Glitch/cheap flights summer school holidays 2022

[katnav]

If anyone wants a last minute May holiday. Tui flights London Gatwick to Melbourne airport Friday 27th May-Tuesday 2nd June £770 for 2 adults and 2 children. Would love to be able to snap up this bargain but I'm working. Hope someone gets a lovely last minute trip.

[Moorlandman]

From Manchester

17th July to 31st July direct with Aer Lingus £745 including seat and baggage - Adult price quoted

5th August to 19th August direct with Aer Lingus £808 including seat and baggage Adult price quoted

[jojj]

Finally booked my August flights today, thanks to a post I saw on here yesterday with Ryan Air and Fly Norse

Via Oslo - booked 2 separate flights

Came to £2081.34 in total for 3 adults and 2 children!

Aug 14 - 30th Aug Stansted - Oslo return ryan air £330.86
Aug 15 - 19 oslo - orlando £1750.81

Paid extra an £188 for a hotel in Oslo on the 14th for the 5 of us
(Price includes paying for 2 x 23 kg suitcases )
( no meals or seat selections to save money so will take snacks and have a large breakfast before we go )

Works out about £417 pp! plus oslo flight times are great and will arrive in MCO at about 3.30pm, and a mini trip to Norway

then in addition a hotel in Oslo over night on Sunday the 14th will be £188 for the 5 of us!

Saved over £1000 as indirect flights flight for our dates have been roughly £580 - £600 pp , with no luggage!

Hope this helps

[Firsttimer2017]

So we got a spot of lucky yesterday plus what I can only describe as excellent customer service from Virgin Atlantic.

We bit the bullet and booked indirect flights with Virgin around a month ago £667pp inc luggage and seats, via Minneapolis going out and Detroit on return. The layover and flight times were good. I wasn’t happy at spending £3500 for 5 of us but accepted it.

Well yesterday Delta (our Virgin flights were with Delta) changed their flight schedule and altered our connecting flight time from MPS to MCO without telling us. We would miss this flight as it departed before our flight landed.

Called Virgin and they apologised and moved us to direct Virgin flights both ways free of charge. I was stunned. Have not seen any direct flights under £800pp our whole time searching. There flights would have cost us £8500.

Happy is an understatement! Well done and thank you Virgin.👏🎉

[cornishfrogboy]

Originally Posted by Firsttimer2017

So we got a spot of lucky yesterday plus what I can only describe as excellent customer service from Virgin Atlantic.

We bit the bullet and booked indirect flights with Virgin around a month ago £667pp inc luggage and seats, via Minneapolis going out and Detroit on return. The layover and flight times were good. I wasn’t happy at spending £3500 for 5 of us but accepted it.

Well yesterday Delta (our Virgin flights were with Delta) changed their flight schedule and altered our connecting flight time from MPS to MCO without telling us. We would miss this flight as it departed before our flight landed.

Called Virgin and they apologised and moved us to direct Virgin flights both ways free of charge. I was stunned. Have not seen any direct flights under £800pp our whole time searching. There flights would have cost us £8500.

Happy is an understatement! Well done and thank you Virgin.👏🎉

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I would hardly look to thank them. They were up against a wall. If you had refused, then they would have had to refund you. I appreciate that you may not have a credit note, but many thousands do!

It is Virgin that are putting out crazy flight prices on the Orlando route in order to devalue the thousands upon thousands of credit notes that they issued to customers who took them in good faith when they could have absolutely insisted on a refund (or gone down the S75 Credit card consumer protection route). Holidaymakers now want to use them on what is pretty much exclusively a tourist route and who are acutely aware of the expiry dates.
Airlines such as BA are simply pricing a few hundred below Virgin on the Florida routes in order to take advantage of the situation and those who are not tied to Virgin.
Example..
Virgin £1300 minus the credit note of £600 (average pre covid cost of ticket), equals £700 pp to fly to Orlando.
BA £900 pp.
If you had a credit note with an expiry date, you would still fly Virgin and they would have affectively reduced your credit note to worthless.

At Easter this year, I flew into Toronto and home from Miami at around £500 inc hold luggage.
I am flying to the West Coast and back, direct in Oct. My tickets are at pre covid levels as are tickets to most N American destinations. Into SFO and out of San Diego at half term was £500.
Next Easter Hols, I am flying direct into Vancouver and home direct from San Diego. Coach was £430 (hand baggage only). This is just part of a vacation as, after 3 nights in Vancouver, we are flying to Honolulu for 10.. and then having 2 nights in Seattle on the way back. The Vancouver-Hon and Hon- Seattle are coming in at £378.
Virgin seem competitive on most mixed US routes they fly.. but not to Florida!

I am certainly very pleased for you, but I certainly would not be thanking Virgin for flying you at what is merely an average, pre covid price.

Clearly the aircraft is not yet full.. due to the prices that they are asking.

Another poster came up with a great idea a few days back for those in the credit note quandary.. spend them on park tickets and then use cash to fly with whoever offers the best deal.

[Firsttimer2017]

Originally Posted by cornishfrogboy

I would hardly look to thank them. They were up against a wall. If you had refused, then they would have had to refund you. I appreciate that you may not have a credit note, but many thousands do!

It is Virgin that are putting out crazy flight prices on the Orlando route in order to devalue the thousands upon thousands of credit notes that they issued to customers who took them in good faith when they could have absolutely insisted on a refund (or gone down the S75 Credit card consumer protection route). Holidaymakers now want to use them on what is pretty much exclusively a tourist route and who are acutely aware of the expiry dates.
Airlines such as BA are simply pricing a few hundred below Virgin on the Florida routes in order to take advantage of the situation and those who are not tied to Virgin.
Example..
Virgin £1300 minus the credit note of £600 (average pre covid cost of ticket), equals £700 pp to fly to Orlando.
BA £900 pp.
If you had a credit note with an expiry date, you would still fly Virgin and they would have affectively reduced your credit note to worthless.

At Easter this year, I flew into Toronto and home from Miami at around £500 inc hold luggage.
I am flying to the West Coast and back, direct in Oct. My tickets are at pre covid levels as are tickets to most N American destinations. Into SFO and out of San Diego at half term was £500.
Next Easter Hols, I am flying direct into Vancouver and home direct from San Diego. Coach was £495.
Virgin seem competitive on most mixed US routes they fly.. but not to Florida!

I am certainly very pleased for you, but I certainly would not be thanking Virgin for flying you at what is merely an average, pre covid price.

Clearly the aircraft is not yet full.. due to the prices that they are asking.

Another poster came up with a great idea a few days back for those in the credit note quandary.. spend them on park tickets and then use cash to fly with whoever offers the best deal.

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I hadn’t thought about it that way, probably as I don’t have a credit note. I agree though. I think the prices are ridiculous but overall happy with £670pp direct.

Will definitely look at some of the routes you’ve suggested next year though.

[cornishfrogboy]

Originally Posted by Firsttimer2017

I hadn’t thought about it that way, probably as I don’t have a credit note. I agree though. I think the prices are ridiculous but overall happy with £670pp direct.

Will definitely look at some of the routes you’ve suggested next year though.

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I would be very happy indeed with £670pp direct in these present times!

My post was about Virgin in a wider context. You got you great price by their (or Deltas) default.

[Moorlandman]

Sunday 17th July direct with TUI for 14 nights flying from Manchester.

£408pp flight only (bags + seats extra)

[Moorlandman]

TUI also have June and early July flights priced from £178

[beautybutterfly]

just booked for august with first choice - £698 for 1 week flying from doncaster staying in Rosen Inn LBV :-D