OMG Julie/August 2011 flight prices are looking horrific!!!

[sandshal]

................. OR EVEN JULY!!!!

Missed out on our August trip this year so really hoping to go back next year for 3 weeks.

BA have released their fares for the 25th July through to early August at £800or thereabouts for economy and Virgin are looking to be well over that figure if coming home on the 2nd is anything to go by.

Have 104,000 flying miles between us so may seriously consider indirect via New York ........... Does anybody have any experience of this and if so did you stay overnight and do you have any fairly inexpensive hotel suggestions?

Also keeping an eye out for codeshare flights!!!!!!!!!!!!! Come on Wayne get on it

 

[wayneg]

Also keeping an eye out for codeshare flights!!!!!!!!!!!!! Come on Wayne get on it

Been on it since I got home last Monday
Not good reading do far, early prices are crazy.

 

[cantwait!!!!!!!!!!!!]

Im looking too, booked ba as soon as the dates came out this year but they are a lot more expensive for next year, we want to go roughly 10th to 24th August

Cant remember exactly what we paid this year but im sure SSR has gone up too

 

[2Tiggies]

Have 104,000 flying miles between us so may seriously consider indirect via New York ........... Does anybody have any experience of this and if so did you stay overnight and do you have any fairly inexpensive hotel suggestions?

Continental fly to Newark and then on to MCO with no overnight. Unless you specifically wanted an overnight, in which case you will have to wait for the New York buffs to get on here.

 

[luke]

Im looking too, booked ba as soon as the dates came out this year but they are a lot more expensive for next year, we want to go roughly 10th to 24th August

Cant remember exactly what we paid this year but im sure SSR has gone up too

Yep, same nights next year at SSR that we stayed is year are a couple of hundred more.

 

[sandshal]

Continental fly to Newark and then on to MCO with no overnight. Unless you specifically wanted an overnight, in which case you will have to wait for the New York buffs to get on here.

Hi there, hoping to get two reward flights and pay for the kids with Virgin to New York, 2 nights in NY, then internals to MCO

 

[skelfbsfb]

What is a codeshare flight and how do we find these.

 

[wayneg]

What is a codeshare flight and how do we find these.

Codeshare is where you buy a seat with one airline but actually fly on another airlines plane. For example we have just been on a Delta flight but I bought a KLM ticket, it saved me approx £600pp compared to buying a Delta ticket.

Continental have a codeshare agreement with Virgin, so you can buy thru Continental.com(or other agents) but when it shows the flights available it will say something like "Continental flight 9695 operated by Virgin Atlantic Airways" Sometimes a cheaper way but not always, I just checked for next July and they were a few £ dearer for dates I checked.

 

[pigby]

Still hoping that Aer Lingus prices will be uploaded onto their website for next summer - still only going up to March

 

[heatherbelle]

Still hoping that Aer Lingus prices will be uploaded onto their website for next summer - still only going up to March

This is a new one on me, do they fly from Manchester to Ireland and then you change plane. There was a chap in our hotel who was flying home with them, they had changed his flight and he had a 10 hour stop over, but he did say they were cheap. Off to have a look at Aer Lingus website for more info.

 

[pigby]

This is a new one on me, do they fly from Manchester to Ireland and then you change plane. There was a chap in our hotel who was flying home with them, they had changed his flight and he had a 10 hour stop over, but he did say they were cheap. Off to have a look at Aer Lingus website for more info.

They have some great prices in Feb/March 2011 - Man via Dublin but havent seen anything for summer yet.

We had BA change our flight this year to LAX and we had a 24 hour stopover at Heathrow so I suppose it can happen to all airlines - it was the same flight number as Posh Spice when hers was turned back over the Atlantic recently except our experience was the month before (same reasons). Wouldnt be so keen for it to happen to us again though - lightning doesnt strike twice does it??

 

[2Tiggies]

lightning doesnt strike twice does it??

Eeesh! We're talking airlines here .... maybe best not to say it

 

[pigby]

Eeesh! We're talking airlines here .... maybe best not to say it

LOL - I did think of that as I typed it - my little joke

 

[BethEJo]

Eeeeek!! This doesn't sound good

If all goes to plan, I'll be looking for a flight to arrive in Orlando in mid-June, and to leave towards the end of August. Not looking forward to searching for that one...

 

[pigby]

Eeeeek!! This doesn't sound good

If all goes to plan, I'll be looking for a flight to arrive in Orlando in mid-June, and to leave towards the end of August. Not looking forward to searching for that one...

Wow that's a long stay- I would love to be faced with that 'dilemma' - are you working there? Can I come with you?

 

[cliveywolves]

We have never been in August before so expensive flights are new to us... May/June is normally when we go and we pay about £1100 for 2 adults and 1 D/D...

So would £2000 be a fair price or am i dreamland for Aug 2011 ???

 

[wayneg]

We have never been in August before so expensive flights are new to us... May/June is normally when we go and we pay about £1100 for 2 adults and 1 D/D...

So would £2000 be a fair price or am i dreamland for Aug 2011 ???

Prices I have seen so far would suggest you might struggle to get indirect under £2000, direct are showing around £2,500

 

[luke]

Wow! I'm kinda glad I'm not looking for next year!
Hopefully maybe something will have given by the time I can next go!

 

[cliveywolves]

Prices I have seen so far would suggest you might struggle to get indirect under £2000, direct are showing around £2,500

Cheers Wayne,

Who would you recommend looking for on indirect flights then ?
Budget is really about £2000 on flights...

 

[wayneg]

Cheers Wayne,

Who would you recommend looking for on indirect flights then ?
Budget is really about £2000 on flights...

Still a little early yet, Most companies have only released dates upto around the 9th August (return date) only BA go upto end of August.

If there are any deals around I or others will post on the boards but keep checking a few sites, travelsupermarket, Kayak, Orbitz and any others you get time to check. Good luck.