Cheapest place to book a charter flight?

rev_henry

I'm wanting to fly Manchester - Larnaca (cyprus) for a week this friday, and there is a charter flight from 'Fly Hellas' going on those days. One cannot book direct with the airline because I understand its chartered to Olympic holidays, but I can book a seat on it with various travel agents it would seem - the cheapest of which seems to be through Olympic itself at £255 (now anyway), but I have to clear my cookies each time and pretend to be a 'new' visitor or it goes up if I return. Anywhere else I should be looking? I've already tried Haystravel, Holiday Hypermarket to name a couple...

Caz3121

try on charterflights.co.uk you can book online there but doubt you will get a cheaper price as it is so close to departure

rev_henry

Already tried there - £280, but thanks. Is it likely to only get more expensive the sooner it gets?

Mands

rev_henry wrote: »

the cheapest of which seems to be through Olympic itself at £255

£255 for the most expensive week of the year, from an airport with limited availability? It's a good price so if you really must travel on Friday, no holding out for a better deal, then go with that.

Mands

k3lvc

Snap their hands off now - only other ex MAN flights on those days are north of £580 and cheapest from UK is £393 ex Heathrow

bagand96

If the entire flight is chartered for Olympic Holidays then the cheapest place to book it will be with Olympic direct.

No-one will be selling it cheaper than direct with the operator, as all other agents will be looking to make a bit on top of Olympic's base price.

rev_henry

bagand96 wrote: »

If the entire flight is chartered for Olympic Holidays then the cheapest place to book it will be with Olympic direct.

No-one will be selling it cheaper than direct with the operator, as all other agents will be looking to make a bit on top of Olympic's base price.

Well, I'm not sure if it is but everything suggests so. Manchester Airport site says Olympic is the tour operator and Fly Hellas is the airline so it must be...

bagand96

Well, I'm not sure if it is but everything suggests so. Manchester Airport site says Olympic is the tour operator and Fly Hellas is the airline so it must be...

Chances are it is if the MAN airport website only shows Olympic. Although airport websites are never 100% accurate for charters, I don't know of any other company using FlyHellas this summer so yes I'd agree its an Olympic only flight.

rev_henry

Booked it today for £255 from directline holidays on the phone (couldn't get through to Olympic). Only when I got home and looked online did I see that Olympic are now doing it for £245. Never mind....

rev_henry

Hmm, well, the flight was over 3 hours late on the way there, as I half expected. We were given meal vouchers as entitled but it was for a measly £4. More to the point I therefore missed the buses to get where I was going and had to get a taxi which cost a fortune. If I write an angry letter have I any chance of compensation? The return remains to be seen...

antenna

rev_henry wrote: »

Hmm, well, the flight was over 3 hours late on the way there, as I half expected. We were given meal vouchers as entitled but it was for a measly £4. More to the point I therefore missed the buses to get where I was going and had to get a taxi which cost a fortune. If I write an angry letter have I any chance of compensation? The return remains to be seen...

Send a nasty letter to the good lord........you may get a lightening response.