Las Vegas thread and MSE guide 2010

credit_crunch

October , November

got an email from expedia asking me to ring to discuss my flights - on the phone now and it turns out my flight on the wednesday (not until November) with BA has been cancelled due to the strikes!!! !!!!!!?!!!!!

so i still fly to london on the wednesday but dont fly to vegas until thursday afternoon the very very helpful lady is off checking to see if there are any other options as i have my hotels booked!!! booked direct with mgm for 1st 3 nights so that wont be a problem changing but booked encore through travel republic so might have a bit of bother ammending that one!

i feel like a big goof - sitting here holding with expedia and fighting back the tears! im so annoyed but fingers crossed it all works out ok for me.....:(

so just off the phone have to ring back on tuesday so that expedia can ring BA and see if they can put us on another flight even with another airline

see if all this is because of the staff striking! grr it makes me so angry! it is their choice to work for that airline and im pretty sure there are getting paid more then min wage! if they dont like it then leave and go work elsewhere!!!!

luci

May

credit_crunch wrote: »

got an email from expedia asking me to ring to discuss my flights - on the phone now and it turns out my flight on the wednesday (not until November) with BA has been cancelled due to the strikes!!! !!!!!!?!!!!!

so i still fly to london on the wednesday but dont fly to vegas until thursday afternoon the very very helpful lady is off checking to see if there are any other options as i have my hotels booked!!! booked direct with mgm for 1st 3 nights so that wont be a problem changing but booked encore through travel republic so might have a bit of bother ammending that one!

i feel like a big goof - sitting here holding with expedia and fighting back the tears! im so annoyed but fingers crossed it all works out ok for me.....:(

I think they're coming the bag. No way are flights in November cancelled because of the strikes. The strikes dates have only been annouced till beginning of June.

Tell her you want to check the BA website as that is where the official notice comes from.

pennylane99

June

credit_crunch wrote: »

got an email from expedia asking me to ring to discuss my flights - on the phone now and it turns out my flight on the wednesday (not until November) with BA has been cancelled due to the strikes!!! !!!!!!?!!!!!

so i still fly to london on the wednesday but dont fly to vegas until thursday afternoon the very very helpful lady is off checking to see if there are any other options as i have my hotels booked!!! booked direct with mgm for 1st 3 nights so that wont be a problem changing but booked encore through travel republic so might have a bit of bother ammending that one!

i feel like a big goof - sitting here holding with expedia and fighting back the tears! im so annoyed but fingers crossed it all works out ok for me.....:(

so just off the phone have to ring back on tuesday so that expedia can ring BA and see if they can put us on another flight even with another airline

see if all this is because of the staff striking! grr it makes me so angry! it is their choice to work for that airline and im pretty sure there are getting paid more then min wage! if they dont like it then leave and go work elsewhere!!!!

The BA strikes are only for the next 2 weeks at the moment

it could be that the winter schedule flight departure time has changed so wont be enough time to make your connection from Dublin on that day

did your flight from Dublin change to a later time...what time does it arrive as looks like the BA flights in November leave Heathrow at 15.35 on the winter timetable

credit_crunch

October , November

yeah the dub flight was originally 11am but it changed to 1300 or there abouts meaning we arrive in heathrow at 1500 to catch the 1535 flight to vegas!

she asked me to ring back on tue ad BA are closed over the wkend and on mon cuz of the bank holiday.

im not goin to take any guff! the fat that they offered a partial refund for the outward leg sickens me - i only paid £374 for return flights from dub so the refund prob wouldnt even cover a flight from NI to England!

i will update once i know a bit more! so bloody annoying!!!

vegasvisitor

https://reservations.mgmmirage.com/bookingengine.aspx?host=promo&pid=001&code=MKT477

Looks like you can get rate of $55 for early September, might be even cheaper for other dates. Book 3 nights and get 2 free Lion King or Ka tickets. I think you have to pay in full upfront, but this could be a good deal for some of you?

pennylane99

June

credit_crunch wrote: »

yeah the dub flight was originally 11am but it changed to 1300 or there abouts meaning we arrive in heathrow at 1500 to catch the 1535 flight to vegas!

she asked me to ring back on tue ad BA are closed over the wkend and on mon cuz of the bank holiday.

im not goin to take any guff! the fat that they offered a partial refund for the outward leg sickens me - i only paid £374 for return flights from dub so the refund prob wouldnt even cover a flight from NI to England!

i will update once i know a bit more! so bloody annoying!!!

is there not an earlier flight you could get from Dublin to Heathrow.... I think theres BMI one at 8.30am

indiegirl_2

September

Hmmm, I'm pondering on cancelling our Aria reservation now. We're at Encore for 5 nights on the second half of our stay, so I wanted something that was mid strip and modern; hence why I picked Aria. Our rates are $122 a night (inclusive of all taxes), but the more I hear about the place, the worse the reviews get!

Bellagio deals seem to be few and far between at the moment; we're staying in Sept so I'd hope that the offers would start coming up.

credit_crunch

October , November

pennylane99 wrote: »

is there not an earlier flight you could get from Dublin to Heathrow.... I think theres BMI one at 8.30am

we booked it as one flight deal through expedia - the dub flight was 11am and thats the one they originally changed.

so when i phoned 2day i was shock to hear the the real reason was the LV flight was cancelled and the best they could do was put us on a flight the day after (thur) but i dont really think this is good enough tbh! it means our trip will only be 6 days and that doesnt even take into account time of day we arrive and how tired/jet lagged we will be! maybe its a sign im not meant to go!!!

stoneman

September

credit_crunch wrote: »

we booked it as one flight deal through expedia - the dub flight was 11am and thats the one they originally changed.

so when i phoned 2day i was shock to hear the the real reason was the LV flight was cancelled and the best they could do was put us on a flight the day after (thur) but i dont really think this is good enough tbh! it means our trip will only be 6 days and that doesnt even take into account time of day we arrive and how tired/jet lagged we will be! maybe its a sign im not meant to go!!!

You stick with it girl. They are shooting you a load of bull !! BA are not closed today, what are they on!! I have just been on the phone to the reservation line. Send them an email and demand that a manager gets back to you, tell them that you want everything in writting from now on in case you have to take them to court, that will shake them up. As everyone else has said, this is nothing to do with the BA strike, and they don't have winter and summer schedules. These agent companies make me so mad, it it the single reason that I never book with them, even if they were cheaper.

Alt

April

well the Ash cloud put paid to my carefully planned LV trip in April:mad:
I am now starting to look into a mid October trip and was thinking of booking the hotels now and change when/If better offers appear but I am finding out that the room rates are higher than were for April? Is this normal or am I too early? As an example my Bally's midweek rate for April was around £35/night and for October £53