Thomas Cook Airlines -Headphones=?

johnfarquhar74

Anyone know how much TCX are charging for their inflight headphones, or perhaps even just the adaptor? Want to know if it's worthwhile buying my own from a local electonics store!
Thanks in advance!

PolishBigSpender

Almost certainly worth buying your own, but do airlines still have those earphone sockets?

ferf1223

PolishBigSpender wrote: »

Almost certainly worth buying your own, but do airlines still have those earphone sockets?

Most headphones come with an airline adapter when you buy them...and if not, you can just use the larger of the 2 holes with a single pin headphone lead...at least on all the planes we have been on.

I read recently that TC was charging £3 or £3.50.

anna42hmr

it was 3.50 on the flight to canada, (however if you have upgraded though, with thomas cook, they usually include them in the price)

thatsfabulous

Headphones are £2.75 each with thomas cook, only get them for free if you pay extra and get as a package as you get free drinks vounchers, headst vouchers etc.
You are prob better just buying the adapater and putting onto your own headphones, the adapters are £1 each.

dmg24

ferf1223 wrote: »

Most headphones come with an airline adapter when you buy them...and if not, you can just use the larger of the 2 holes with a single pin headphone lead...at least on all the planes we have been on.

You can, but you will only get audio through one ear. However, with the noise of the plane, it is often difficult to tell the difference!

johnfarquhar74

thatsfabulous wrote: »

Headphones are £2.75 each with thomas cook, only get them for free if you pay extra and get as a package as you get free drinks vounchers, headst vouchers etc.
You are prob better just buying the adapater and putting onto your own headphones, the adapters are £1 each.

Perfect, that's exactly what I was after, many thanks!

ferf1223

dmg24 wrote: »

You can, but you will only get audio through one ear. However, with the noise of the plane, it is often difficult to tell the difference!

hmmm...with ours we definately get sound in both ears just using our standard plug in the larger hole, though not stereo.

thatsfabulous

Maybe it was your type of headphones that ment you got it through both however dmg24 is right usually its only heared through one earphone.

rafter_2

I have recently flew with thomas cook, flew out on the 8th of this month, came back on the 15th (2 days ago), plugged in norm earphones that I had with my mp3 player and sound through both ears for me. They were selling earphone for either 2.50 or 2.75, cant remember whch exactly.

ferf1223

thatsfabulous wrote: »

Maybe it was your type of headphones that ment you got it through both however dmg24 is right usually its only heared through one earphone.

I checked with my husband to make sure I wasn't going crazy - between us we've probably had 10 pairs of headphones we've used on flights over the last 9 years on numerous carriers (though never a charter airline) and have always had sound in both ears without using an adapter. Perhaps it's the type of plane and not type of headphones? Or maybe the charters configure the headphone jacks this way to encourage people to spend the extra on the headphones they sell?

Regardless, the last pair I bought (£10 at Sainsburys to replace the 3rd nice noise-cancelling pair I broke) had a 2-pin adapter for use on airplanes...and they can be used elswhere - whereas the ones you buy on a flight can only be used there really.