i usually fly from belfast - uk twice per year, usually i pay between 500-600 gbp for flights only , usually with etihad and more recently with air india and jet. now though in the last few months i cannot get anything for over xmas period or even march untill may 2011 from under 680 gbp , seems airport taxes and fuel charges are going through the roof, wont be too long now untill prices hit around the 1000 mark on average. i was browsing internet sites i.e opod/ netflights etc and it seems they are all a rip off , phoning a few flight specialists in belfast i got cheaper flights from them than any of the so called cheap internet sites, so anyone know who are doing deals around xmas or songkran march - may 2011.

p.s southalltravel were allways recommended on tv but i checked them out and the cheapest they could do me a ticket in march 2011 was for 760 gbp.

thanks

westeast travel can be good and netflights often have some good deals. i usually take a glance of info on travel supermarket as an indicator. you are booking a bit early for some of the discounts to kick in. oman air can be good value now but long flight. you could always try air asia via kuala lumpur from stanstead.

Your looking at high season so you've got to be prepared to pay a higher fare.

Try TRAVELSUPERMARKET.COM

They do all the searching for you...save's time. If your prepared to fly with an Indian Carrier then Jet Airways or Air India are an option.

I always found the agents on Teletext were cheaper than internet or going direct,,,,not sure now but worth a look as all the numbers were either freephone or local rate.

Southall travel are ok, you should try their other company who might give you a better price, cheapticket.co.uk they found me a good deal of 488 but long lay over,15 hours, in Delhi. Also try STA travel and Dreamworld, here you have to phone they based in Ealing. I also checked out safety records of carriers, Kingfisher who I came with in the top 10, Air India who someone named are in the bottom 10. If you are thinking of using Stanstead remember its out of town and not always easy to get to, dont rely on Stanstead Express, have a back up plan.

Southall travel are ok, you should try their other company who might give you a better price, cheapticket.co.uk they found me a good deal of 488 but long lay over,15 hours, in Delhi. Also try STA travel and Dreamworld, here you have to phone they based in Ealing. I also checked out safety records of carriers, Kingfisher who I came with in the top 10, Air India who someone named are in the bottom 10. If you are thinking of using Stanstead remember its out of town and not always easy to get to, dont rely on Stanstead Express, have a back up plan.

skyscanner.net gives you a good starting point, I've found.

time before last i used them and got £394 from heathrow on jet airways, but that was mid january, last time, in mid may southall travel on kingfisher £382.

As for the back up plan for stanstead, i agree, stanstead express can go down if the 'wrong type of leaves' thing happens, back up plan is a coach from liverpool street station,or, better (because it's away from the horrendous city of london traffic) is tube to stratford and coach from there, runs every 20 minutes or so and is £8 buy a ticket from the driver

westeast travel can be good and netflights often have some good deals. i usually take a glance of info on travel supermarket as an indicator. you are booking a bit early for some of the discounts to kick in. oman air can be good value now but long flight. you could always try air asia via kuala lumpur from stanstead.

hi ,

i was told by a travel agent here in uk that it was allways better to book early for scheduled flights .. can anyone else shed some light on this ??

I'll second westeast travel. I think they're Thais living and working in the UK. I only ever fly direct but I'm sure they also have good deals (go to the promotions page) with a stopover. Good luck.

I've always, when booking out of the UK, had good experience with Trailfinders.

As some said though, you're trying to book high season and lucky to get quotes as low as you are. April 2005 I was looking at flight costs to Thailand and thought I'd just scope out a Christmas deal. I was getting quotes 1000 GBP then, but as I wasn't serious I never tried any further.

I'll second westeast travel. I think they're Thais living and working in the UK. I only ever fly direct but I'm sure they also have good deals (go to the promotions page) with a stopover. Good luck.

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