New Zealand flights.

[mittendust]

Anyone know where i can find cheap flights to NZ for March 2008. Preferably from Leeds/Bradford or Manchester airport?

[NORMANTHEDOG]

i doubt it very much you will be able to fly from these 2 airports to new zealand,heathrow is your only option.

[dzug]

Wait a bit for cheap fares. If you can book at all (the flights will have only just opened for booking and maybe not the whole month yet) it will be expensive. Wait for the airlines to have a sale for that period - not before this summer and maybe the autumn.

As Norman says you will not get there from Leeds/Bradford or Manchester. Heathrow is the obvious choice but not the only one. You could fly via a continental airport (most likely Frankfurt) or via the USA - eg Manchester to LA to Auckland.

The ads that appear to the right of these answers may be helpful.

[dzug]

Via Dubai might be another possibility.

[Gef]

Online you can normally only book 350 days in advance.

You can fly from Manchester with BA probably changing at Heathrow.

Try the individual airlines online first and phone around the travel agents. I booked last September for this July and I haven't found a price anywhere near it yet.

[mushroom25]

klm could do you a journey from leeds via amsterdam and kuala lumpur.

[jno]

trailfinders have offices in Manchester and Leeds

http://www.trailfinders.com/travelc.htm

They're usually pretty good.

[mittendust]

thanks for everyone's relplies to far :)

[SteveD]

Go to the Air New Zealand web site:

http://www.airnewzealand.co.uk/default.htm

There, they offer Leeds/Bradford as a possibility. This will be because they are a member of the Star Alliance group and will do code shares with other airlines:

http://www.airnewzealand.co.uk/travelinfo/star alliance/default.htm