Hello, total novice here! :wave:

Maggie · 14 Jan 20, 01:51 PM

Hello, thank you for the join. Planning for 2021, maybe Easter? Three children, who will be 10, 10 and 8. I'm hoping to plan it myself (this should keep the costs down a bit?). First question... when to look for flights? Virgin and BA look like flights aren't available for Easter 2021 yet, TUI look like they are almost sold out! Any advice? Thanks in advance x

galaxyflorida · 14 Jan 20, 02:00 PM

TUI shouldn't be almost sold out... maybe the reason it looks like this is because they only fly once/twice a week from most airports so it looks as though they have less availability than Virgin or BA.

Flights only are commonly released 11 months prior, so they should open up around the end of April for you to book. They're quite expensive when they first come out but do go down slightly after a few weeks.

Sometimes you can book a flydrive through VH before 11 months too so have a look at that.

Maggie · 14 Jan 20, 07:33 PM

Thank you for replying x

Trueblue88 · 14 Jan 20, 10:59 PM

Welcome to The Dibb

coggie · 14 Jan 20, 11:16 PM

With your scheduled airlines you can only book 11 months out (think it may actually be 330 days) , so for you to book a return flight it will be on your return date. As mentioned the first few days are expensive and in my experience with Virgin come down after a few days or so
However you could look at flydrives before then.

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	14 Jan 20, 01:51 PM Maggie New Poster (2)
Maggie New Poster (2) Join Date: Jan 20	Hello, total novice here! :wave: Hello, thank you for the join. Planning for 2021, maybe Easter? Three children, who will be 10, 10 and 8. I'm hoping to plan it myself (this should keep the costs down a bit?). First question... when to look for flights? Virgin and BA look like flights aren't available for Easter 2021 yet, TUI look like they are almost sold out! Any advice? Thanks in advance x

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	14 Jan 20, 10:59 PM Trueblue88 Apprentice Imagineer
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	14 Jan 20, 11:16 PM coggie Imagineer
coggie Imagineer Join Date: Aug 07	With your scheduled airlines you can only book 11 months out (think it may actually be 330 days) , so for you to book a return flight it will be on your return date. As mentioned the first few days are expensive and in my experience with Virgin come down after a few days or so However you could look at flydrives before then.