Guest51810 Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Flying to Ireland would cut out a huge amount of UK intercontinental air passenger duty. I found a cheap one way from dublin for £400 then I went into the airlines website and it was a lot more. I hate all this flight searching stuff. Couldn't be a travel agent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parley Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Yes the Airport duty is the main cost which is very large for long flights from London. You could probably do it a lot cheaper flying to any close European destination such as Paris and fly on from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest51810 Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 I had a muck around with European ones but I didn't really find anything that made it worth the hassle. the only other one I found was the Bangkok one but that was a single Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest51810 Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 If someone was to get a one way but wanted to keep a separate fund for the return esp incase of emergency do you think £800 would be enough? I know it's a really vague question but just a rough idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest51810 Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 (edited) You were right about dublin. I found returns with etihad for £660 but I have to ring up to see if they allow date changes as the date was only as far as the end of April Edited June 24, 2015 by Guest51810 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quinkla Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 If someone was to get a one way but wanted to keep a separate fund for the return esp incase of emergency do you think £800 would be enough? I know it's a really vague question but just a rough idea That's right at the margins of what would be sufficient. You can get a flight for that price at the moment but wouldn't have a lot of choice (from memory Royal Brunei and China Southern tend to price up quite cheaply). But if you keep your money in Sterling, you'd be at the mercy of exchange rates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcworld Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Yes the Airport duty is the main cost which is very large for long flights from London.You could probably do it a lot cheaper flying to any close European destination such as Paris and fly on from there. It's very unlikely to be a lot cheaper based on taxes. UK APD is now GBP71 for economy flights to Australia. Weigh that up against the costs of buying a separate flight elsewhere in the EU / inconvenience / potential for mis-connect assuming you're not going to go a day early and pay to stay somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marisawright Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Refuelling at Bangkok with Emirates a week ago, travelling SYD to DXB, the choice was: (a) take all your carry-on baggage off the plane with you and have to pass through security before boarding again, or (b) stay on the plane Last time I did a direct flight, we were allowed off the plane into the gate lounge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marisawright Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 (edited) Ahh I couldn't remember him mentioning singapore on the phone but I guess we couldn't go from london to Sydney without stopping! Tbh I couldn't find a massive difference in price that made it worth the travel. Trains are expensive! Flights are cheapish but then I've got to pay for my luggage too and then a hotel. I'll keep looking though just incase I'm wondering why you're going via London when Emirates has direct flights from Glasgow to Dubai? Seven hours instead of 20 makes more sense to me. Edited June 24, 2015 by Marisawright Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest51810 Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 I'm wondering why you're going via London when Emirates has direct flights from Glasgow to Dubai? Seven hours instead of 20 makes more sense to me. Because I asked him for the cheapest and this was what he gave me but I've found a return with Singapore airlines for not much more. I can't remember what Emirates were coming in at, I'll have to go and check. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest51810 Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Are Emirates better than singapore and etihad or are Emirates and singapore equal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srh82 Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Singapore best, then Emirates then Etihad. In my opinion of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest51810 Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Singapores coming in at 980 and Emirates just over 1k. I better not like australia enough to stay 2 years or I won't be happy about wasting this money :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevnod Posted June 24, 2015 Author Share Posted June 24, 2015 Wow I still can't believe how much they are charging Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest51810 Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 The only other thing I was thinking about is if a airline says you can change the date for a price but you have to fly from the same airport then that isn't ideal if say I was in perth when I decided I wanted/needed to get home. Although I suppose it's not hundreds of pounds to get there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevnod Posted June 24, 2015 Author Share Posted June 24, 2015 I'm wondering why you're going via London when Emirates has direct flights from Glasgow to Dubai? Seven hours instead of 20 makes more sense to me. always costs more to fly from Scotland than London Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest51810 Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Wow I still can't believe how much they are charging I know. It would be so easy for me just to book a single and put the money aside for the return portion but it's really difficult when I don't know exactly how much that would cost. It seems to vary wildly from 400 to 900. My cousin in melbourne was winding me up about all of this earlier because he finds it funny when I get stressed but he said he found a single from melbourne to UK for just over £300 apparently. God knows who the airline was though, probably awful one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevsan Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 A lot depends on when you fly, ie time of year, and time of week, both for departures and arrivals. We've just booked four 1 way tickets on Singapore airlines to Melbourne at the end of august, for £1800 for the lot - thats 450 each. the outlaws are coming to see us end of Jan and their return flights are £1250 each! (2500 all in) - seems to be arriving in summer holidays and travelling at the weekend. The same journey 4 weeks later, travelling mid week is £1500 for 2 returns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Stacey are you searching Perth? May get better value for more popular routes like Melbourne and Sydney or even Brisbane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest51810 Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Lol nope I'm going to Sydney. I need to arrive on the 5th or 6th because of something I got booked but even before that they weren't any cheaper. That's just what it seems to be for a return. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srh82 Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Maybe just book a single then keep £800 aside. You may want to stop off in Thailand or simewhere else on your way home in which case you would be able to go low cost to Asia then a cheaper single ticket from there to UK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest51810 Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Do you think £800 would be enough? I want to see New Zealand and Thailand but I don't know if I want it eating into my year so would probably prefer to do it separately. I don't know if this is a silly question but say I book a return and make the return april or May. Can I phone up and ask them to change it to the following year or is that not allowed? A backpacker on facebook just told me I could for a fee but I don't believe them lol. I thought I could only change the date within the year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest51810 Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Also - I was messing around with the singapore airline dates to get a idea of the flight price differences. Some of them were coming up at £1800!!! So potentially I could book a return for £1000 and my date change lands on a expensive date pay the difference of that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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