Best place for cheap flights?

Ripper · 11 May 2009 at 16:47

Looking to book a return flight to Thailand for end of July. Cheapest I could find was 680 return from Birmingham-Zurich-Bangkok, this seem expensive to anyone else? Never done anything like this before so does anyone know the best places to look for cheap flights?

MowyTone · 11 May 2009 at 16:54

I found £546 from http://www.teletextholidays.co.uk/Holidays/Flights/

thats from 31 july to 7th Aug

EDIT: that was from gatwick. Did you want to go from Birmingham?

mjt · 11 May 2009 at 16:58

you're flying in peak season and booking 2 months before departure, you'll be hard pressed to find anything under £500

remember that taxes make up most of the fare

[TW]Fox · 11 May 2009 at 16:58

I booked mine through Thomas Cook, getting them to pricematch Netflights (Who they have since bought anyway). Managed to get £560 return to Melbourne so £680 to Thailand seems very expensive!

Dinomania · 11 May 2009 at 17:01

This any good to you?

http://www.cheapflights.co.uk/flights/Bangkok/Birmingham/

cactuscake · 11 May 2009 at 17:03

www.kayak.co.uk

£435 Mahan Airlines

Outbound (Sat 25th July)
depart BHX 10:45
arrive BKK 22:30

Return (Sat 15th August)
depart BKK 07:00
arrive BHX 10:00

Rotty · 11 May 2009 at 17:04

use

www.travelsupermarket.co.uk

or

www.traveljungle.co.uk

also will prob be cheaper to use the London airports

Eva out of Heathrow are very good

howsertrading · 11 May 2009 at 17:07

Have you got any specific dates?

Abraham · 11 May 2009 at 17:08

try http://www.skyscanner.net

[TW]Fox · 11 May 2009 at 17:11

cactuscake said:
£435 Mahan Airlines

Mahan Air (Persian: هواپیمایی ماهان) is a private airline based in Tehran, Iran

Due to the sanctions imposed by the US government, Iranian airliners can only acquire airplanes which are at least seven years old

The Boeing 747 fleet they operate has an average age of 20 years :eek:

On 11 September 2007, the European Commission added Mahan Air to the list of airlines banned within the EU. [3] The ban was subject to certain limitations; for example, Mahan Air was able to operate aircraft wet-leased from other carriers provided those aircraft met EU regulations, however this ban was lifted on 25 July 2008 in view of the significant efforts and progress accomplished by this carrier, which were verified during an on site inspection in Iran.

Just how desperate are you to save money

cactuscake · 11 May 2009 at 17:12

oh

Well, Kayak post prices from just about any airline, so there are other good deals to be found there on reputable airlines as well. It's worth signing up so you can use the flexible dates option and get daily/weekly price checks by email on the specific flight dates you're aiming for.

Ripper · 11 May 2009 at 19:27

Cheers guys i'll have a look through all your suggestions after my tea

Ripper · 11 May 2009 at 20:08

We're not sure whether to stay in Thailand for our 3-4 week stay, or fly back from somewhere else. Anyone been to Vietnam, Cambodia or Malaysia? Anything/Anyone

D) worth doing there?

Bes · 11 May 2009 at 20:36

of course- all those places are worth visiting.

Scania · 11 May 2009 at 20:43

[TW]Fox;14053604 said:
The Boeing 747 fleet they operate has an average age of 20 years

Just how desperate are you to save money

Still more dangerous to travel by most other modes - statistically.

4p · 11 May 2009 at 20:47

On a similair note can anyone recomend a place for cheap flights to Amsterdam from Manchester?

EasyJet don't do it and the only one i can think of is KLM (Royal Dutch) and got flights for £119 return, mid July that was.

Furton · 11 May 2009 at 20:49

Also try opodo.co.uk

Finnair offer the fastest route from Europe to Thailand and are pretty cheap. If you do use them try and specify the A330 instead of the MD-11, much more modern plane.