Flights to Dublin

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What is going on with prices for these?

Tried Ryanair first, before realising I'd rather poke my eye out with a spoon. Either way despite the special offer price of 99p each for two of us with baggage it comes to £230 anyway. Not exactly cheap.

So I thought I'd check Netflights.com as I got a great deal with my last flight.

Absolute cheapest price is £435 each with Aer Lingus.

FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE POUNDS?! For a 1 hour flight?!

It only cost me 100 quid more than that to fly to Melbourne a few months ago! And thats from Birmingham, if I try and get flights from Bristol the cheapest is, wait for it..

£1135 EACH with Flybe!

Over a grand?!?!
 
Ryanair was 99p but then £5 for web check in, £15 for checked baggage and £70 for taxes and fees each... plus I'd rather drive than fly with them.

I flew to the other side of the world for 500 quid on a 5 star airline surely I can pop to Ireland with a reputable airline for a reasonable amount of money?
 
Where abouts are you flying from?
I went to Dublin about a month ago from Gatwick and it was £143.00. (no other airlines came up for Dublin from LGW) Still i had a good trip and met Chris Ewbank on the flight home :D
 
I went from Bristol to Dublin last year with ryanair, cost me 9.99 inc taxes/charges, I guess I was lucky... or they now have more charges...
 
Just tried another price comparison site and they are doing the same Aer Lingus flight Netflights wanted £435 for...

... £49.99 each including fees and taxes. That is much more like what I was expecting. Bizarre!
 
You could always fly to Belfast or Cork and get the train to Dublin. Iarnrod Eireann (National Train Carrier) are doing 10 Euro tickets when you book online. Many buses also have very reasonable rates to Dublin, J.J Kavanaghs and the AirCoach come to mind.
 
I went straight to Aer Lingus' website rather than using a search engine. Also depends what time you wanted to fly as the prices can really vary
 
I personally prefer to fly with airlines that have flights leaving from Heathrow, Stanstead is a pain for me to get to (only been once for a Ryanair flight, and missed it:()
 
Viper² said:
I drove to Dublin in the summer. Came to about £120+ petrol for a cabin, dinner and breakfast on the ferry. :D
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That would be my preferred option but the ferry alone is £230 return from Pembrooke and thats before the 500 mile round trip petrol which which is what about 75 quid?
 
Ryanair are cheap if you pick the right flights (and use an electron card/entropay). The flights tagged as "free online check-in" are also tax free, from what I've seen they're normally a round figure such as £5, £10 etc. I was looking at Ryanair flights to Dublin recently and it was around £10 return without bags.
 
Vixen said:
Ryanair are cheap if you pick the right flights (and use an electron card/entropay). The flights tagged as "free online check-in" are also tax free, from what I've seen they're normally a round figure such as £5, £10 etc. I was looking at Ryanair flights to Dublin recently and it was around £10 return without bags.
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Yes but that doesn't change the fact that you're supporting an evil souless DEVIL COMPANY :mad: :D
 
Hand luggage.

Just sent my parents to Dublin for the weekend. They took 2 hand luggage bags so nothing went in the hold, checked in online, and we got some deal on the flights. They went for £2 each person each way inclusive of all fees.

Colleague at work went a few months back for 2p each way, inclusive of taxes etc.
 
I know Liverpool to Dublin with Ryanair was cheap at one point (very cheap), that's been 8-9 months though iirc.
 
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