Air France cheapest

[philinmerthyr]

I just found these flights on Skyscanner. Less than £300 without luggage and an additional £140 return for a £23kg case.

It is with Air France. Am I right in thinking this is operated by Virgin under a codeshare?

[Tinythepanda]

I’ve just seen the same flights and wondering whether to hit the button! Slightly different dates to you.

[philinmerthyr]

It is a virgin codeshare. On virgin the economy plus is £100 extra but it includes seat booking as well as a 23kg bag. The £70 extra with AirFrance is only for the bag.

If I book the codeshare can I contact Virgin to pay to book seats?

[unixgirl]

If you book a codeshare you go to the airline operating the flights e.g. Virgin to book seats yes. One thing though, Virgin don't have flights up quite yet for start of Feb.

[philinmerthyr]

Originally Posted by unixgirl

If you book a codeshare you go to the airline operating the flights e.g. Virgin to book seats yes. One thing though, Virgin don't have flights up quite yet for start of Feb.

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Thanks. So am I better off booking the basic flights on the AF codeshare for £296 return then wait to go to Virgin for luggage and seat upgrades?

I’ve never booked a codeshare before

[Tinythepanda]

I’m going to wait until VA release theirs. With AF our family of 4 price is £998 but by the time I pay for luggage and seats it goes up to around £1478 once added on with virgin. We’ve never paid more than £1200 for these dates direct with VA including luggage and seats. But a brilliant price still for this far out.

[Procrastinator]

I spotted these today as well. Want to go the Feb half term. 12-22 Feb 2020. £998 for the 4 of us. Not too worried about luggage. Might add 1 case between us later, that will cost £116. But £250pp direct over the half term is a bargain. Well I thought it was till I read your post panda!

Originally Posted by Tinythepanda

I’m going to wait until VA release theirs. With AF our family of 4 price is £998 but by the time I pay for luggage and seats it goes up to around £1478 once added on with virgin. We’ve never paid more than £1200 for these dates direct with VA including luggage and seats. But a brilliant price still for this far out.

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I would have paid £50 more for seats and luggage, but bird in the hand and all that. The feb half term booking is supposed to be a cheap make use of AP holiday for us. Air France guarantee to sit the party together with kids and Virgin at least 1 adult per child. Either way we will be fine. So flights for under £1k and I am pretty happy with that!

[Tinythepanda]

Yep it’s an amazing deal and we’re looking 12th-22nd. We’re AP holders for Universal and trying to get another trip in 😂😂 only been back 4 days.

[unixgirl]

Originally Posted by philinmerthyr

Thanks. So am I better off booking the basic flights on the AF codeshare for £296 return then wait to go to Virgin for luggage and seat upgrades?

I’ve never booked a codeshare before

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It's a great price so if you are happy then that's what I'd do. I have a codeshare flight from Virgin with Delta and I can book seats on the Delta website no issues.

[philinmerthyr]

We booked our Tickets through Air France. £890 for 3 adults. Basic economy. We will need to add luggage when we can access the booking on Virgin which I think is cheaper than the AF costs.

We are flying club members so I think we can check in 72 hours before the flight so we shouldn’t need to reserve seats unless that has changed in the last 2 years.