booking a flight now

[cotambear]

i want one for late nov returning in 3 months. is it worth booking now, any savings etc, in anyones experience?

[dawsey]

Originally Posted by cotambear

i want one for late nov returning in 3 months. is it worth booking now, any savings etc, in anyones experience?

Normally,I'd advise waiting,as there are usually last minute bargain flights on the net.
But you are going at a very busy time,late Nov is into High Season,and flights will be pretty full and therefore not many bargains around.
If you leave it too late,your preferred date could well be fully booked.

When you do book, have a look for cheap flights here

www.westeasttravel.co.uk
www.ebookers.co.uk
www.dialaflight.co.uk

I have found the best deals here anyway.

[Denver]

Originally Posted by dawsey

Normally,I'd advise waiting,as there are usually last minute bargain flights on the net.
But you are going at a very busy time,late Nov is into High Season,and flights will be pretty full and therefore not many bargains around.
If you leave it too late,your preferred date could well be fully booked.

When you do book, have a look for cheap flights here

www.westeasttravel.co.uk
www.ebookers.co.uk
www.dialaflight.co.uk

I have found the best deals here anyway.

Thanks for the links Dawsey. I also use www.opodo.com as there are some good priced flights there too.

Difficult one to answer Cotambear. You book early at a price and seem happy with it. Then look again nearer your flight time and see it for a hundred quid less, bloody frustrating and you start thinking about all the things you could have bought on your holiday with that hundred quid! 5555555555555.

I like to get the booking done and the tickets in my sticky mitt, happy that I have got them and then resist the temptation to see if I could have got the flight cheaper with another agency etc!!!!

Nothing worse than a load of BM's sat in a bar telling each other how thier flight was that much cheaper than the one you managed to book! At least you are at that bar, that is the main thing.

Good luck with your booking mate.

[t0rn]

Not sure it will make much difference, but be aware that most of the really cheap tickets wouldn't allow a 3 month stay.
Travelocity and Opodo both have fare alert features where you can set a 'target' price and they'll tell you if that comes up.

[steve@thaib]

Try Trailfinders for a good base starting point, and then look for bargains based on that maybe?

KLM and Lufthansa seem to doing the best deals at the mo, and be wary of BA if you need to transit Heathrow. I looked and they had my Manchester flight into Heathrow for the outbound leg, but on the way back my Manchester flight came out of Gatwick so I would have needed to cross London, not what you want after a Bangkok flight.

[piston]

Originally Posted by steve@thaib

Try Trailfinders for a good base starting point, and then look for bargains based on that maybe?

KLM and Lufthansa seem to doing the best deals at the mo, and be wary of BA if you need to transit Heathrow. I looked and they had my Manchester flight into Heathrow for the outbound leg, but on the way back my Manchester flight came out of Gatwick so I would have needed to cross London, not what you want after a Bangkok flight.

KLM have good deals when return within a month ( Lufthansa better on
three months tickets)....BA have a reasonable fare on March 15 th....Heathrow not that bad as long as you dont have to carry your own
suitcases from flight to flight