Travel from UK to NZ Christchurch
My son graduated here in the UK in summer 2002 and since August has been working/travelling in NZ - hopefully for a year - and has already made friends with several Kiwis. My wife and I would like to see him in South Island around the Christmas/New Year period. He's currently in Queenstown so we would look for flights to Christchurch I think. Would any kind soul like to suggest best way of obtaining cheap flights and what would be the best stopovers, perhaps - seems Singapore may be best?
Many thanks Chris and Jane :) |
Re: Travel from UK to NZ Christchurch
On Sun, 20 Oct 2002 09:38:53 +0000, chris rivers
wrote: >My son graduated here in the UK in summer 2002 and since August has been >working/travelling in NZ - hopefully for a year - and has already made >friends with several Kiwis. My wife and I would like to see him in South >Island around the Christmas/New Year period. He's currently in >Queenstown so we would look for flights to Christchurch I think. Would >any kind soul like to suggest best way of obtaining cheap flights and >what would be the best stopovers, perhaps - seems Singapore may be best? >Many thanks >Chris and Jane The Christmas/NY period is the worst time to travel as it is high season ie: high prices. Many flights are booked out months in advance. You may want to check with a local travel agency or phone the airlines directly. Try the airlines' websites ie: United, Air NZ, Singapore, Qantas etc. Hopefully someone may be able to post some urls to online booking services that offer reduced prices in the UK. Cath >-- |
Re: Travel from UK to NZ Christchurch
Originally posted by Cath: On Sun, 20 Oct 2002 09:38:53 +0000, chris rivers wrote: >My son graduated here in the UK in summer 2002 and since August has been >working/travelling in NZ - hopefully for a year - and has already made >friends with several Kiwis. My wife and I would like to see him in South >Island around the Christmas/New Year period. He's currently in >Queenstown so we would look for flights to Christchurch I think. Would >any kind soul like to suggest best way of obtaining cheap flights and >what would be the best stopovers, perhaps - seems Singapore may be best? >Many thanks >Chris and Jane The Christmas/NY period is the worst time to travel as it is high season ie: high prices. Many flights are booked out months in advance. You may want to check with a local travel agency or phone the airlines directly. Try the airlines' websites ie: United, Air NZ, Singapore, Qantas etc. Hopefully someone may be able to post some urls to online booking services that offer reduced prices in the UK. Cath >-- Hi there, Try www.ebookers.com they have the best deals as far as I can find so far. Cheers Pippa xx |
Re: Travel from UK to NZ Christchurch
in article [email protected], chris rivers at
[email protected] wrote on 20/10/02 10:38 PM: > My son graduated here in the UK in summer 2002 and since August has been > working/travelling in NZ - hopefully for a year - and has already made > friends with several Kiwis. My wife and I would like to see him in South > Island around the Christmas/New Year period. He's currently in > Queenstown so we would look for flights to Christchurch I think. Would > any kind soul like to suggest best way of obtaining cheap flights and > what would be the best stopovers, perhaps - seems Singapore may be best? > Many thanks > Chris and Jane > :) > -- There may be more choice of airlines flying into SYD eg KLM, Thai, MAS etc - then there are 2 or 3 flights daily SYD-CHC with each of the major carriers (QF for One World & AirNZ for Star Alliance). SIA stopped its direct SIN-CHC service but may reinstate it for this summer. Japan might be another possible routing as there are 2 or 3 direct flights per week from Japan into CHC. Vicki |
Re: Travel from UK to NZ Christchurch
Chris,
If you are looking for a cheap stop over then I'd make it Bangkok instead of Singapore. I found a rasonable budget hotel in Singapore cost around $130 per night for a double room but in Bangkok (with breakfast included) it was $32. Regards Tom "chris rivers" wrote in message news:449157.1035106733@britishexpats- .com... > My son graduated here in the UK in summer 2002 and since August has been > working/travelling in NZ - hopefully for a year - and has already made > friends with several Kiwis. My wife and I would like to see him in South > Island around the Christmas/New Year period. He's currently in > Queenstown so we would look for flights to Christchurch I think. Would > any kind soul like to suggest best way of obtaining cheap flights and > what would be the best stopovers, perhaps - seems Singapore may be best? > Many thanks > Chris and Jane > :) > -- |
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