I am taking my wife for her 50th. birthday for 5 nights in November. We need a nice hotel, economy flights are fine.
So looking at DIY or with a tour operator. I have done DIY loads of times elsewhere, so no problem with that.
Anybody got any recommendations on what to do? and where to get the best deals from?
Thanks a lot.
Manchester UK - NY - Cheapest Package?
Check Expedia and also check booking separately. Expedia is usually good and cheap but sometimes to get the best price the flights and/or the hotels are not the best. Not sure what you mean by ';economy flights';. Kayak.com is a good website to check for separate air and hotel. If your dates are flexible, kayak should have a chart telling you which days of the month are cheapest to fly. farecompare.com is another good site.
Manchester UK - NY - Cheapest Package?Hi McGroogle!
Kayak, as nywhiz advises is good, I have usually found KLM via amsterdam to be one of the cheapest as long as you don%26#39;t mind the stop.
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economy = cattle class ;-)
I always find that DIY is best for New York.
As Whiz says - expedia and kayak.co.uk are good places to search for flights.
Also, check out BA, Delta and Contintental%26#39;s own sites. They all fly from Manc to New York, and often have sales. You really shouldn%26#39;t be needing to pay more than 拢275 each for flights out of season. You can get them cheaper than that as well.
I know economy=coach but since most everyone flies that way, I thought there was some other meaning. ;)
I personally HATE having to make a stop or change planes when there are non-stop flights available. Before doing that, I%26#39;d rather take the train to London or elsewhere to get a nonstop flight. Invariably the luggage never makes the connection and the money you saved by taking the slow boat winds up being spent on buying new stuff until your bag reappears. I still remember the mess Ange had flying Air France (or as she calls it Air Chance)thru Paris.
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Get a nonstop flight if you can.
yeah, I%26#39;m not keen on stops. I%26#39;ll do %26#39;em if it has to be that way, but for various reasons, I don%26#39;t like %26#39;em. And as you say - baggagge, making connections etc. Don%26#39;t need the extra stress!
Anyway from Manc, there really isn%26#39;t reason to go for KLM and the like imo. Maybe a few years ago, but these days there are so many flights a week from Manchester to New York and Newark, that out of season, they all have deals on as they compete for passengers. KLM or Air France would have to be offering silly cheap flights for me to consider them.
I%26#39;m with kickice and whiz - with so many options from Manchester you%26#39;d be daft to make a stopover.
I%26#39;d be happy to take a train down there just to make a nonstop flight (and frequently fly down to Heathrow/Gatwick to pick up a nonstop)
If your dates a flexible a good site to try is www.cheapflights.co.uk which shows you offers without having to put dates in. Another one I use is dialaflight.co.uk but find that you need to call them really.
if the price is right , fly KLM/NWA via amsterdam and when u miss your connecting flight you get to have an unexpected night out in wild amsterdam, a 10euro meal voucher, plus u get to sleep in the airport on them lovely leather sunbed chair things.
the next day you get a flight to somewhere you didn%26#39;t expect to go to with an airline you didn;t book with (and NO free drinks!!!) then eventually get to your destination a day late to find that your car hire AND hotel has been cancelled due to being a no show.......
it%26#39;s all part of the holiday!!! we should know.......and we%26#39;re doing it all again in april to san fran/vegas.
nothing puts us off, gluttons for punishment ....
if only vegas had a hotel cartier we%26#39;d be happy as pigs in sh*t (literally)
I%26#39;d go with a non -stop if it was easy to get to the airport. I do however use Newcastle and Durham Tees Valley frequently for connecting flights at Heathrow ( for 10 years now)and have only once arrived without my luggage--and that was due to plane changes because of storms and delays, our luggage arrived home 2 days later. I may well have been lucky but a connection in London is normal for me.
tomthecat!
I can empathise with you! We did the Edinburgh-Amsterdam flight with KLM but it was delayed by an hour. Yes, we had to stay in one of the airport hotels. I had packed make-up, shampoo and GHD%26#39;s in my case (no you can%26#39;t get it back overnight)Had on really high boots (to match the stupidly small handbag!!)so was walking about the hotel in bare feet.
Following day, flew to Charles De Gaulle thinking our new carrier Air France were wonderful, I was able to extend my legs (34';inseam) for the 50 min flight. By contrast, when I sat down on the trans-atlantic flight I had to do my usual impression of a Swiss Army knife! No room for dental floss between my knees and the seat in front.
Best was yet to come, I got through immigration no probs (both hubby and I had our full screening done prev New Year at JFK)he get the %26#39;can you follow me Sir?%26#39; We were there for over two and a half hours along with a weird and wonderful assortment of characters.
When hubby showed the desk Sergent his warrant card to prove he was a police officer, he just said the guys who were %26#39;looking into the situation%26#39; were not the type to be rushed...we sat down! A combination of day late, wrong departure airport, wrong airline must have set of warning bells.
On subsequent flights to Chicago via Detroit we had %26#39;inconspicuous%26#39; air marshalls front %26amp; rear. We were treated to %26#39;special%26#39; treatment each time we checked in for another flight. Almost at the stage of ringing a bell and shouting %26#39;unclean%26#39; a la middle ages.
Think i%26#39;ll get him to apply for a visa in advance next time...
Ange, call me a pedant but how is taking a flight down to Heathrow to pick up a non-stop any different to flying to Amsterdam first?
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