Direct Flights from Heathrow

[socrates]

I 'MAY' have the opportunity to return to Pattaya towards the end of this month - I only got back on 2nd July.

 

I have been scanning flights over the last 5 or 6 days - they vary between:

 

£840 - £1250 the latter being Qantas and BA

 

the £840 fares are now unavailable and its only £1250 economy fares

 

I looked at flying indirectly but upgrading to Premium Economy:

 

Air France has decent flying times 13.5 hours going and 15 hours returning for around £1250

 

My real question is:

 

Can cheaper flights be found by travelling with one airline and returning with another - Travel Supermarket do not really seem to be the cheapest option these days.

 

I can travel from 26th onwards and return around 21st August

 

Any other tips?

[ljc]

I 'MAY' have the opportunity to return to Pattaya towards the end of this month - I only got back on 2nd July.

 

I have been scanning flights over the last 5 or 6 days - they vary between:

 

£840 - £1250 the latter being Qantas and BA

 

the £840 fares are now unavailable and its only £1250 economy fares

 

I looked at flying indirectly but upgrading to Premium Economy:

 

Air France has decent flying times 13.5 hours going and 15 hours returning for around £1250

 

My real question is:

 

Can cheaper flights be found by travelling with one airline and returning with another - Travel Supermarket do not really seem to be the cheapest option these days.

 

I can travel from 26th onwards and return around 21st August

 

Any other tips?

get with etihad and have a changeover,2 hours tops with them great airline as well.

[socrates]

get with etihad and have a changeover,2 hours tops with them great airline as well.

 

around £1000 - not really that cheap for economy and indirect - but I agree a great airline I flew to Dubai with them couple of years ago

[7-Eleven]

Too short notice to get anything like a decent price IMO.

 

You never know though, keep hunting.

[socrates]

There are so many sites but there is not really one that I know of that is really hitting the spot - they seem to be affiliated to certain airlines or the like - so you never get a true search.

 

I might have to end up paying Eva £1250 for a direct flight but get to travel Premium Economy - who knows?

[7-Eleven]

There are so many sites but there is not really one that I know of that is really hitting the spot - they seem to be affiliated to certain airlines or the like - so you never get a true search.

 

I might have to end up paying Eva £1250 for a direct flight but get to travel Premium Economy - who knows?

 

While I was searching your dates I found Thai for about 900... I thought that it would be too expensive so didnt mention it but as your considering 1250 for EVA it might be worth a look.

 

www.kayak.co.uk

 

Edited to add: If I were you I would take an indirect flight and save a whole load of cash.

[socrates]

While I was searching your dates I found Thai for about 900... I thought that it would be too expensive so didnt mention it but as your considering 1250 for EVA it might be worth a look.

 

www.kayak.co.uk

 

Edited to add: If I were you I would take an indirect flight and save a whole load of cash.

 

Link for that please as I looked on Kayak and it does not come up

[7-Eleven]

Link for that please as I looked on Kayak and it does not come up

 

Link

[socrates]

Link

 

I cannot see a fare for £900 - I might be missing something

[Soi Six Snatch Sniffer]

I 'MAY' have the opportunity to return to Pattaya towards the end of this month - I only got back on 2nd July.

 

I have been scanning flights over the last 5 or 6 days - they vary between:

 

£840 - £1250 the latter being Qantas and BA

 

the £840 fares are now unavailable and its only £1250 economy fares

 

I looked at flying indirectly but upgrading to Premium Economy:

 

Air France has decent flying times 13.5 hours going and 15 hours returning for around £1250

 

My real question is:

 

Can cheaper flights be found by travelling with one airline and returning with another - Travel Supermarket do not really seem to be the cheapest option these days.

 

I can travel from 26th onwards and return around 21st August

 

Any other tips?

the best tip i could give anyone about flying is never fly with british airways, ever!! another tip, jet airways are a fantastic airline and are often the cheapest. hope this helps

[7-Eleven]

I cannot see a fare for £900 - I might be missing something

 

This is what I get when I follow the link...

 

 

Try opening the link in a different browser.

[socrates]

This is what I get when I follow the link...

 

 

Try opening the link in a different browser.

 

It worked in a different browser - these sites are not consistent

[jay71]

I 'MAY' have the opportunity to return to Pattaya towards the end of this month - I only got back on 2nd July.

 

I have been scanning flights over the last 5 or 6 days - they vary between:

 

£840 - £1250 the latter being Qantas and BA

 

the £840 fares are now unavailable and its only £1250 economy fares

 

I looked at flying indirectly but upgrading to Premium Economy:

 

Air France has decent flying times 13.5 hours going and 15 hours returning for around £1250

 

My real question is:

 

Can cheaper flights be found by travelling with one airline and returning with another - Travel Supermarket do not really seem to be the cheapest option these days.

 

I can travel from 26th onwards and return around 21st August

 

Any other tips?

 

 

Hi there I work for Netflights in the UK and doing 2 o-way tickets will work out a lot more unfortunately your travel dates are last minute and coincide with the kids breaking up flight prices start to drop on the 10th of August. Unfortunately I am in the same boat and ended up booking a o-way with ethiad as I am moving there cost me £550 I normally pay less than than return!!

[7-Eleven]

It worked in a different browser - these sites are not consistent

 

When you think of how many queries they handle every minute its not surprising.

 

So did you book it?

[socrates]

When you think of how many queries they handle every minute its not surprising.

 

So did you book it?

 

It redirects to Opodo and that fare does not exist!

Edited July 15, 2011 by socrates

[Ginzastreet]

Kingfisher indirect for £754.00 a few others well under what you have quoted.

 

I booked through these for my trip later this year.

Hope this helps you buddy

http://www.southalltravel.co.uk

[Ginzastreet]

Sorry buddy i didnt read for post properly.... my post was an in direct flight. apologies

[socrates]

Kingfisher indirect for £754.00 a few others well under what you have quoted.

 

I booked through these for my trip later this year.

Hope this helps you buddy

http://www.southalltravel.co.uk

 

I refuse to go indirect - sorry mate I have trouble enough with the 11 hour flight and do not even start me on the return flight

[7-Eleven]

It redirects to Opodo and that fare does not exist!

 

Thats a shame, all the seats at that price must have sold.

 

Have had some good deals through Kayak in the past.

[socrates]

Thats a shame, all the seats at that price must have sold.

 

Have had some good deals through Kayak in the past.

 

To be honest I think Kayak headline some good deals but in most cases they do not exist - still searching...

[jojo90]

I don't know if this is any help.... but I've been checking daily for a while and picked up a direct return flight (Thai Airways) in August £589 all inc from lastminute.com (via skyscanner) 2 days ago.

 

Prices do change regularly.. but you will be hard pressed to find a cheap one this close. I sometimes find selecting inbound/outbound on odd days gets a good price. My flight, for example, departs on a Thursday and returns Sunday. Most would either leave late Friday, early Saturday, and return on the Saturday over the Sunday (I assume).

Edited July 15, 2011 by jojo90

[chivas]

Bite the bullet and pay £5-600 less than your £1250 by using an indirect carrier.

 

Unless you're minted for the life of me I couldn't anyone who pays that much extra on a "short trip flyer"

 

Even at a low exchange rate 30,000 baht extra buys a lot of coolies and girls......

[socrates]

Finally booked on Thai Airways 30.7 - 24.8 - £900 - this is the only opportunity I will get to go between now and December - so it was do or die.

 

The choice was stay in London whilst the kids are away with the ex-wife or go to Pattaya - hmmm decisions decisions!

 

I hear what people are saying about indirect flights but I looked at the flight times and to save a couple of hundred pounds was just not worth it - especially on the flight back.

 

One tip that I have and this may be coincidence - direct flight prices seem to get cheaper from Thursday to Saturday/Sunday - on the search engines - but this is for late bookings only - I may or may not be right but I have been scanning these sites for 10 days straight.

[Pokeris]

Anybody knows why the tickets to los from london is so expensive now? when the price will going down on tickets?

[dontpanic]

Fly to Ireland and pick up a flight with Etihad, doing some great deals over the next week http://www.etihadairways.com/sites/Etihad/ie/en/home/Pages/sales.aspx