Beat My Quote! Travel Agents Thread

nickyc_2

Flight Only
Looking for flight only quotes for.....
15/02/08 Fly to Bangkok pm
17/02/08 Fly to Koh Samui am
24/02/08 Bangkok to Sydney pm
03/03/08 Fly to Cairns am early
10/03/08 Fly to Brisbane pm
17/03/08 Fly to Melbourne am
22/03/08 Fly to London pm

Just for one person.
Current quote: TOTAL FARE INC TAXES AND SURCHARGES·1296.30GBP

thanks

keefrto

• The Quote itself: £516 EACH
  
• Who the quote is from:SIDESTEP
• Is there a booking fee: NK
  
• The Airline: BA & AC
  
• The departure Airport/Post: ABZ TO YEG
  
• The Holiday Dates: 17/03/2008 - 31/03/2008
  
• The number of people travelling (inc kids ages):2 ADULTS, 3 KIDS (4, 6,6)
  
• Any specific requirements:N/A
• Is an in-flight meal included:YES

CHEERS

paulinespens

One way flight only to USA

17th Dec from Manchester to Louisville Kentucky been quoted £433

MAN - SDF

One adult only

Quote from Airline-Network

Dave_and_Aleks

Spud wrote: »

FLIGHT ONLY

London Heathrow (LHR) to San Francisco (SFO)
Quoted £812.80 for non stop direct return flights for 2 adults on following dates:

Depart 25 June 2008 - Return either 9, 10 or 11 July 2008

Can anyone beat that?!

Many thanks in advance to anyone who takes up the challenge.

Try booking on www.delta.com - I found this:

25 June
DL179 LHR-ATL dep 1.25pm arr 6.05pm
DL1035 ATL-SFO dep 825pm arr 10.50pm

10 July
DL 7754 SFO-LAX dep 7.53am arr 9.11am
DL402 LAX-JFK dep 11.15am arr 7.51pm
DL156 JFK-LHR dep 8.55pm arr 9.25am (next day)

All times local.

Coming up as $785.70 each which at today's rate on www.xe.com (call it $2.10/£1) is £374.14 each or £748.28 total.

Dave_and_Aleks

nickyc wrote: »

Flight Only
Looking for flight only quotes for.....
15/02/08 Fly to Bangkok pm
17/02/08 Fly to Koh Samui am
24/02/08 Bangkok to Sydney pm
03/03/08 Fly to Cairns am early
10/03/08 Fly to Brisbane pm
17/03/08 Fly to Melbourne am
22/03/08 Fly to London pm

Just for one person.
Current quote: TOTAL FARE INC TAXES AND SURCHARGES·1296.30GBP

thanks

How about getting a Qantas Dreamtime fare and then picking up a cheap flight from Bangkok to Koh Samui? I've priced up a Dreamtime fare based on your dates leaving out Koh Samui for £1173 - a travel agent might find it for less (I priced up on www.qantas.co.uk). Pick up a flight from BKK to USM on 17/2 returning 24/2 for about 5,000 baht (about £75) on Bangkok Airways.

keefrto

saveapenny wrote: »

completly agree....I posted mine and no replies
Might just start up SloppySavers thread for real posts...LOL

back you here, not a peep from the agents. I think we have reached the end, the travel agent is dead! long live the travel agent!!

dopester

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Sam_Bee

keefrto wrote: »

back you here, not a peep from the agents. I think we have reached the end, the travel agent is dead! long live the travel agent!!

To be honest the vast majority of enquiries on here are flight only.

For simple return flights, companies such as expedia and ebookers make 3% on flights (which is nothing). If you do have such simple requests, travel agents would be mad to respond to something which could make them £20.

Suggest if you do want to compare flight prices, take your online prices and call an agent or two for comparison - as I doubt it's worth it for them to contact you.

keefrto

Sam_Bee wrote: »

To be honest the vast majority of enquiries on here are flight only.

For simple return flights, companies such as expedia and ebookers make 3% on flights (which is nothing). If you do have such simple requests, travel agents would be mad to respond to something which could make them £20.

Suggest if you do want to compare flight prices, take your online prices and call an agent or two for comparison - as I doubt it's worth it for them to contact you.

Het Sam Bee, unless I misunderstand what you mean, my request was a flight only. Just didn't want to waste a researchers time if i already had a price from going through this website. Cheers though

Sam_Bee

keefrto wrote: »

Het Sam Bee, unless I misunderstand what you mean, my request was a flight only. Just didn't want to waste a researchers time if i already had a price from going through this website. Cheers though

It wasn't a pop at all, I was just saying I don't think you will get a quote from anyone - there is no money to be made from selling simple flights only. I'd recommend comparing a couple of online prices then calling an agent or two and booking. If it's a complex itinerary, rtw or similar, post it on the main board.

But I think that no-one will otherwise respond.