cost of flights from UK to Bangkok

Post by **lockwood74** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 7:02 pm

The cost of flights for this Christmas seems to have gone up a lot from last year.

Does anyone know of an agent that can achieve budget prices ?????

Regards John

Post by **lindosfan1** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 7:21 pm

why use an agent scanning the internet gets better results expedia will gibve you an idea of current price then check the airlines quite often the price I find there is cheaper

Post by **lockwood74** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 7:25 pm

Thanks for that

hen I said agent , I meant all of the search companies on the internet, as aposed to dealing directly with the airline , whick is usually more expensive

Post by **niggle** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 8:27 pm

I always use search engines - never found an agent that can do it cheaper yet.
And dear Mr Brown is raising taxes on flights again in this years budget

Post by **Big Boy** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 8:43 pm

If your dates around Christmas are flexible, I find using a company such as Last Minute . Com (working very slow today) very useful. They will display their best prices over a 1 week period each way. You can drill down to see if the flight suits you.

Once you have identified something reasonable/acceptable, you can then search for the same flights with your favourite agent(s). It certainly saves the hassle of numerous searches with each agent.

edit: should have said, you get the period display by hitting the flexibility option.

Post by **Big Boy** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 8:54 pm

I've just tried the above, and used 22 Dec to 12 Jan (totally random dates) and flights were still available as cheap as Â£538.34. There were also a few for Â£550.

Sounds quite reasonable to me for Christmas.

Post by **hulltoon** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 11:04 pm

www lastminute.com is the best,book it three days before you want to fly you will get it alot cheaper,thats if you are able to do that.

JW · Post by JW » Mon Mar 10, 2008 12:04 am

Try trailfinders, i used them every time, got a good price and excellent service.

Post by **Big Boy** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 4:18 am

hulltoon wrote:www lastminute.com is the best,book it three days before you want to fly you will get it alot cheaper,thats if you are able to do that.

Last year, 3 of flew out to Thailand for Â£1054 total after booking with Last Minute. Within 2 weeks, the cost had doubled, and a few days before we flew the same flight was over Â£1200 per head.

I don't believe leaving until 3 days before you wanted to fly at Christmas would work. Maybe if you wanted to fly a very unfashionable airline at the bottom of the close season, you may get away with a last minute booking at a budget price.

Booking very early is the key.

Post by **chelsea** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 5:55 am

Lockwood, coupled with the rising cost of fuel and the fact that you want to travel in the highest priced travel season, that is why you cannot get cheap prices.
You will find this happening in any holiday season, any school holiday period etc.

Most travel companys and airlines have little or no cheap seats available in those periods as they can fill the seats without having to offer any cheap prices.
As previously suggested just shop around on the internet and see what you can find, and try places like the Flight Centre, Trailfinders and also enrol with the major airlines for their monthly specials etc.

Post by **hulltoon** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 1:55 pm

BIG BOY, i booked flights three times last year and every time i would go on to lastminute three weeks before i intented to fly and see what they were quoting and book three days before,first time i got Emirates 1060 dollars they were quoting14000, at xmass flight centre said i would not get a flight less than 2300 ,three days before 15th i got it for 1440 lastminute with Thai airways.i am coming back shortly checking lastminute now and they are quoting 1260 for April i will wait three days again and i know i will get it for just over a 1000

Post by **Big Boy** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:18 pm

Its obviously your choice, but personally I would consider it a very high risk strategy, and I honestly believe you've been very lucky until now.

I wish you continued luck in the future - late booking has never worked for me during busy periods.

Post by **STEVE G** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:47 pm

Try ebookers.com as well.

Post by **caller** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 7:57 pm

I think if you're travelling alone, it's easier to get late(r) deals. I have in the past. Never left it till 2/3 days though.

Post by **Firkin** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 8:23 pm

I suppose it all depends on the dates you are visiting.

We have booked to arrive early December and the prices were reasonable. But our friends who are joining us mid December the price has doubled.

We booked through Trailfinders. Found them very helpful and they will search all the options for you.

If you are flexible with your dates then why not arrive earlier and make the most of being in Hua Hin

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