Urgent-i Need Your Help....NEW UPDATE POST 78-RE-MY NAN'S APPT...

[Belle68]

Michelle sending you and lots of to you and all your family. I will PM you later but please dont worry about replying as I Know how hectic and worrying things must be for you

 

[Snowy-girls]

Claire sending you some

I think Ryanair fly to Knock but from Stansted


Yes I just checked the Ryanair site and they do, could he fly from Stansted?

Hi,Thanks for your wishes,
There's been a recent update/change of plan.
He's going from Heathrow to Dublin,Dublin to Sligo-he will be picked up from the airport by car.
The are going by train to Heathrow.Apparantly this is the best route now as his sister has been moved to a different hospital.x.

 

[The Fetherstons]

Thinking of you all Michelle, thanks for keeping us updated, take care

 

[wicket2005]

Thinking of you.

 

[wayneg]

Thank you Wayne,much apreciated.

2 adults return(around the 7th/8th Aug) or one way(who knows how long she can hold on for)this is where i can't be specific)
Heathrow to Dublin, Dublin to Sligo.
Fri afternoon(nan has hospital appointment 9am fri-don't know if Fri is poss)
or
Sat afternoon.

I have found Sat Heathrow2Dublin £307 each.BMI.
Dublin to Sligo-150.00 euros for both of them.Aer arann.
.x.


ETA-prices since yesterday have gone right up now on the heathrow to Dublin route.x.

Only had time to look at Heathrow-Dublin, wish I had more time to help. Just on my way to do deliveries, banks, accountants and last minute shopping before our trip.
Don't know times of Dublin-Sligo so these might be wrong times.

Orbitz.com One way Saturday $217pp(£110) incl BMI. Doing it this way stay as long as they want, flights back to Heathrow work out cheaper eg Sat 9th $136pp(£67)

BMI rould trip on their own site £181 but you can view 14 days at a time some days are cheaper. Not seen anything like £307, where was that?
Would be easier if I had time to read the thread and get better idea of your situation but try Orbitz they have been doing good prices this year for me, better than direct with the airlines.

Good luck.

 

[Snowy-girls]

Thanks so much Wayne,will have a nosey now.
Wayne,if it's not to much trouble can you post the link to where you saw BMI-£181-i keep coming up with this £307 figure.x.
By the way there connecting flight Dublin-to Sligo leaves Dublin at 4-30pm-so they must be to Dublin with time to change to get that flight-as that's the last flight out of Dublin with them.x.

 

[Pinky166]

Hi Michelle....sorry I haven't been on this morning - well I was at 4.30am but that's another story!

Have you managed to find the flights at the price Wayne listed? Let me know if you need any more help.

 

[Snowy-girls]

Hi Michelle....sorry I haven't been on this morning - well I was at 4.30am but that's another story!

Have you managed to find the flights at the price Wayne listed? Let me know if you need any more help.

4-30am-yikes,i thought me being on the flight pages at 5-30am was early.

I cannot find the BMI for £181 he is mentioning-i have been trying ever since he posted+no luck-still only finding the really expensive one i found.
Since then i have found a cheaper flight from Gatwick-Dublin for £294 going Sat afternoon return for them both-(i think that was with aer lingus-i can't remember off hand,i have bits of paper+prices+flights+times everywhere)-which is cheaper than Heathrow to Dublin.x.

 

[Pinky166]

I've just had a look at orbitz.com which is where Wayne posted his flights from....but they all appear to be either depart at 6am which would mean your nan & grandad would land a t 7.30am and have to wait all day until the 5pm flight to Sligo or they don't land until 5pm which is no good....I also can't find the price Wayne quoted. The cheapest I found was $267 + $164 taxes = $431 per person.

I will have a look at a few others and get back to you in a minute.

 

[Snowy-girls]

Thanks Claire,i know i was'nt all that specific with Wayne,i forgot to say that Nan+Grandad would only be able to manage an early afternoon flight because of having to go by train to the airport.
I know when they went recently to Gatwick airport it took them about 2-3 hours(mainly becuase of nan's knee-she had a dodgy knee replacement done in Brussels+then had it re-done here last year-but still not good).I would'nt know how long it would take them to get to Heathrow.So early morning flights are not good.x.

Also with orbitz-it's in $$ will i be charged even more money to use my debit card to convert to pounds-if i was to use them?.x.

 

[Pinky166]

The best I have found is: www.ryanair.com

Gatwick to Dublin - depart at 1.30pm land 2.45pm on Sat 2nd aug = £21.99+tax!!!!!!

Returning Sat 9th to gatwick (several times to choose from, I selected 2pm arriving at 3.20pm. Free return flight - only taxes to pay!

Unfortunately the booking part of their website is temporarily offline for maintenence so I can't tell you how much the taxes will be but it won't be too much!

I've got to go out for a while but will be back in a few hours so will check again for you. x

 

[Snowy-girls]

Claire,THANK YOU that sounds great,i looked and taxes worked out to be £53-26,and taxes on the free flight is £19-98.So total is £117.22 .But that does'nt include the approx 150 euros for the Dublin to Sligo flight-how does Euro's work out??.

Also the connecting Dublin flight is at 4-30pm,how long do they have to be in the airport to check in etc..to make this flight.The Gatwick to Dublin i picked was 1-30pm-2.45pm arrive.Does that leave them long enough as i don't know how that works???.Or would they be better tring to make the earlier filght at?.x.

ETA-how do i go about insurance,they always go with either AA or RAC as they do a great deal for Nan-because of her age+her problems,knee replacement,mild heart attack,strokes etc..But if they go say within 24-48hours of receiveing that phone call,how do they get there insurance papers(last time they took 5 days to come thru the post).x.

 

[wayneg]

The flights I saw earlier have now gone, Ebookers have lots of Aerlingus at £193 return all times of day(some cheaper but didn't see a good time), one gets into Dublin at 2:40pm on Sat 2nd Aug. return Sat 9th or Fri 8th a few £ more.
Flights constantly change, you can look 3 times a day and get 3 different results, Its just a matter of keep searching until the right ones are there for you.
Orbitz.com and Kayak.co.uk are the best 2 for you to keep looking at as they search multiple airlines, Travelsupermarket.com also but hey have not been as good recenty.
Back to packing now

 

[Pinky166]

Claire,THANK YOU that sounds great,i looked and taxes worked out to be £53-26,and taxes on the free flight is £19-98.So total is £117.22 .But that does'nt include the approx 150 euros for the Dublin to Sligo flight-how does Euro's work out??.

Also the connecting Dublin flight is at 4-30pm,how long do they have to be in the airport to check in etc..to make this flight.The Gatwick to Dublin i picked was 1-30pm-2.45pm arrive.Does that leave them long enough as i don't know how that works???.Or would they be better tring to make the earlier filght at?.x.

ETA-how do i go about insurance,they always go with either AA or RAC as they do a great deal for Nan-because of her age+her problems,knee replacement,mild heart attack,strokes etc..But if they go say within 24-48hours of receiveing that phone call,how do they get there insurance papers(last time they took 5 days to come thru the post).x.

No worries.
I don't think you will get cheaper than the ryanair one's I found earlier, I have had another look but nothing close to that price.
150 euro's is approx £120 at todays exchange rate.

I would think the connecting flight times would be ok providing there is no delay....if they can make the earlier flight then it would be less of a rush for them and they would definately have enough time.

With the insurance just ring up whoever they want to use (aa or rac) and you can specify when you want the insurance to start from, so saturday....then all they need to get from them is the policy number and the emergency telephone number should anything happen and they need to use it. HTH. x

 

[Snowy-girls]

Thanks Wayne,have looked at both sites and the ones Claire found with ryanair seem to be the best deal at the moment.Thanks for popping on to help me+i hope you have a wonderful holiday.x.

 

[Snowy-girls]

Thanks again Claire-you have been a great help+it has all been much appreciated .Will post a small update now.x.

 

[Snowy-girls]

Once again thanks for everyones help+best wishes,all very much appreciated.

*****UPDATE*****

I have spoken not long ago to my Grandad,the plan is---(and i feel bad saying this because of everyone,especially poor Claire wanting to help me asap)---my Grandad is not going to go+see his Sister,he wants to remember her how she was at the beginning of June when he went over there for the big family reunion(which was organised because of her treatment not going to well).It is a difficult decision he has made(i know this as he helped me make the decision with my Sister)but he knows it's for the best+he also has my Nan to think about-which is understandable.

He is however going to wait for the 'unhappy' phonecall to say she has passed on+then it will be all systems go for me finding him a flight ASAP,So Claire all your hard work searching for me HAS paid off,as at least i know where to start now+if i get stuck-can i still give you a shout??.x.

 

[Pinky166]

Ok Michelle, no probs. I understand your grandads decision.

Feel free to PM me if you need help finding flights when the unfortunate time comes.

 

[natalielongstaff]

-my Grandad is not going to go+see his Sister,he wants to remember her how she was at the beginning of June when he went over there for the big family reunion

i can totally understand that

 

[CHEK]

Hi Michelle, I've only just read this thread as I didn't log on last night, so sorry to hear of all your worries, but I understand your Grandad's decision. Hope your ok