Cheap weekend flights

christhedon

richardw wrote: »

Which is your nearest airport for a Friday night departure?

London city airport. But I'd be happy to go to any "London" airport.

Alan_Bowen

'London City' and cheap don't generally go hand in hand but have a look at the airports own website, it shows the whole timetable, you really only have two major carriers BA and Cityjet together with a few Swiss flights, Alitalia and Lufthansa. A quick search shows a flight to Rome at 1940 on a Friday and a return at 1710 on Sunday but I suspect the fares on all Friday night departures are off the scale, I know they are when I have booked to Edinburgh because of the number of city workers returning home

Doshwaster

Alan_Bowen wrote: »

'London City' and cheap don't generally go hand in hand but have a look at the airports own website, it shows the whole timetable, you really only have two major carriers BA and Cityjet together with a few Swiss flights, Alitalia and Lufthansa. A quick search shows a flight to Rome at 1940 on a Friday and a return at 1710 on Sunday but I suspect the fares on all Friday night departures are off the scale, I know they are when I have booked to Edinburgh because of the number of city workers returning home

Indeed. Weekend fares from LCY are designed for those city bankers and lawyers who fancy a weekend away in Rome or Venice or people commuting back home. Bargains will be hard to come by.

callum9999

christhedon wrote: »

Maybe. My case is slightly different to the norm maybe. It has to be after 18.00 on Friday and must back onow Sunday. Flights on any other days I'm not concerned about even if they are dirt cheap. Ultimately I'd like to just see a table of all the flights that match my criteria in in price ascending order.

Then do a search for flights leaving on the Friday and returning on the Sunday. Don't find anything then try the next week. Then the next week. Then the next week.

In the time you've spent creating and replying to this thread you could have searched every weekend for the next month at least!

richardw

Lcy does have part cash part Avios bargains occassionally.

iaps

e.g. Ryanair - November flights from Stansted

London (Stansted) → Berlin (Schonefeld)
Friday
18:40 - 21:30
Berlin (Schonefeld) → London (Stansted)
Sunday
21:55 - 22:50

London (Stansted) → Warsaw (Modlin)
Friday
18:00 - 21:10
Warsaw (Modlin) → London (Stansted)
Sunday
15:50 - 17:25
21:40 - 23:15

London (Stansted) → Krakow
Friday
18:00 - 21:20
Krakow → London (Stansted)
Sunday
21:45 - 23:15

London (Stansted) → Pisa
Friday
19:50 - 23:00
Pisa → London (Stansted)
Sunday
18:00 - 19:25

London (Stansted) → Barcelona El Prat T2
Friday
20:35 - 23:45
Barcelona El Prat T2 → London (Stansted)
Sunday
18:40 - 20:10

Check yourself other airports - takes only few minutes.

richardw

But I have to be home on a Sunday in time for the x facta results.