Should we fly BA?

[Tre85]

Hello

I have had my eye on 14 nights at Rosen Plaza flying out 26/9/2020.

I've played around with dates but both Virgin and TUI are coming up around £2.6K for 2 adults which i'm not really willing to pay lol. Anyway I have pulled dates forward and its still around the same price. I just thought I would have a play on the BA site and the latest date I can put in is 4th Sept to get the 14 days in and that's coming up at £1.6K! I'm going to check once flights are released for the end of Sept and if its coming in at this I'm tempted to put a deposit down.

My only worry is we live in Yorkshire so Gatwick is a 4 hour drive home which makes me a bit apprehensive BUT a saving of a grand is either most of our tickets or most of our spending money saved straight away! I suppose we could even get a train which would be more relaxed.

Any reviews of BA? Never flown long haul with them. I've tried to search but not a lot coming up.

[Sweets]

I've flown BA to New York (Newcastle indirect) and they were great. I wouldn't hesitate to book with them. I too would just get the train down and make the holiday start a little sooner.

[Softy]

Flights for September should be around £400 each. Wait for the flights to actually come out before comparing prices. Virgins won’t be out for another 6 weeks or so.

[HenrysDad]

We have flown a mixture of BA and VA over the years to Florida and TUI earlier this year to Mexico, personally, I would happily fly with any of them and consider them much of a muchness.

That said, in recent years, BA tends to win on price 9 times out of 10 recently apart from a last minute cheeky week as a package last year through Virgin Holidays.

[Tre85]

Originally Posted by Sweets

I've flown BA to New York (Newcastle indirect) and they were great. I wouldn't hesitate to book with them. I too would just get the train down and make the holiday start a little sooner.

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Thank you. Would have to change trains 3 times tho lol. Think the OH would prefer to drive

[Tre85]

Originally Posted by Softy

Flights for September should be around £400 each. Wait for the flights to actually come out before comparing prices. Virgins won’t be out for another 6 weeks or so.

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Won't Virgins flights already be out for early Sept? When I compare the same dates BA are still a grande cheaper

[Tre85]

Originally Posted by HenrysDad

We have flown a mixture of BA and VA over the years to Florida and TUI earlier this year to Mexico, personally, I would happily fly with any of them and consider them much of a muchness.

That said, in recent years, BA tends to win on price 9 times out of 10 recently apart from a last minute cheeky week as a package last year through Virgin Holidays.

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Thanks. I'm not too fussed who I fly with either really just wondering if BA book more rooms with Rosen on advance as all the Rosen hotels are so much cheaper through BA.

[SunbreezeFL]

We regularly fly with BA now and we are in North Wales so about 4 hours away but the cost saved is worth it (I've just booked a holiday tonight that was over £1000 more for three of us from Manchester) so we just book a room the night before and make the most of it. If the journey home really worries you maybe look at getting a day room in a nearby hotel before your drive.

As for flying with them some of the aircraft is dated but then so are the Virgin 747 from Man - they are have and are continuing to refurb a lot of the fleet so you may be on a refurbished plane and I always find the cabin crew pleasant enough.

[dippiedawnie]

What's your nearest airport? We got flights from Newcastle to Tampa via London for cheaper than direct from LGW. Can you fly from Leeds/Bradford or Manchester down to London first instead of driving/train. It's a faff to do the connection from Heathrow to LGW but I'd much prefer that than a 6 HR drive home after a night flight. Just a thought.

[Softy]

Originally Posted by Tre85

Won't Virgins flights already be out for early Sept? When I compare the same dates BA are still a grande cheaper

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Nope. 331 days from the return, so coming back late August will be out now.