The earth's cost of cheap flights

Rebecca-May

I'm all for saving money, as long as it includes saving the world!

As I student I try to be careful with what I spend and on what. However, I am completely against ridiculously cheap flights. I recently found a flight to Sardinia for £10! How are we meant to encourage people of the UK to lessen climate change, when we can fly to places in the UK and elsewhere for less than travelling a shorter distance by train?

We should be prepared to spend a lot more on using a mode of transport that uses a lot of fuel whose remnants are filling up are atmosphere and contributing to global catastorphy.

I am grateful of the advice of Martin Lewis, but we must act with a greener conscience when it comes to using a very non-green method of travel.

Friend of the Environment

dmg24

Less than £5

Since when has the Travel Forum been for preaching?!!

Rebecca-May

I'm sorry, I'm not trying to preach, I just wanted to make aware an issue that does get brushed over. It was also the third attempt at getting it to work so a bit more frustration than necessary came out.

dmg24

Less than £5

You might get a better response if you suggested some alternative ways of resolving the problem, other than increasing fares ... which is against the ethos of a moneysaving website?! x

bagand96

Between £5 and £50

Has anyone who preaches about aviation pollution ever actually consulted any FIGURES or FACTS? For example, have you actualy checked to see what % of the UK's total carbon emissions are caused by air travel?

Very non-green method of travel? Your average 737 with 100+ people is more efficient per passenger mile than a Ford Fiesta.

The airlines are just the fashionable thing for the greens to have a go at currently.

dmg24

Less than £5

shellsuit, have you never got a flight for less than £50?

You need to spend more time on the Travel Forum! x

shellsuit

Between £50 and £100

dmg24 wrote: »

shellsuit, have you never got a flight for less than £50?

You need to spend more time on the Travel Forum! x

Whoops! I misread the question!! Didn't see it say 'within Europe' so I was thinking further afield!

But Yes...I've had penny flights within Europe thanks to this forum before

dmg24

Less than £5

I misread it too at first ... I thought it was asking what was the most spent on a European flight.

Have we managed to fill a Ryanair flight full of MSE'ers yet? That would make a great TV show! x

PasturesNew

The poll hasn't got an option for: I don't have holidays, I don't fly, never bought one at all.

dmg24

Less than £5

PasturesNew wrote: »

The poll hasn't got an option for: I don't have holidays, I don't fly, never bought one at all.

Good point ...

Do you not want to travel, or is it finance related? (You don't have to answer that!). If finances, keep an eye out on here, many of us have had freebie holidays ... x

TBeckett100

the government introduced £10.00 charge to cover the green issue. however like many green initiatives, someone else makes a profit and the climate really doesnt get compensated. unless we are plugging the ozone layer with £10.00 notes, maybe you should direct the green issue to the government who manage a grand of my tax a month!