal we could find.... so happy with that.

Total price inc accomodation £450 for 10 days 31/08 to 10/09

Bear in mind last year we paid £650 for 7 nights with first choice.

[Jo Jo]

:thumb: jet2.com are starting a twice a week flight to G.C. (Saturdays n Mondays) from Newcastle at the end of October 2007, the prices are very reasonable.

Also on the site you can book packages and they are much cheaper than some of the bigger companies prices.

Take a look you will be suprised :blink:

[emmanco]

i found a place called charterflightcentre.co.uk i think thats right :) they seem to be good in price

[emmanco]

try these for flights aswell
www.flightcentre.co.uk (http://www.flightcentre.co.uk)
www.travelsupermarket.com/flights (http://www.travelsupermarket.com/flights)

dont no if ya already got them

[oor wullie]

http://www.jet2.com/

[scousergirl]

We booked directly our flights for next July directly with the airport ;

www.heathrowairport.com (http://www.heathrowairport.com)

they are apparantly booked with last minute . com

flying with Iberia £134 stopping at Madrid. Did the same last year with no hassles:thumb:

[Lindylou]

We have just come back last week doing the Heathrow Madrid LPA flight with Iberia. Iberia were great but Heathrow was awful. We got back to Newcastle Tuesday, my husbands case arrived Wednesday and mine eventually arrived Thursday tea time.
You can also now book online with xl.com departing from LPA which seems to be a new option

Linda

[Dane-cb]

Try www.flightline.co.uk (http://www.flightline.co.uk) i got fuerteventura for £40 return not only that i booked a room through them costing a total of £160 for both of us :D ok its november but we cant argue with the price now can we :D

[nadriney]

www.thomsonfly.com (http://www.thomsonfly.com).

They were by far the cheapest. I booked my flights 2 months before I wanted to fly and got a good deal, but they go up quite a lot in price each week after that.

[jordan23]

just checked BA and for the 4/2 the return price from Manchester is £155 p/p , the charters are charging £200+ for those dates
thats is a direct flight so no changing , and my parents have booked a flight to Tenerife in late Jan for £100 p/p with BA


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[2-islandangie]

Easyjet are now selling flights to Gran Canaria.
http://www.grancanarianow.com/blog/

[redswanlady]

I wondered when they would go on sale lets see if it really does work out cheaper or just the same by the time you add on all easyjets "extras"

[Alan T]

I just tried booking from 7 - 14 May. 2 adults, 1 hand baggage between us, no insurance, total cost with extras is £268 return. Trouble is, I don't know if this is cheap or not lol!

[mary]

I just tried Manchester - LP for your week on www.skyscanner.net.
2 adults, cheapest direct flights around your dates.
8th - 16th May 272 pounds. And that would include baggage allowance as it was with thomsonfly

[redswanlady]

I looked in april and to leave las palmas going to gatwick it is only 24.00 per person for certain dates which is cheaper than all the others so I think it depends on when you are going.

[mary]

and easy jet only fly to Geneva or gatwick from LP. But the prices do seem good and slightly lower than others but if you want to fly to/from other airports the saving isnt really worth it. Flight times are nice though

[Alan T]

I just tried Manchester - LP for your week on www.skyscanner.net (http://www.skyscanner.net).
2 adults, cheapest direct flights around your dates.
8th - 16th May 272 pounds. And that would include baggage allowance as it was with thomsonfly

This would work out a lot cheaper for us Mary. The Easyjet one I quoted was from Gatwick. We live near Manchester airport. It would cost us well over £100 travelling to Gat and back, plus the hassle.

[marinero]

I have just been searching on easyJet's website for flights for 2008 (more out of curiosity since I think we'll now be flying Iberia through Madrid).

I've searched Mid April, Mid May and Mid July and all outbound (LGW-LPA) flights are £189 and all inbound (LPA-LGW) priced at £179.

I assume this is the price and competitive benefit advertised in their press release? Nearly £400 return ticket! The BA tickets sold for similar dates were around the £100 mark and Iberia for similar dates is £145ish.

Nice one easyJet!

[Jordan]

Just checked for july as i booked with BA before easyjet took over which cost £740 for 6 people:) , to book with Easyjet now they want £2,267 for the same flights:no: .

[coolcreen]

Had intended travelling with Easy Jet, going out on 30th June, returning on the 21st July. The final price without luggage or insurance was £89.98 2 days ago. Yesterday it was £369.98. Wonder if there is something wrong with the pricing section of the site, as I get exactly the same quote for every date and flight-time from April through to September. The previous day showed a wide variety of prices. I feel that there is something amiss in their site.

[Tonya]

Hiya. We have just booked flights going Sat 26th April and return Mon 5th May from Manchester with flythomas.cook.com. Day flights, 15KG luggage (then 5KG hand luggage also) £249 for the both of us, with all the charges etc. When I did a check for a family of 5 ( there is only 2 of us) the same inbound flights that we paid £55 each for, when you try and book for a family the flight is £221 each!!!! Where do they get the figures from??!!
Anyway, if there is only 2 of you, its worth checking it out.
We got our insurance from moneysupermarket.com for £9.90 for the 2 of us!!
Transfers are with Sky Transfers, whom we have used twice in the last 7 weeks. £15 PP return to and from Puerto Rico. Ok thats on the shuttle bus, but its no different to going with a tour operator and going on their coaches.

[chorlton]

I've just priced up with thomsonfly - 2 of us in october £229 including their luggage charge of £20 if you want to check in luggage. Thinks I will be booking them in the morning....

[Tammie]

I always book my flights with FlyThomascook.com and always get good flight prices for grancanaria and majorca:thumb:

[ginty69]

hi i have just booked my flights for 3rd may,for two weeks cost £49 going out and£20 coming home ,so 69 pound good or what booked it, with easy jet first time fliying with this company but aflight is a flight great times aswell best ive had yet ,plus got my apartment for £115 aweek so i think i got a really good deal well hope so :thumb:

[rab_c.]

hi i have just booked my flights for 3rd may,for two weeks cost £49 going out and£20 coming home ,so 69 pound good or what booked it, with easy jet first time fliying with this company but aflight is a flight great times aswell best ive had yet ,plus got my apartment for £115 aweek so i think i got a really good deal well hope so :thumb:
great prices ginty but where are you going lol.
ive checked easy jet out for the last week with their new flights to gran canaria and cheapest is 242 pound from gatwick for us around your date plus we have to get flights from edinburgh down another 60 pound but thats employee rates im on lol.

[whoosh]

Anyone know the promotion code for XL?

[coolcreen]

From my experience with airlines, it worth trying the following to see if you can get better fares. Let's say that 4 persons wish to book a flight.

Step 1

Get a quote for one passenger return to begin with.
Get a quote for one passenger, 2 single fares.Select from the above the best fare, 2 singles or 1 return. Sometimes they are the same.

Lets say in this example, the return flight is at a better price (not always).

Step 2
Using the return flight option, get a quote for 4 persons. If it is greater than the return price for one person, keep decreasing the number of passengers till you obtain the lower price. Book this number of passengers at the lower price if you are happy with it, and the remainder at the higher price.

All airlines have a certain quota of seats at a given price. If there are only 3 left at the lower price and you request 4, then you will be quoted the more expensive fare.

The following works with some airlines
If the website gives you the option "are your dates flexible?" always choose it, even if you can only travel on a specific date. Sometimes, this method will bring up a better price than if you did not select this option.

It would appear that if your dates are flexible, the airline considers your travel as non-essential, as distinct from business travel in which the travel must be undertaken on a specific day.

The airlines try to get the most from us. We must therefore try to outwit them.

[coolcreen]

great prices ginty but where are you going lol.
ive checked easy jet out for the last week with their new flights to gran canaria and cheapest is 242 pound from gatwick for us around your date plus we have to get flights from edinburgh down another 60 pound but thats employee rates im on lol.
Check in on the site from time to time. I'm travelling with them in July. Check the return fare for my travel dates in July. The fare was £110. The following day it was £370. Waited almost a week and got it at the original price of £110....delighted

[ASLEB]

Has anyone ever booked with alpharooms holidays online before? I've just checked out prices for 2 people for 1 week in Terrezamar Suites, flights with easyjet and transfers from airport to apartments £403...... on June 18th from Gatwick, That's cheap:thumb: ,,,, only prob never heard of alpharooms.com before...

[coolcreen]

Used alpharooms, no problems

[BIG TONY]

Yep, used Alpha quite a few times, no problem at all !!!!!!!!!!!!

[JAY KAY]

Good deal ASLEB wish I could get one like that from Wales. Cost me that just for flights.

[BIG TONY]

Anyone know the promotion code for XL?

Many codes available on this site:- http://www.vouchercodes.com/travel.htm
Be sure to click the latest offers box !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[2-islandangie]

Just received an e-mail to say there is a double internet discount on all flights booked before midnight Monday 12th May.
www.thomsonfly.com (http://www.thomsonfly.com)
Some good deals to be had :packed:

[delilah]

If anyone is looking to book flights at the moment, you can get £10.00 per person each way off if you use the promotional code WELCOME at checkout with www.flythomascook.com
Not sure how long it is valid for though.

[mr lacoste]

Just booked 3x flights with thomas cook arrive 21st july good price from east mids £552 including meals


:boozy::boozy: :wink: :wink:

[Vicky]

Ive just booked feb half term with easyjet £350 incl bags for 4 of us.!:fatgrin:

[martin norwich]

Ive just booked feb half term with easyjet £350 incl bags for 4 of us.!:fatgrin:
i have just booked easyjet 5 nov £482 +BAGS for 6 of us

[TELF]

feb half term, £406 for 5 of us all in with easy jet :wink:

[Jordan]

Just went and came back with Easyjet no problems or delays, the plane was an ex British Airways one plenty of leg room just painted in there colours only thing to watch is your hold baggage weight they do charge if you are over by a kilo but no weight limit if you take a small bag on board as long as you can lift it and put it in the overhead storage compartment. Would use again as long as the price is right.

[mr lacoste]

hi all,
just got back early this morning from g.c landed 5am ema with thomas cook, 30 mins early,
while in departure lounge there was a easyjet plane due to take off approx the same time as ourselves 01.25, then while sitting upstairs in the smoking area some one came over the tanoy & asked all the easyjet passengers to report somewhere.
then when we returned downstairs and checked to see if our flight gate was on the screen & noticed it said the easyjet flight to gatwick leaving @ 0.130 had been CANCELLED had a walk round but was unable to see any snarling passengers & no explanation.
anybody on that flight hope you all got home safely.

:blue: :blue: :blue:

[colinb]

The story is in this mornings Sun. The outbound flight was cancelled because the pilot's licence had expired! Some people had to wait 5 days to get another flight. The report doesn't mention the passengers who were obviously left stranded at Las Palmas.
We are flying out Monday with them, lets hope there aren't any problems.

[Vicky]

Oh i wouldnt mind being stranded in GC for 5days but not in the UK lol!
No seriously i suspect a lot of people have ended up loosing there holidays as most people have set times and cant just ring work and say oh well im going 5 days later!
Fingers crossed your flight goes smoothly on monday with them.........we fly thurs but with Thomson, trying easyjet in Feb for the first time.

[gazboro]

OOO just booked with easyjet for December, an extra 5 days in GC would be nice but knowing my luck it would be delayed going out !!!

[Muzicdude]

Being stranded in GC sounds nice, but where do you stay, and what do you do if your money runs out?:fatgrin:

[sticky_063]

I've just booked a week in October from LGW on 18th October.

Cost £250 return in total for two of us (ie £125 each return)

Are Xl any good?

[roxy]

Apparently according to The Times Newspaper, XL are having difficulty securing finanance, and are also pulling winter flights to the carribbean !!
Hope this isnt another case where people are going to lose their flights ??

[sticky_063]

Hope this isnt another case where people are going to lose their flights ??

I've lost 'em. :cry: Hope I can get a refund. BANG goes our holiday :cry:

[nina]

hope you paid by credit card and are able to get a refund and new flights,my sister in law was due to go away today with seguro,as they had booked with thomas cook,they have sorted them a new holiday,but they had to pay 200 pounds more and its only half board,the other holiday was ai,they were being held to ransom really ,as they only have this two weeks off from work.hope everything goes ok for you:dumbfounded:

[hiDEhi]

I see Aer Lingus have started their winter flights to lpa again. Pretty reasonable too. Might just be booking one soon

[yflood]

hidehi you can book flights with aer lingus up until june 09 on there website i always use them cheapest fro ireland

[Tonya]

Anyone want to fly out from Manchester with FIRST CHOICE Monday 2nd Feb for a week, returning 9th Feb??daytime flights?? Currently, they are £94 all in return price!!! Thats taxes, 20KG luggage and even meals!!

Just looked at thomson website and same flights are £168 with them directly.

Think its Thomson airline but its on First Choice website, as of 19:00 today. The flight we are on 7th Feb is not showing up so must be fully booked. Big contrast to the 14th Feb flights as they are £226 return....thanks to the half term!
Bargain for those of you whom have a week off next week...get um booked!!!

[doghouse]

Am shocked at the prices from Manchester to LPA in June - £699 for 2 of us with Thompson! Have considered Easyjet/Madrid, Madrid/LPA with Iberia, with an overnight stay outbound at the brand new Madrid Hilton is coming in cheaper at £444, connections back to Liverpool allow 2 hrs 20mins to board return flight. Anyone any alternative suggestions?

[2-islandangie]

Been looking (half-heartedly) for the last few weeks for a flight back to UK (one-way). What happened to cheap flights with Easyjet? I was flexible on dates to fly within a timescale of 12 days.Easyjet came out at £374.66 (2 of us with 1 bag each in hold)
Thomas Cook £172.67 (2 of us with 1 bag each in hold)
The latter was fine & we have booked it but it is getting harder now to get a decent price.

[mary]

27th April 104.99 euros - GC-gatwick - but thats just the start price

[2-islandangie]

27th April 104.99 euros - GC-gatwick - but thats just the start price
Is that per person?

[mary]

yes it was per person
http://www.skyscanner.net/flights/lpa/lgw/april-2009/cheapest-flights-per-day-to-london-gatwick-from-gran-canaria-in-april-2009.html?charttype=1

[K T]

Just booked my January 2010 flights yesterday with Globespan £140 each.
That is cheaper than my June flights and cheaper than January 09 were.
Hate having to pay £8 e.w. for a bag in the hold....but £140 all in is a good deal.

[2-islandangie]

yes it was per person
http://www.skyscanner.net/flights/lpa/lgw/april-2009/cheapest-flights-per-day-to-london-gatwick-from-gran-canaria-in-april-2009.html?charttype=1
So we got a good deal for the 2 of us ... That's good news
:fatgrin:

[redswanlady]

I agree easyjets prices are a joke now they arent cheap at all! :veryangry:

[coolcreen]

Been looking (half-heartedly) for the last few weeks for a flight back to UK (one-way). What happened to cheap flights with Easyjet? I was flexible on dates to fly within a timescale of 12 days.Easyjet came out at £374.66 (2 of us with 1 bag each in hold)
Thomas Cook £172.67 (2 of us with 1 bag each in hold)
The latter was fine & we have booked it but it is getting harder now to get a decent price.
That was a very good price. Easyjet seem very expensive right up to October, far more expensive on average than BA that they replaced.

[lizmd]

We have booked Globespan 28th Dec - 4th Jan. Probably first to book at £350 each and rising. The good news is, it was £450 to go to Teneriffe. Glad I didn't want to go there.

[liam]

we've booked with aer lingus ex dublin.....

return flights for two with one case each, each way, insurance and exit seats(long legs!) each way cost us €590

[2-islandangie]

I have just read this ...might help a little on prices.

http://www.islandconnections.eu/1000003/1000043/0/24578/daily-news-article.html

[doghouse]

Having been appalled by the very high prices for direct flights to Las Palmas I decided to find an alternative. I flew Easyjet Liverpool/Madrid, one night stopover in a very nice hotel near the airport. Following day flew Iberia Madrid/Las Palmas. After my holiday I flew back to Madrid with Iberia and stayed in a lovely hotel in the old part of Madrid and had a great night touring the tapas bars in Madrid and sightseeing the next morning, followed by a menu del dia in El Corte Ingles, 3 courses inc. wine for 9.95 euros. Flew back to Liverpool with Easyjet late afternoon. Total cost for the 2 hotel stopovers and flights £200 per person! Less than a direct flight from Manchester!

[coolcreen]

Flights and city-break for less than flight price. Given that they are too separate flights, you could have had a 2 or 3 day stopover in Madrid. Something to consider.

[doghouse]

Have been to Madrid before and only needed a one night stop over each way, if we had stayed any longer the overall price would have been more expensive than a direct flight!

[sunny d]

In todays sun, the travel bit under air news theyve a column on Monarch airlines. (Ive cut and pasted it here, it may be of help to some of you guys too)

LOW-FARES airline Monarch are expanding thier online check-in facility. The service is now available to passengers travelling on scheduled flights from overseas airports.

People flying through main land Spain and the Balearic and Canary islands can check in online between seven days and 4.5 hours before departure.

Monarch will also commence services to Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura from October 19. Flights are on sale now at monarch.co.uk from £52.99 one-way, until March 27, 2010.

[Lyndon Peterson]

Are there any other airlines bar Binter who do regular internal flights around the canary islands (ie Tenerife to Gran Canaria) ?

cheers

[coolcreen]

Islas Canarias provide an infrequent service. Some Air Europe charter flights connect with either Lanzarote and Las Palmas or Teneriffe and Las Palmas, one day/night per week. It will not show up on their website as it's a charter flight

[paulaf]

Monarch flights for March 2010 seem reasonable compared to T Cook or Thomson but dates only seem to go upto the end of March, does anyone know how to book Monarch flights for April please ?

[mary]

April is probably in the summer schedule. At the moment Monarch appears to be setting up a new service for the winter.

[doghouse]

Jet 2 are flying from Manchester next summer, good flight timings grab yourself a bargain. Great to see low cost airlines at last - this year has been expensive!

[drew]

... the 4 of us are all flying peak time with Iberia via Madrid 27th Dec (back 5th Jan) for zip (or taxes/fees only)!

--- thanks to BA miles (a chunk of which I purchased with Tesco vouchers!)
:boozy:

[LisaB]

I have just found flight with Ryanair for my Dad to travel back to East Midlands for a few days at the end of Oct.

€20.00 inc taxes but not baggage!!

Lisa:)

[Muzicdude]

It's that time of year again, and I'm thinking of booking my all important summer holiday. I'll probably be going away either at the end of August or the start of September. I've been looking at various sites for flights, but there doesn't seem to be any going direct from Belfast, is that correct? I know there's flights going from Dublin, but I don't fancy the 100 mile trip :(

[mary]

I just did a quick search for a flight from belfast to GC. no direct unfortunately nearest would be 90 euros indirect via Luton from belfast city with Easyjet and ryanair. That was on the 23rd August one way, looking on www.skyscanner.net

[BobandAlice]

FLIGHTS FROM BELFAST-CHECK TRAVEL REPUBLIC SITE . 'THOUGH THE BUDGET AIRLINES DON'T GO FROM HERE ,YOU CAN ALWAYS GET A FLIGHT WITH T.C OR SIMILAR .IT MAY NOT BE CHEAP BUT IF YOU SEARCH LONG ENOUGH YOU MAY GET SOMETHING TO SUIT.
THATS THE WAY WE HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR YEARS

[rab_c.]

you can get a flight for £258 from belfast -las palmas on the 1st sept http://flights.thomson.co.uk/thomson/en-GB/booking/extras
thomas cook also go but limited seat only with them but they have a few cheap package deals if required again wednesday flights http://www.thomascook.com/search/holiday/searchResults.jsp?_requestid=71062

[rab_c.]

http://www.canaryforum.com/2/index.php?option=com_agora&task=topic&id=25&p=66577#p66577

you can get a flight for £258 from belfast -las palmas on the 1st sept http://flights.thomson.co.uk/thomson/en … ing/extras
thomas cook also go but limited seat only with them but they have a few cheap package deals if required again wednesday flights http://www.thomascook.com/search/holida … stid=71062

[rab_c.]

FLIGHTS FROM BELFAST-CHECK TRAVEL REPUBLIC SITE . 'THOUGH THE BUDGET AIRLINES DON'T GO FROM HERE ,YOU CAN ALWAYS GET A FLIGHT WITH T.C OR SIMILAR .IT MAY NOT BE CHEAP BUT IF YOU SEARCH LONG ENOUGH YOU MAY GET SOMETHING TO SUIT.
THATS THE WAY WE HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR YEARS

you can get a flight for £258 from belfast -las palmas on the 1st sept http://flights.thomson.co.uk/thomson/en … ing/extras
thomas cook also go but limited seat only with them but they have a few cheap package deals if required again wednesday flights http://www.thomascook.com/search/holida … stid=71062

[Muzicdude]

Thanks for your replies. I have checked the Thomas Cook website and there are no direct flights from Belfast to Gran Canaria. A few years ago there used to be two direct flights to GC each week, that was reduced to one, and now there's none at all during the summer, which is sad. All the airlines seem to be cutting back on using Belfast, we don't seem to matter up here, lol. It now looks like I may have to look at other (limited) destinations for my sunshine hol , unless I decide on using a connecting flight or travel down to the ever busy Dublin airport.

[Muzicdude]

Thanks Rab, I didn't see your post.

Funny I checked the web last night, including Skyscanner, and Thomas Cook, nothing showed, strange! :)

[rab_c.]

Thanks Rab, I didn't see your post.

Funny I checked the web last night, including Skyscanner, and Thomas Cook, nothing showed, strange! :)
think they are only doing package deals, you were probably looking at flight only options im surprised that ryanair do not fly from belfast
if it was not forv ryanair then we would be finished as far as gran canaria goes.
hope you get set up ok.

[julia]

Where can i get a last minute flight from GC to Manchester or Livepool, need to fly if at all possible on or before this Thursday. Be grateful for any info, im going mad searching the web. :-(

[claire1967]

Hi Julia,

I've had a search and it appears there is nothing really available. Easyjet unfortunately only fly to Gatwick and Ryanair don't have a flight until Friday. Thomson DO have flights to Manchester on Wednesday but again it says nothing available.

I know it is a pain and clearly more costly, but have you considered flying back via Madrid if that is at all possible? I have done that a couple of times back to London, but it may be worth a try to get back to your destinations.

Good luck.

[julia]

After a lot of searching and 2 messed up flightbookings a lot off Phoning around and messing about i have now managed to get a flight to Birmingham for tomorrow and will take the train from there. It just proves that you should never try to do anything important when you are in a personal stress situation without||||| ||h||a||v||i||n||g|| ||someone check it. (It would have saved me a lot of time and money had i done it.)

[julia]

Not sure what happened to my post it looked fine when i submitted it. ??? ||||| ||||||||||| ||h||a||v||i||n||g|| ||

[retta]

Question....I am reading through the post's here, and I see that with the exception of a couple of instances, there is nothing newer than August 2009. Does this have to do with the old/new forum? Can I access the recent stuff somewhere?

[coolcreen]

I think that is has more to do with the low-cost carriers such as Ryanair and Easyjet entering the marketplace. It is very difficult for most of the other operators to compete with them on price

[BIG TONY]

Question....I am reading through the post's here, and I see that with the exception of a couple of instances, there is nothing newer than August 2009. Does this have to do with the old/new forum? Can I access the recent stuff somewhere?

Hi retta yes the older post's are still in place from last year, the forum was updated with a newer version but it proved unpopular with many members so it's reverted back to it's old style so the existing older posts have reappeared hence the gap in dates, hope this clarifies things !!

[retta]

Hi retta yes the older post's are still in place from last year, the forum was updated with a newer version but it proved unpopular with many members so it's reverted back to it's old style so the existing older posts have reappeared hence the gap in dates, hope this clarifies things !!

Thanks tony, I thought that might be the case. Can I access the most recent post anywhere? I am newly registered, so I don't know if I can access the new/old forum.

[rab_c.]

if you are flying from scotland then globespan has some fantastic prices saturday and monday flights from glasgow at http://www.flyglobespan.com/index.asp?lan=en

GLOBESPAN!!!!!!!! you got to be kiddin have you been in never never land the last year...............more chance of you flying with that name than globespan ha ha ha!!!.........they no longer exist:biggrin:

[Dolly Dimple]

It would be a dam sight quicker anyway..Globespan lost its wings a couple of years ago!!lol:lol:

[K T]

Jan flights booked.
£195 for two return flights from PIK with Ryanair..great price !!!!
Then the add ons, with one 20kg bag...Total £299.
£30 each way for a bag :furious: and £24 admin charge for using a credit card :furious:

[Top Cat]

More Ryanair flights

BARCELONA, 7 Feb. (IRIN) -
Ryanair will open six new routes this summer season at the airport in Barcelona, ​​which will be thirteen-based aircraft against the ten current in order to carry 5.8 million passengers in El Prat in 2012, compared with 2, 5 of 2010.
In particular, Ryanair will fly from El Prat to Alicante, Bilbao, Stockholm, Hamburg and Munich Menorca (Memmingen) and will increase frequencies on six routes: Gran Canaria (frequencies from six to nine), Ibiza (14 to 21), Malaga (21 to 28), Palma (from 21 to 35), Sevilla (21 to 28) and Tenerife (six to eight).
Thus, the Irish airline will add more than 190 weekly flights to El Prat, where it operates 39 routes (16 domestic) and expected to sustain 5,800 jobs in Catalonia, where he hopes to carry nine million passengers in 2012.