splitting flight tickets?
Oct 21st 2011, 3:51 am
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splitting flight tickets?
hi, may need to pop to uk for a week or so, bad family news...
is it cheaper to split tickets like the trains, or is it not worth the hassle (or is it not possible)?
is it cheaper to split tickets like the trains, or is it not worth the hassle (or is it not possible)?
Oct 21st 2011, 7:02 pm
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Re: splitting flight tickets?
dont know what you mean by splitting tickets ???
Oct 21st 2011, 7:33 pm
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Re: splitting flight tickets?
its often cheaper to split your train tickets, say buy a return birmimgham to bristol and then bristol to exeter than a straight brum to exeter
i doubt the same works with airlines, it would cause headaches with baggage and checking in, plus i dont think i can buy tickets for a return in a country i dont live...
anyway i'm on the search for some reasonable flight tickets... seems 2200 bucks is about the cheapest i can get auckland-london
i doubt the same works with airlines, it would cause headaches with baggage and checking in, plus i dont think i can buy tickets for a return in a country i dont live...
anyway i'm on the search for some reasonable flight tickets... seems 2200 bucks is about the cheapest i can get auckland-london
Oct 21st 2011, 8:30 pm
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Re: splitting flight tickets?
Take a look at Korean Airlines I am hearing some ok things about them
Oct 21st 2011, 11:33 pm
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Re: splitting flight tickets?
had a look, ok prices... thai airways coming out the cheapest... anyone used them?
Oct 23rd 2011, 8:38 pm
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Re: splitting flight tickets?
A nephew used them a year or 18months ago - he was planning to stop in Thailand anyway- I think it was ok, If I recall correctly the only 'complaint' he had was that on one of the legs the plane hadn't been refitted with seat-back screens.
Re your original question, my wife flew out from the UK to NZ via a Brisbane stopover for a couple of weeks, she flew Singapore to Brisbane then AirNZ to Rotorua via Wellington. Though I think if you're flying from/to major centres as oppposed to regional airports a single carrier is cheaper. Of course there's always the possibility of missing a connection with seperate tickets and having to buy a new ticket for your onward flight (which wasn't an issue with a two week stopover).
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Re your original question, my wife flew out from the UK to NZ via a Brisbane stopover for a couple of weeks, she flew Singapore to Brisbane then AirNZ to Rotorua via Wellington. Though I think if you're flying from/to major centres as oppposed to regional airports a single carrier is cheaper. Of course there's always the possibility of missing a connection with seperate tickets and having to buy a new ticket for your onward flight (which wasn't an issue with a two week stopover).
John.
Oct 24th 2011, 9:15 am
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Re: splitting flight tickets?
$2200 is about the best you can expect, sure someone will tell you that they got cheaper but when you gotta go, you just gotta go. Every time we've looked I have not seen anything better than $2200 and if there is, there's some awkward conditions attached. Last time I looked Royal Brunei was the cheapest but going with them is not entirely without issues, it's a long flight, no alcohol and poor entertainment. They do throw in free stopovers though, usually they're offering a hotel day room for a sleep and a shower or something.
Oct 25th 2011, 7:55 am
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Re: splitting flight tickets?
I hear AirAsia have good prices Christchurch to Heathrow, check them out!!
