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27th July 2014 #1
Lost out on a great deal
I'm planning to fly back to Philippines at the start of September. Last week Skyscanner had Singapore Airlines for £480 to Manila with the "dodgy" travel sites and £500 actually with Singapore themselves. Also only £520 to Cebu from London. I thought I'd leave it a week to see about having the time off work, and now its up to £680.
I'm kicking myself. You can still get Malaysia for about £560 so I will probably have to choose them.
Omega travel still claims £511 with Singapore but I know that is crap
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27th July 2014 #2
Give Travel Unravel a call.
They have always been able to beat Singapore and Cathay prices by a lot when I use them.
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27th July 2014 #3
That's just a comparison website, I use Skyscanner which is the same but has more airlines. I can beat that price with Vietnam Airlines for £480 but they're not great times. Cathay or Singapore are my preference. China Southern are normally always the cheapest but again bad flight times and long stopovers.
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27th July 2014 #4
It's not a comparison website. It's a travel agent. I have bought 3 plane tickets from them. All 3 plane tickets had less than 3 hours stopover.
I use Skyscanner and then call them and they beat the Skyscanner prices each time I used them.
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27th July 2014 #5
Give them a call and ask for Nicholas.
http://www.travelunravel.com
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27th July 2014 #6
Had this with Cathay Pacific back in January. Was £580 but by the time my holidays had been confirmed at work (week later) the price had gone upto £830
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27th July 2014 #7
Always worth trying the same search from a different computer, there are some sceptics out there (me included) that believe that once you've searched a specific flight the IP address is stored and subsequent searches will result in a higher price
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27th July 2014 #8
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I suspect that is correct.
We live in a world of cowboys and shysters.
Led by the fine example of MPs and Bankers.
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27th July 2014 #9
I did read that when you search for flights using a search engine, that cookies are stored on the computer that store the search and then prices are higher.
I read that it's good practice to clear/delete cookie data after each search.
Also, using a program called Ultrasurf changes your IP address which can help.
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27th July 2014 #10
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Good advice.
I've heard that too.
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28th July 2014 #14
I have accessed BBC iplayer on android devices using an app called hide ninja pro.
It changes your location.
Sadly not for pc though.
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28th July 2014 #15
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oooh, thanks cheekee.
I will put that on my tablet.
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28th July 2014 #16
Graham you need to buy the pro version to have UK ip address. The free one doesn't have it.
Worth it though.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d....hideninja.vpn
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28th July 2014 #17
Also get an app called tube mate.
It lets you download YouTube content to your android device.
http://www.androidfreeware.net/downl...-tubemate.html
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28th July 2014 #18
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Thanks again cheekee.
I have BBC iplayer already installed on my tablet (and the ITV one) for use in the UK, but I thought maybe I could access the player when I was in the Phils, using that app.
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5th August 2014 #19
Just cleared out the cache and cookies and never changed a thing. It was the sale of Singapore Airlines coming to an end the reason for the price hike. Anyway I've booked with Malaysia now for £540 which is still good
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