WELSH WISEMAN

Can Anybody Suggest Ideas For The Following?

Grayling

I always use Airline Network:

www.airline-network.co.uk

They give instant on line quotes.

Just remember that prices will vary considerably depending on what dates you travel.
If you can avoid school holiday times or around Christmas etc.

Good luck

G

CasG

I used ebookers for flight to Melbourne 10th Jan £515 one-way.
Good flight arrival times seem to be going fairly quickly though for around that time.
Cas

WELSH WISEMAN

\Thanx a lot, hoping to go in july back august but flights cannot get cheaper than £824 return perth to london.

marysidey

I have used ebookers too but try looking at the difference in flying on a week day rather than a weekend differed by £100's with singapore airlines for Brisbane next year good luck mary

Grayling

I went in June back in July this year for £495 return. Manchester to Sydney.

G

GillettFamily

We used ebookers.com in the end. We searched them all for the best flight prices Bestflights, Lees, Austravel, etc...and found that only Travelbag who are part of ebookers) and ebookers themselves came up with the best deals.

We fly 8th Dec LHR- SFO (San Francisco)-SYD for £445 +taxes
2 Adults 2 Kids (15+11) so effective 3 Adults = Total: £1859 inc taxes.

We get a free stopover in SFO ( we have to find our own acc tho) so we'll cruise around the bay under the bridge, stretch our legs, get a good nights sleep and continue refreshed!

It's easier travelling west than east timezone wise,just not as quick....25hrs in the air!

Can't wait!
Dave & Lynne

Ushas

We ended up going to ebookers.com to book our flights to Perth in Jan.

£414 each plus taxes. Came to £467 each (one way). It was a pound or so cheaper than going direct to Singapore Airlines.

Try going direct to airlines first...Emirates, Malaysian and Singapore always seem to have good prices as do Royal Brunei. But I have heard some negatives about the customer service from Royak Brunei.

Mother and father fly emirates and LOVE it. Hubby just used Singapore and had a fantastic flight. Raved about the service and staff. In fact his whole check-in experience was the easiest I have ever seen. Like flying from Bristol rather than Heathrow!

Good luck.

Monkey

In article <[email protected]> ,
member28380@british_expats.com (Ushas) wrote:

    > *Subject:* Re: Best Sites For Aussie Flight Insurance And Best Flight
    > Prices
    > *From:* Ushas <member28380@british_expats.com>
    > *Date:* Tue, 26 Oct 2004 06:42:43 +0000
    >
    >
    > > We used ebookers.com in the end. We searched them all for the best
    > > flight prices Bestflights, Lees, Austravel, etc...and found that only
    > > Travelbag who are part of ebookers) and ebookers themselves came up
    > > with the best deals.
    > >
    > > We fly 8th Dec LHR- SFO (San Francisco)-SYD for £445 +taxes
    > > 2 Adults 2 Kids (15+11) so effective 3 Adults = Total: £1859
    > > inc taxes.
    > >
    > > We get a free stopover in SFO ( we have to find our own acc tho) so
    > > we'll cruise around the bay under the bridge, stretch our legs, get a
    > > good nights sleep and continue refreshed!
    > >
    > > It's easier travelling west than east timezone wise,just not as
    > > quick....25hrs in the air!
    > >
    > > Can't wait!
    > > Dave & Lynne
    >
    > We ended up going to ebookers.com to book our flights to Perth in Jan.
    >
    > £414 each plus taxes. Came to £467 each (one way). It was a pound or so
    > cheaper than going direct to Singapore Airlines.
    >
    > Try going direct to airlines first...Emirates, Malaysian and Singapore
    > always seem to have good prices as do Royal Brunei. But I have heard
    > some negatives about the customer service from Royak Brunei.
    >
    > Mother and father fly emirates and LOVE it. Hubby just used Singapore
    > and had a fantastic flight. Raved about the service and staff. In fact
    > his whole check-in experience was the easiest I have ever seen. Like
    > flying from Bristol rather than Heathrow!
    >
    > Good luck.
    >
    > --
    > Posted via http://britishexpats.com
    >

ebookers have good prices but be careful, customer service is a little
lacking - email responses are v. slow and if you book online they won't
speak to you on the phone. This time I'm going to use
http://www.flights-international.com who are a tenner dearer but you can
talk to a real person if owt goes wrong.


--
Paul
http://www.labrose.com

GillettFamily

Paul, you must have had a bad experience. When we booked ours I did it all by phone with them so that I could customise the whole trip(ie get the extra night in SFO). They were VERY helpful and polite and very efficient getting the email confirmation to me...2 minutes on the outside!
And to top it all I never even called them...they called me! I clicked on their "Call Back" logo and the phone ran 10 seconds later!
Even better...when I had a querie over something, I emailed them back to ask the question and...get this... they called me back! Within 5 minutes!!
Then followed it up with an email which I recieved whilst I was on the phone!

Sorry about your bad experience but I can't knock them for the service they gave us.

Very good...and very cheap!

Also....we are flying United Airlines over USA and they have allowed us a total of 64kg each for luggage! (2 cases x 32 kg each) Plus two pieces for the cabin, no weight restriction as long as it fits in the lockers.

Don't know if we have that much stuff to take!!!
I pity the bell-hops in SFO!
Dave & Lynne

Only 32 days to go!!!.....

Fremantleraider

Try this one

www.austravel.co.uk

Its the one i am going to use as i am flying from Heathrow to Perth all for #376 one way

scottalison6

hi guys..we fly out with malaysian on november 30th...what about insurance??

cheers

scott

Monkey

In article <[email protected]> ,
member23659@british_expats.com (GillettFamily) wrote:

    > *Subject:* Re: Best Sites For Aussie Flight Insurance And Best Flight
    > Prices
    > *From:* GillettFamily <member23659@british_expats.com>
    > *Date:* Sat, 30 Oct 2004 20:21:00 +0000
    >
    >
    > > In article <[email protected]> ,
    > > member28380@british_expats.com (Ushas) wrote:
    > >
    > > > *Subject:* Re: Best Sites For Aussie Flight Insurance And Best
    > > > Flight
    > > > Prices
    > > > *From:* Ushas <member28380@british_expats.com>
    > > > *Date:* Tue, 26 Oct 2004 06:42:43 +0000
    > > >
    > > >
    > > > > We used ebookers.com in the end. We searched them all for the best
    > > > > flight prices Bestflights, Lees, Austravel, etc...and found that
    > > > > only
    > > > > Travelbag who are part of ebookers) and ebookers themselves came
    > > > > up
    > > > > with the best deals.
    > > > >
    > > > > We fly 8th Dec LHR- SFO (San Francisco)-SYD for £445 +taxes
    > > > > 2 Adults 2 Kids (15+11) so effective 3 Adults = Total: £1859
    > > > > inc taxes.
    > > > >
    > > > > We get a free stopover in SFO ( we have to find our own acc tho)
    > > > > so
    > > > > we'll cruise around the bay under the bridge, stretch our legs,
    > > > > get a
    > > > > good nights sleep and continue refreshed!
    > > > >
    > > > > It's easier travelling west than east timezone wise,just not as
    > > > > quick....25hrs in the air!
    > > > >
    > > > > Can't wait!
    > > > > Dave & Lynne
    > > >
    > > > We ended up going to ebookers.com to book our flights to Perth
    > > > in Jan.
    > > >
    > > > £414 each plus taxes. Came to £467 each (one way). It was a pound or
    > > > so
    > > > cheaper than going direct to Singapore Airlines.
    > > >
    > > > Try going direct to airlines first...Emirates, Malaysian and
    > > > Singapore
    > > > always seem to have good prices as do Royal Brunei. But I have heard
    > > > some negatives about the customer service from Royak Brunei.
    > > >
    > > > Mother and father fly emirates and LOVE it. Hubby just used
    > > > Singapore
    > > > and had a fantastic flight. Raved about the service and staff. In
    > > > fact
    > > > his whole check-in experience was the easiest I have ever seen. Like
    > > > flying from Bristol rather than Heathrow!
    > > >
    > > > Good luck.
    > > >
    > > > --
    > > > Posted via http://britishexpats.com
    > > >
    > >
    > > ebookers have good prices but be careful, customer service is a little
    > > lacking - email responses are v. slow and if you book online they
    > > won't
    > > speak to you on the phone. This time I'm going to use
    > > http://www.flights-international.com who are a tenner dearer but you
    > > can
    > > talk to a real person if owt goes wrong.
    > >
    > >
    > > --
    > > Paul
    > > http://www.labrose.com
    >
    > Paul, you must have had a bad experience. When we booked ours I did
    > it all by phone with them so that I could customise the whole trip(ie
    > get the extra night in SFO). They were VERY helpful and polite and
    > very efficient getting the email confirmation to me...2 minutes on
    > the outside!
    > And to top it all I never even called them...they called me! I
    > clicked on their "Call Back" logo and the phone ran 10 seconds later!
    > Even better...when I had a querie over something, I emailed them back
    > to ask the question and...get this... they called me back! Within 5
    > minutes!!
    > Then followed it up with an email which I recieved whilst I was on
    > the phone!
    >
    > Sorry about your bad experience but I can't knock them for the service
    > they gave us.
    >
    > Very good...and very cheap!
    >
    > Also....we are flying United Airlines over USA and they have allowed us
    > a total of 64kg each for luggage! (2 cases x 32 kg each) Plus two pieces
    > for the cabin, no weight restriction as long as it fits in the lockers.
    >
    > Don't know if we have that much stuff to take!!!
    > I pity the bell-hops in SFO!
    > Dave & Lynne
    >
    > Only 32 days to go!!!.....
    >
    > --
    > Posted via http://britishexpats.com
    >

Perhaps it's because I was trying to get a refund...

That baggage allowance is standard for flights through the US - not a
special ebookers thing.



--
Paul
http://www.labrose.com

GillettFamily

Good point Scott. Does anyone have any good suggestions for travel insurance? Ebookers have quoted something like £46ish for a family single trip. They seem to be the cheapest for this too but I will gladly accept looking at alternatives...
Any others worth looking at that anyone has used?

Dave & Lynne

pockygoes

We would be interested in other suggestions too - we fly to Perth in January!

thanks pockygoes