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Last minute flight to MCO

I have been given a price of £634 to fly from LHR to MCO on 5th august and returning on 6th september. I have trawled through loads of sites to try and find cheaper. Can anyone find anything that might beat this??? I would be very grateful!

Thank you

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  • Backbiter
    Backbiter Posts: 1,393 Forumite
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    Seems very competitive for an August flight booked last minute.
  • danwate wrote: »
    I have been given a price of £634 to fly from LHR to MCO................Can anyone find anything that might beat this???


    People might be able help you if they could guess where you are going!

    LHR = London Heathrow but where is MCO? If it's not Morocco then please tell us? Why not tell people where you flying to, in plain English?
  • jd87
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    MCO = Orlando International Airport, Florida, USA.
  • dmg24
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    People might be able help you if they could guess where you are going!

    LHR = London Heathrow but where is MCO? If it's not Morocco then please tell us? Why not tell people where you flying to, in plain English?

    Strangely enough none of the airports in Morocco are actually called Morocco Airport, in the same way that the airports in England are not called England Airport. :D
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  • Voyager2002
    Voyager2002 Posts: 16,349 Forumite
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    Does anyone else remember the days when an MCO was a kind of money issued by airlines? I seem to remember that they were denominated in a special currency called Fare Construction Units, and could be used to transfer the value of an unused ticket (or part ticket) from one airline to another. Thus an MCO intended to pay for excess baggage on BA ended up getting me a first class flight on Ethiopian Airlines.
  • Thomas_Crown
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    dmg24 wrote: »
    Strangely enough none of the airports in Morocco are actually called Morocco Airport, in the same way that the airports in England are not called England Airport. :D


    Quite right, dmg24. I was trying to think of somewhere with the the letters MCO in it's name & Morocco sprung to mind. So, MCO = Orlando. Well I would never have guessed that.

    It would still help if the OP had stated that he wished to fly to Orlando. Have you noticed that no one has actually answered his question. Perhaps they will do now that the code MCO has been deciphered! :D
  • Quite right, dmg24. I was trying to think of somewhere with the the letters MCO in it's name & Morocco sprung to mind. So, MCO = Orlando. Well I would never have guessed that.
    Some info here:
    http://www.bootsnall.com/guides/05-06/explaining-three-letter-airport-codes.html

    For future reference:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airports_by_IATA_code:_M


    MARK
  • wacko911
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    Had a quick look dont see anything.

    Try charter flights mytravel go to sanford and a fly drive is usually £300-400 you may have to ring them.

    There guys say "FROM" £379 for your dates (gatwick-mco) - that no doubt means £900 but maybe worth a freefone call?
    http://www.flightcentre.co.uk/deals/flights/country/USA?page=2&gclid=CJnB35eK5JQCFROI1QodBWi1RA
  • Kez100
    Kez100 Posts: 2,236 Forumite
    Try Airline Network for flights to MCO (with changes in the USA) May be cheaper. Otherwise, I would think that is OK for school summer holiday last minute booking.

    ....they are showing more expensive at the moment.
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