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help needed with flights to thailand?

Hello

I was wondering if anyone could help at all?

I desperately want to go to thailand, my dates are 28th december-11th jan but can be slightly flexible.

so far i have looked on travelsupermarket but cheapest i can find is at £650, to be honest I was hoping to get them for under £500. Does anyone know if this budget is realistic and if so any tips on who to try?

Thank you:cool:
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  • richardw
    richardw Posts: 19,459 Forumite
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    Have you tried a Flight+hotel deal through a travel agent such as https://www.trailfinders.com, one night in a hotel may be ok to get the deal.
    Posts are not advice and must not be relied upon.
  • gedebage
    gedebage Posts: 222 Forumite
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    Try Kuwait Airways. They are one of the cheaper airlines, however they could be booked out at that time.
  • Try https://www.sidestep.co.uk who have lhr- bkk with oman airways at £569
  • metrobus
    metrobus Posts: 1,784 Forumite
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    From dec 12th- Jan 10th the airfare prices rise a lot .

    What is £780 then you can get for £390 in February.

    Booked 27th Feb - 13th March yesterday £375 through
    Opodo,just looked with the same airline and your dates
    its £778.
  • conradmum
    conradmum Posts: 5,018 Forumite
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    The very cheapest we've found for flights to Asia are

    Ours Travel

    Their website isn't great but if you phone them up they can usually get you a better deal than going direct to the airline. They're currently quoting very cheap deals to Bangkok with Jet Airways, much cheaper than the fare you mentioned, although the devil is in the detail (prices are usually quoted before tax). As I said, I haven't found cheaper anywhere else (and I've looked! ;)).
  • nico26
    nico26 Posts: 823 Forumite
    Flights over the xmas period are always expensive no matter where you go. Im going to Bali flying from KL and the prices are sky high as well.
  • ellie154
    ellie154 Posts: 23 Forumite
    hello

    sorry for the delay in replying my computer has been down.

    Im still searching for flights and so far the besst i found was £620 each which included 14 nights in a hotel in bangkok. Although I dont want to be in bangkok for any longer than 2 nights i thought I could book this deal and leave the hotel after 2 nights however when i rang ebookers they told me this was not possible but couldnt give me a reason why?

    The other trouble im finding is when i ring up the comapnies there prices are much higher than they quote and they tend to be quite rude!

    Back to searching!
  • Try Dial A Flight

    http://www.dialaflight.com/

    They have done me good deals on a few occassions to the Far East.
  • SirSpike
    SirSpike Posts: 106 Forumite
    Cheapest I found if your willing to go indirect air india are currently quoting £501.52 from LHR to BKK via Del on way out and Bom on way back.
  • SirSpike wrote: »
    Cheapest I found if your willing to go indirect air india are currently quoting £501.52 from LHR to BKK via Del on way out and Bom on way back.


    Wow thats far cheaper than anything else im finding, which website did you find it on? I have tried to look on air india website but it didnt have an option to fly to bangkok?

    I called dial a flight but they were over £650.

    Thanks again for everyones help :o
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