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Why does everyone, except me, get £30 flights?!
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Where do people see these amazing deals?! I have trawled the internet all afternoon and still can't seem to fly anywhere for less than £250! Any tips?!
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A lot depends on where and when you want to go. If you want to go to the States then you will be paying a lot of money, if you want to go to Europe next week then again you will be paying a lot of money. If however you are prepared to book well in advance then there are bargains to be had. Last year I flew to Paris for £6.80 with Flybe, okay so I had to pay taxes on top, but seeing as by the week after I'd booked the cheapest seats on the same flight were £68 then I think I got a bargain.
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£30? That's ridiculously expensive!!!
I usually pay around a tenner (or, at the most, £20) for return flights (including all taxes and charges).
Tip 1: Subscribe to Ryanair's email service, so that you'll get the earliest notification of any bargains:
http://www.ryanair.co...t/register-for-offers
Tip 2: Look at the website(s) of the departure airport(s) you're interested in flying from. All UK airports have a list of destinations, together with the operators which serve them. (When looking for cheap flights, remember to check all possible operators. Most people remember to look at airlines such as Ryanair and easyJet, and possibly FlyBe, but many people don't even look at the sites of other budget airlines, such as Wizz and Air Berlin)
Tip 2: For 'sunshine' destinations (such as coastal areas of Spain) you usually need to book well in advance but, if you're flexible about your travel plans, it's often best to wait until there are bargain flights advertised for other destinations (such as Frankfurt).
Tip 3: Avoid the additional charges, which budget airlines like to add on, by only carrying hand baggage and by carefully reading the airlines' rules, on their websites, to see what they will charge you extra for.
Tip 4: Consider flying out with one airline and back with another. (It often works out cheaper).
£30? That's ridiculously expensive!!!
I usually pay around a tenner (or, at the most, £20) for return flights (including all taxes and charges).
Tip 1: Subscribe to Ryanair's email service, so that you'll get the earliest notification of any bargains:
http://www.ryanair.co...t/register-for-offers
Tip 2: Look at the website(s) of the departure airport(s) you're interested in flying from. All UK airports have a list of destinations, together with the operators which serve them. (When looking for cheap flights, remember to check all possible operators. Most people remember to look at airlines such as Ryanair and easyJet, and possibly FlyBe, but many people don't even look at the sites of other budget airlines, such as Wizz and Air Berlin)
Tip 2: For 'sunshine' destinations (such as coastal areas of Spain) you usually need to book well in advance but, if you're flexible about your travel plans, it's often best to wait until there are bargain flights advertised for other destinations (such as Frankfurt).
Tip 3: Avoid the additional charges, which budget airlines like to add on, by only carrying hand baggage and by carefully reading the airlines' rules, on their websites, to see what they will charge you extra for.
Tip 4: Consider flying out with one airline and back with another. (It often works out cheaper).
Tip 5: Consider flying into one airport and returning from another. (If you're visiting Barcelona, for example, it can sometimes be cheapest to fly into Girona and back from Reus. Ryanair serve both airports and they're both just over an hour's coach journey away from Barcelona).
Tip 6: Be adventurous and consider going to somewhere away from the main tourist destinations. (Ryanair, for example, have far more cheap flights to places like Dublin, Frankfurt and Eindhoven than they do to the Canary Islands).
Tip 7: If possible, fly in the middle of the week. Weekend flights are popular with tourists. Monday and Friday flights are popular with business travellers. Airlines often find it hard to fill seats on Tuesday, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Tip 8: Be flexible about flight times. Most people don't like getting up really early or getting home very late. But flying out on the first flight of the day, and coming back on the last flight of the day, gives you nearly two days extra holiday and usually works out far cheaper than taking flights in the middle of the day.
Chris
Tip 6: Be adventurous and consider going to somewhere away from the main tourist destinations. (Ryanair, for example, have far more cheap flights to places like Dublin, Frankfurt and Eindhoven than they do to the Canary Islands).
Tip 7: If possible, fly in the middle of the week. Weekend flights are popular with tourists. Monday and Friday flights are popular with business travellers. Airlines often find it hard to fill seats on Tuesday, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Tip 8: Be flexible about flight times. Most people don't like getting up really early or getting home very late. But flying out on the first flight of the day, and coming back on the last flight of the day, gives you nearly two days extra holiday and usually works out far cheaper than taking flights in the middle of the day.
Chris
PS: A few example fares (from Stansted, but there are similar bargains from elsewhere):
To Pisa (out 0635, Wed 12/05 - back 2240, wed 19/05): £33.98 return (including all taxes & charges) - Ryanair
To Dublin (dates as above, out & back on any one of the 6 flights in each direction): £19.98 (inc t & c). - Ryanair
To Frankfurt Hahn (dates as above, choice of 3 flights each day): £29.98 (inc t & C)
There are loads more bargains and the fares quoted there are NOT the lowest which Ryanair offer. If you wait until the REALLY cheap flights are offered (either £1 each way plus a total of a tenner in card charges, or even free each way plus that tenner), you can often get return flights for a total of £12 (or, occasionally, £10).
Other airlines might not go quite as low with their fares as Ryanair does, but there are still plenty of bargains. e.g. on the dates given above, easyJet are offering £52.98 return (inc all t & c's) to Amsterdam. Or, for an 10 night holiday, you could fly to Ibiza on Sunday 09/05 and back on Wed 19/05 for £59.88 (which shows that it's possible to find cheap flights to a 'sunshine' destination).
I've found those flights easily, within a matter of minutes, so I'm sure that you can find some bargains if you follow the tips above.
Chris
To Pisa (out 0635, Wed 12/05 - back 2240, wed 19/05): £33.98 return (including all taxes & charges) - Ryanair
To Dublin (dates as above, out & back on any one of the 6 flights in each direction): £19.98 (inc t & c). - Ryanair
To Frankfurt Hahn (dates as above, choice of 3 flights each day): £29.98 (inc t & C)
There are loads more bargains and the fares quoted there are NOT the lowest which Ryanair offer. If you wait until the REALLY cheap flights are offered (either £1 each way plus a total of a tenner in card charges, or even free each way plus that tenner), you can often get return flights for a total of £12 (or, occasionally, £10).
Other airlines might not go quite as low with their fares as Ryanair does, but there are still plenty of bargains. e.g. on the dates given above, easyJet are offering £52.98 return (inc all t & c's) to Amsterdam. Or, for an 10 night holiday, you could fly to Ibiza on Sunday 09/05 and back on Wed 19/05 for £59.88 (which shows that it's possible to find cheap flights to a 'sunshine' destination).
I've found those flights easily, within a matter of minutes, so I'm sure that you can find some bargains if you follow the tips above.
Chris
This is a good tool to use
http://flightchecker.moneysavingexpert.com/
I think signing up to the Ryanair etc newsletters is a good idea. I have a friend who regularly travels from Eire to Birmingham for £1 - hand luggage only.
http://flightchecker.moneysavingexpert.com/
I think signing up to the Ryanair etc newsletters is a good idea. I have a friend who regularly travels from Eire to Birmingham for £1 - hand luggage only.
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