Flight Costs

[neilf]

2 friends of mine are looking to fly from heathrow to bkk for about 2 weeks starting around about 23rd decemberhaving tried all the usual uk agents the best price for direct flights they are being offered is 1300 pounds each. 3rd year of a world recession i would have thought a lot cheaper-------------how can that help a high seasonoh yes best non-direct was 1000

[loong]

Flying the day before Christmas eve doesn't help.

Try Kayak, they can get you better deals

http://www.kayak.co.uk/r/N9XCk9

Flying out a few days earlier and you can get a flight for 683 Pounds return

http://www.kayak.co.uk/r/N5I4rM

Try a few combinations

Edit, of course they are not direct flights, but when you are saving so much for bit of inconvenience, you have to weigh up what you really want.

Edited November 20, 2010 by loong

[Jiu-Jitsu]

Are you thinking that the Thai government fix the price of airline flights from the UK?? That is the super peak period for the airlines.

Perhaps you can wait to see if the airlines will drop the prices if seats remain unsold. I wouldn't count on it.

Seriously, forget about it. They should have booked those dates months ago in order to secure lower prices.

[loong]

http://www.kayak.co.uk/r/PuNJFm

British airways are a little cheaper at 1192 Pounds on the 23rd Dec for a direct flight

Quantas about 1200 Pounds

Edited November 20, 2010 by loong

[Jiu-Jitsu]

Flying the day before Christmas eve doesn't help.

Try Kayak, they can get you better deals

http://www.kayak.co.uk/r/N9XCk9

Flying out a few days earlier and you can get a flight for 683 Pounds return

http://www.kayak.co.uk/r/N5I4rM

Try a few combinations

Edit, of course they are not direct flights, but when you are saving so much for bity of inconvenience, you have to weigh up what you really want.

Those Air India flights on Kayak don't actually exist.

[Jiu-Jitsu]

if the fly out on the 24th(arr. in BKK at 8am on Christmas Day and leave on the 6th, they can fly with Emirates for £762. Think quickly.

Returning the 5th and 7th for £800. Good airline. 2.5 hr to 3.5hr stopovers.

Edited November 20, 2010 by Jiu-Jitsu

[loong]

Flying the day before Christmas eve doesn't help.

Try Kayak, they can get you better deals

http://www.kayak.co.uk/r/N9XCk9

Flying out a few days earlier and you can get a flight for 683 Pounds return

http://www.kayak.co.uk/r/N5I4rM

Try a few combinations

Edit, of course they are not direct flights, but when you are saving so much for bity of inconvenience, you have to weigh up what you really want.

Those Air India flights on Kayak don't actually exist.

How do you know that they don't exist?

[Jiu-Jitsu]

Flying the day before Christmas eve doesn't help.

Try Kayak, they can get you better deals

http://www.kayak.co.uk/r/N9XCk9

Flying out a few days earlier and you can get a flight for 683 Pounds return

http://www.kayak.co.uk/r/N5I4rM

Try a few combinations

Edit, of course they are not direct flights, but when you are saving so much for bity of inconvenience, you have to weigh up what you really want.

Those Air India flights on Kayak don't actually exist.

How do you know that they don't exist?

Answer the question for yourself. Try booking them.

[chickenslegs]

If you look at ebookers.com LINK

There's a direct flight on EVA for 904 GBP (LHR 23/12/10 - BKK 13/01/11)

Still expensive, but better than the 1300 GBP you found already.

(These EVA flights were around 700 GBP when booked in June)

Edited November 20, 2010 by chickenslegs

[filingaccount]

I have noticed www.canarytravelthailand.com is able to find the cheapest deals anywhere.

Edited November 20, 2010 by filingaccount

[Jiu-Jitsu]

If you look at ebookers.com LINK

There's a direct flight on EVA for 904 GBP (LHR 23/12/10 - BKK 13/01/11)

Still expensive, but better than the 1300 GBP you found already.

(These EVA flights were around 700 GBP when booked in June)

Does that look like two weeks to you? Perhaps that will persuade them to stay an extra week.

Edited November 20, 2010 by Jiu-Jitsu

[Jiu-Jitsu]

I have noticed www.canarytravelthailand.com is able to find the cheapest deals anywhere.

Thanks, but no thanks. OP is flying from the UK. This is a Thai website. How would the OP pay for the flights?

[steve187]

lastminute.com out on 2th return 7th £746, return 8th £786, return 9th £843, return 10th £786 with emirates from london

[Jiu-Jitsu]

lastminute.com out on 2th return 7th £746, return 8th £786, return 9th £843, return 10th £786 with emirates from london

What has this to do with the OP's request to leave on the 23rd of December??

[steve187]

sorry posts are playing up this end should read 24th flying out

[steve187]

see here - www.lastminute.com/site/travel/flights/transport-calendar.html?skin=engb.lastminute.com&mondial_auto=true&DPSRT=FA&DPNOC=0&DPNOA=2&DPNOI=0&DPLOC=en_GB&DPNOS=0&DPHSI=0&date_in_month=1&DPCAL=1&DPXCP=T&DPFSI=0&DPCID=0&DPXAL=F&DPTRT=&DPSFT=&DPXTR=F&DPTTT=R&DPBFT=False&DPXCH=T&DPXMG=F&DPHEI=9&failureURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lastminute.com%2Fsite%2Ftravel%2Fflights%2Fflights-search-error.html&DPDAP=london&DPBFE=False&DPXIN=T&DPCLS=X&DPPID=0&date_out_month=12&DPFEI=9&TRANS=ViewTransportationSearchBox%2CdoFlightSpecialFaresMatrixSearch&DPSAC=C01&date_out_day=25&DPDCC=GBP&DPIDT=0001&DP1WF=0&DPFIT=&DPODT=0001&DPAAP=Bangkok+(BKK)%2C+TH&DPAIR=NONE&date_in_day=7

sorry about the length of the link

Edited November 20, 2010 by steve187

[Jiu-Jitsu]

steve187's link

Edited November 20, 2010 by Jiu-Jitsu

[IanForbes]

I just Duct tapped a flock of Canada geese together and flew across the Pacific ocean. Cost for the Duct tape was minimal. It was all that goose poop in my front yard that was the problem.

Considering the expense of fuel today and the hight cost of maintenance for aircraft and staff wages, I'm surprised at how inexpensive it is to fly. Amortized over the length of a holiday, I think it's pretty cheap to fly to Thailand.