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8th May 2011 #1
Prices shot up
Looking to fly to Davao end of October/early November want to go with Singapore airlines if poss fares seemed to be about £850 when I last looked a few weeks ago now £1300
Even if you go with fuel hiked up by 30% that still does not add up
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9th May 2011 #2
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Shouldn't be too dear that time of year.
As ever...shop around.
I always seem to book my tickets about a week before and STILL get good prices, so what does one do ?
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9th May 2011 #3
the trouble with sticking with one airline is that they expect the suckers ie customers to keep paying whatever they charge, never do this and always look around
i have learnt to do what my wife says!
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9th May 2011 #4
Prices have gone up on a daily basis lately.
Prices to Manila went from £600 to £800 within a week during the school holidays ...... the travel industry keeps telling us it's demand.... who the takes their kids on holiday to Manila?Keith Driscoll - Administrator
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9th May 2011 #5
i fly with klm frequently and their charges have crept n crept n crept up... especially more in philippine holiday season, this christmas gone their flights went sky high.. even tho i search for acceptable price ranges they all go thru the roof at the same time... have u also noticed how the peso drops durring the holiday seasons too..
on another note if u have booked flights for phils and you need connecting flights to where ever... ive had some great bargains as low as 300p one way ..if u book well in advance ..
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If you want the cheapest try Kuwait airlines. Not the greatest service, and it'll take quite a bit longer than the Singapore route, but they're your best bet for the lowest price. Or Qatar airlines after that.
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You can't trust these cheapflight.coms for the best prices, best looking for smaller independents or with the airline itself. Strange one with my last ticket. It says in the eticket £35 to change the date, but when I phoned up to change it they said it's free first time, £75 each time after that
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9th May 2011 #10
we booked our flights at the begining of this year for dec jan2012, found the price we was happy with and thats £555 with cathay and paid, now they are up to way over £800 for the same flights, sometimes if you can know your dates it pays to book early
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9th May 2011 #11
By the time I added on all the 'extra' charges for these other sites, booking direct with the airline worked out the same, and I always prefer to book direct even if it's a few quid more. One less thing to go wrong taking out the middle man
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9th May 2011 #12
I agree with you , when we flew with Thai air at Christmas I bought the tickets through an online agent and it was only when I tried to reserve seats I found that we were restricted to certain seat rows in the economy section as it was a special discounted ticket. Also, baggage weight was at the lower end.
So many things to take into consideration when shopping around for prices that I`m getting to the stage of cant be bothered and go direct to airline.
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We're looking for flights in October. It's supposed toi be cheap that time of year, but it seems like we're still looking at more than £600, and that's going via the middle east.
The days of getting to the Philippines for less than £500 are long gone. It's hard to believe that I paid £300 to get there a few years ago!
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In real terms comparable flights are still much cheaper than they were 20 years ago.
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9th May 2011 #15
What really annoys me is that they can't justify a hike from around £850-£1350
If I look at a flight to phuket it's about £600 has their fuel not gone up too(not Singapore airlines tho)
May just fly Maricel over to Phuket and meet her there again.
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9th May 2011 #16
Hello Jamesey and anyone willing to book up now,
Have a look on Malaysia airlines website they have a sale on at the moment. some flights are £1 excluding taxes. though i can not see 2 of those flights together be quick as these sell out quickly!! October 5 to 26 is £571. might be worth a shout. Great airline by the way, flown with them twice before.
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12th May 2011 #17
look on the airline website as some have sales which you wont find on comparison sites
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Yes, but it must have been pretty cramped in that carry-on bag.
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24th June 2011 #22
he cant book a flight and were planning to get marry here in august...cause the fares were all high cost..can u give me some link that might help him to get the cheapest price??thanxx and have a good day to everyone!!
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8th July 2011 #23
I've been looking at flights for July/aug and on emirates they have shot up to nearly £1195 return which is a significant increase.
I'd be happy to also know. If anyone sees any deals but being uk holiday it's going to be expensive for a while!
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9th July 2011 #24
I'm a great "advocate" of Singapore Airlines. However, Myrna's niece's husband and their elder daughter (18) will be flying to Davao from Newcastle next Friday for 6 weeks. Apparently the total fare would've cost £2K Return between the two of them with SA ... so, instead, they'll be travelling via Dubai en route with 'Emirates' I don't know how much less they're paying - Myrna didn't ask - but I reckon it must be quite a whack!
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'Dial-a Flight' and 'Flightbookers' are usually pretty good.
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Sept I know but
Etihad 05 Sep 2011 - 30 Nov 2011 £523 30kg baggage book by 14 July
http://www.pic-uk.com/en/component/o...112/Itemid,37/
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Try Ebookers.com, they have flights with Etihad for £608 flying on 8th to 24th august or £633 on 6th to 24th august or £649 on 8th to 31st august. Most of the time i have found ebookers the cheapest, try calling them they might be able to sort out an even better deal,thats what i have done in the past..
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9th July 2011 #28
i use skyscanner first then work on there price
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I usually check direct with my airlines of choice first.
Then Skyscanner
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9th July 2011 #30
great minds think alike there terpe, yes one of us may be back to front but we get there
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