First Choice - Price rise / discounts?

Lorian

I Checked out a holiday on the Firstchoice website yesterday (a week in the canaries in 4 weeks time) and went to book it today and the price has gone up by £100pp. Very annoying.

I'd have expected prices to fall, not rise with only 4 weeks to go.

Anyone know where I can get a discounted deal from first choice? I've tried eclipse direct, same price.

saveapenny

Lorian...whats the hotel ? where can you fly from and what price is it?
Prices usualy rise around the 4-5 week mark then they often drop again at weekends around the 2nd week (if they havnt sold out)
They all woek on the same fluid prices the more people that book your hotel/Apartments the higher the price goes.
Its best to check to see if it can be done seperatly

Lorian

saveapenny wrote:

Lorian...whats the hotel ? where can you fly from and what price is it?
Prices usualy rise around the 4-5 week mark then they often drop again at weekends around the 2nd week (if they havnt sold out)
They all woek on the same fluid prices the more people that book your hotel/Apartments the higher the price goes.
Its best to check to see if it can be done seperatly

Hi,

Details are as follows:

Fri 10th Feb 2006 08:15 returns 17th Feb 18:20
Manchester to Tenerife
1 Week
2 Adults, 1 child
Meals/pre booked seats
Hotel Bahia Principe Tenerife Hotel (not Bahia Principe Adeje next door)
Transport/bus
Junior suite
All Inclusive

As for flexibility, well I know it's a bad week to be going (half term). We can go anytime on 10-13 inclusive. But no night flights!
We can go from Birmingham, Manchester, East Midlands, Bristol or Cardiff

sloppychops

Depart Manchester (MAN)
Arrive Tenerife (TFS)
08:15 10 Feb 2006
12:45
Depart Tenerife (TFS)
Arrive Manchester (MAN)
13:45 17 Feb 2006
18:20
Pricing Information
Unit Price
Quantity
Sub Total


Adult Price
£189.00
2
£378.00

Child Price
£189.00
1
£189.00

Fuel Levy
£35.00
2
£70.00

Fuel Levy
£35.00
1
£35.00

Travel Agent Saving
£-20.00
1
£-20.00

Flydeals.co.uk Online Discount
£-38.78
1
£-38.78

Total Cost
£613.22
https://www.flydeals.co.uk

Edited as i posted wrong hotel.

bootman

I've been keeping an eye on the First Choice site as well. We want to book a summer holiday to the same place as last year in Crete. Last year the prices online were like a yo-yo, this year they are static.

I am hoping the price comes down as we paid £900 last year and this year looking around £1500 just for a week

sloppychops

Date Departure Destination Dep Time Arr Time Flight Number
2006-02-10 MANCHESTER TENERIFE 08:00 12:20 XLA708V
2006-02-17 TENERIFE MANCHESTER 13:20 17:45 XLA709V
Total £ 562.00
https://www.airflights.co.uk

saveapenny

£156
return adult fare £15.00 saving
Fri 10 Feb 2006 - Fri 17 Feb 2006 for 7 nights
Adults 2 @ £156.00 per adult = £312.00
Children 1 @ £138.00 per child = £138.00
Ticket on Departure
Credit/Debit Card Fee
Fuel Supplement
1 @
3 @
£10.00 per passenger
£5.00 per booking =
£25.00 per passenger =
30.00
£5.00
£75.00

Total £530.00
Out: Manchester / Tenerife South Fri 10 Feb 2006 0800-1220 XLA708V Economy Excel Airways
Back: Tenerife South / Manchester Fri 17 Feb 2006 1320-1745 XLA709V Economy Excel Airways

Got the flight down a bit

Lorian

saveapenny wrote:

Total £530.00
Out: Manchester / Tenerife South Fri 10 Feb 2006 0800-1220 XLA708V Economy Excel Airways
Back: Tenerife South / Manchester Fri 17 Feb 2006 1320-1745 XLA709V Economy Excel Airways

Got the flight down a bit

That's booking through your company? (apologies for not knowing who you work for, I'm new in the holidays section :rolleyes: )

Ticket on departure is like electronic ticketing I'm used to on BA?
Any food or reserved seats onthe flights?

I must say I'm a little nervous of Excel airways as I've seen a few bad reports of long checking queues and delays? Better to pay extra for the First Choice flights?

Are http://beach.es a reputable company to book the accomodation from - I've not seen them before?

saveapenny

me and sloppychops dont work for a travel agencies (although we should )
Just like to hunt down bargains and save people money on the jolllies
Beach is good and they have some good deals I booked with them for G/C and saved about 400 but alwasy use your credit card to pay even if it costs you a couple of quid.
Before you go ahead with the car check the Avis site with these codes D005297 D005291 A153700 in the AWD box or if you search for the Avis thread and they dont work there will be a code on there that does.
Also the https://www.XL.com requires DIVERS in the promo box to get that price.
I cant find the hotel cheaper anywhere ...Sloppy beat me

PS been on a couple of XL flights and never had any trouble at all, Wouldnt do long haul not too much room but 4 hours no bother

saveapenny

eclipse have got a cheaper package than 1600 ...its from Leeds though 1492

Lorian

saveapenny wrote:

I cant find the hotel cheaper anywhere ...Sloppy beat me

Thanks for all the help, so close and yet so far:
Looks like beach.es just put up their prices too, as a search on beach.es shows the accomodation up to £ 918.42