Las Vegas guide and MSE thread 2012

Macca83_2

Woo! Finally booked my Vegas holidays. Going on the 1st October to the 11th. Gonna spend 5 nights at bills and 5 at the tropicana. Cheers for all the help and suggestions everyone! Just need to get organised with booking some shows. Really fancy the evil dead musical

Macca83_2

lesley74 wrote: »

Flight prices seem to have got sillier this year. We would have been nearly £800 for flights from Glasgow to Vegas via Philly in September, so we took the £585 option and are flying to LA instead.

I hope they don't keep up the high prices!

I got flights to Vegas via philly for £530pp for the beginning of October. But i gotta agree the flight prices have been pretty hefty. It only just dropped this week.

vegasvisitor

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Macca, I've noticed the prices have dropped now, but we'd never have left it this late to book. We always book in January because historically that was when the best deals can be found. I think the via Philly ones are about £630 just now for our dates

We just need to work out how we can stop our US airways miles from expiring now since we will have about 2 years between flights by the time we fly again with them next year (assuming we get a decent price for next year). We're flying with BA this time, Glasgow to LA via Heathrow. Should probably join their points program as well.

Macca83_2

Well i originally wanted to book from inverness and had been watching the prices religiously. But they shot up over the last week so i had to go with the contingency plan and add a couple hundred extra miles to the old fiesta

vegasvisitor

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I take it you have to do Inverness to somewhere like London or Manchester though?

Went to Inverness a couple of years ago - lovely place. I remember having a few drinks in a place called Hootananny. Fun place.

stoneman

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lesley74 wrote: »

We're flying with BA this time, Glasgow to LA via Heathrow. Should probably join their points program as well.

Would you go to Vegas and not join a rewards program of a casino you were spending money in?:)

Macca83_2

Im further north of inverness but i have been known to go to hootanannys on occasion lol the cheapest flights from inverness flew via Amsterdam. Took about 16 hours. Which isn't that much when you compare it to a 5 hour drive to Glasgow

vegasvisitor

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Stoneman - I'm not sure we'll fly with them again, and also if the points expire due to period of inactivity it could be pointless. I'll definitely look into it though.

Macca - 5 hours is a tough drive. I didn't realise it was that far, but when we went we drive via Inveraray, Oban, Fort William (was out the car for up to an hour at each), and still got to Inverness in time to get showered and out for dinner. On the way home it was pretty wet and we stopped at Aviemore and Pitlochry, both of which are miserable in the rain. I guess you also have to be in plenty of time for a flight, or possibly stay overnight at the airport. I suppose an Amsterdam route wouldn't be bad at all, but I guess the price wasn't right.

Macca83_2

Im about 2 hours north of inverness so it can be a bit of a trek. The inverness flight was only £550 but i was gambling on the fact that the price might drop. When it shot up i lost my nerve and booked Glasgow lol

photome

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Macca83 wrote: »

Im further north of inverness but i have been known to go to hootanannys on occasion lol the cheapest flights from inverness flew via Amsterdam. Took about 16 hours. Which isn't that much when you compare it to a 5 hour drive to Glasgow

I have been via Amsterdam many times (from Norwich), like you I save a 3 to 4 hour drive to a London aiport,the drive home from London after a night flight is horrible.

While a direct flight is preferable, for us living out in the sticks it is often better to go the connecting route