man-mco flight help please!

[Tinker-mum]

Originally Posted by Merryweather17

So your dates are 1650 for 2 adults and 2 children with TC inc baggage, meals and some IFE with an option to pay and upgrade for one or 2 if your think you will need extra entertaining. Indirect can come up cheaper, one of the difficulties with this is how much is convenience worth to you? flying to SFB will be tricky as they do not always fly on the days you want, indirect such as man-lhr-lgw-mco includes a coach trip round london and an additional 3-5 hours travelling minimum. You can get some good indirects but with Virgin for example they may not come up much less than TC direct. I would track TC prices and keep an eye out for any flash sales they might do, sometimes they drop £50 off a flight price without making a big fuss, every little helps.

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thanks really helpful. we flew with tc last year and had a great experience but like a lot of other people a little wary of booking with them right now.
virgin are coming out at about £300 more than tc for all 5 of us but thats a lot of money for us!

[ChrisS]

Originally Posted by Tinker-mum

thanks really helpful. we flew with tc last year and had a great experience but like a lot of other people a little wary of booking with them right now.
virgin are coming out at about £300 more than tc for all 5 of us but thats a lot of money for us!

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Hiya Tinker, we fly VA from Man, either direct and drive to SW Fl or indirect via Atl to RSW, used LastMinute (via Quidco for cash back) a few times. In 2015 Aer Lingus cancelled our 6.50am Dub to Man flight. LM on the ball, agreed to my alternative, sorted immediately. Current LM fare for off-peak PE, Man to MCO, is £714pp with 2% cashback (VA fare is £933pp), may be worth checking LM for your dates. Good luck

[Merryweather17]

Originally Posted by Tinker-mum

thanks really helpful. we flew with tc last year and had a great experience but like a lot of other people a little wary of booking with them right now.
virgin are coming out at about £300 more than tc for all 5 of us but thats a lot of money for us!

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Have you considered indirect via dublin for pre-clearance? this way your time in the second airport is not wasted and when you arrive you can head straight out of the airport without the immigration queue from hell!

[YorkshireT]

Depends if it’s school holidays. If it is, forget any decent prices direct Virgin or anyone, if you pay £900 for Virgin in school holidays you’ve done well. Outside, they do have sales.

Outside school holidays indirect, some bargains can be found, via Atlanta or Philadelphia for example, I particularly like changing at Philadelphia, it is an excellent airport. Dublin with pre clearance used to be good, but I haven’t seen many cheap prices from there recently.

[Merryweather17]

I second Philly as a nice airport, all in one building and not too big.

[Tinker-mum]

Originally Posted by Merryweather17

Have you considered indirect via dublin for pre-clearance? this way your time in the second airport is not wasted and when you arrive you can head straight out of the airport without the immigration queue from hell!

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Thanks for the tip. I'll try and have a look...its only our 2nd time and never done indirect before so although have had a look at ba indirects I was really struggling!

[Tinker-mum]

Originally Posted by MrsSevSpaghetti

Following as I am wondering about holding off the sale.

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When are the sales pls? Tc or va? X

[suehen]

Think Virgin have one about August or September I have managed this morning to book our flights with my miles with Virgin thought I would not be able to get 7 seats on the same flight, but we are all on 9.55am flight. Thomas Cook was cheaper than Virgin when I looked this morning. Only book when you are happy with the price. Also the sales sometime the price is more so make sure to double check the prices as last year I wanted May this year it was cheaper 4 weeks before the sale.