The Las Vegas Thread and MSE guide

Trust_2

July

it seems that a number of people have phoned and checked with the airlines the validity of the tickets and there does not seem to be a problem 'touch wood'
Expedia.com US is throwing out good prices too!

masterson

Hi I'm so excited I have just booked for 7 days staying at the mirage flying with bmi direct total prices £1776, thats not a bad price I think for 12th April. Cant wait how do I get a countdow thing.:j :j :j :j :j :j

ferf1223

March

Trust wrote: »

it seems that a number of people have phoned and checked with the airlines the validity of the tickets and there does not seem to be a problem 'touch wood'
Expedia.com US is throwing out good prices too!

But when you go to expedia.com it gives you the message:

Shoppers living in the United Kingdom who visit Expedia's U.S. site will not be able to purchase airline tickets or holidays.

pennylane99

May

ferf1223 wrote: »

Also, it's interesting as I checked our dates for October (direct with Virgin) on expedia.com.au and they are £12 more expensive on expedia than booking direct.

Interesting that the savings doesn't necessarily apply across the board.

I also checked out price for a trip to Australia I am planning next year, through the Australian Expedia site and it was working out more expensive than the UK site..I think its mainly Northwest Airlines and KLM that are giving the good deals on AU site

Trust_2

July

I think and yes I agree with some of your points ferf, the issues here are the fact if you book with KLM direct or Northwest the prices are more which gives the caution signs, but my normal routes are via the skyteam alliance so as long as confirmation is received I am happy, if everything goes ok, I wil book out more with these guys

Good luck to all the others, will let you know how it goes,

stoneman

May

Wohooo!!!
Just booked these, etickets arrived, chose seats, all set to go £190 per ticket!!! Bloody tight connection coming back though, but thats their problem if we miss it. I'll look forward to a nice hotel and maybe an OP-UP on the return if they don't get us on

nvh

May

Oneil wrote: »

Who was that flying with and for what dates?

the dates are quite scattered - for example you could do:

6/5/2009 -> 15/5/2009
$458 *AUS DOLLAR* each (£200'ish)
London Heathrow -> Las Vegas

Outbound via. Detroit or Minneapolis
Return via. LAX (meaning you can stock up on duty free )

Or, from memory do a multistop (if you're comfy with it) of Heathrow -> Vegas outbound, then LAX to Vegas return and you save approx. £40 per person (so more worthwhile and less of a flap with connecting flights to get a hire car if there's a few of you )

give it a swirl
http://www.expedia.com.au/travel/flights-airfares.aspx

as always, you can do the price conversions here:
http://www.xe.com/ucc/convert.cgi

i agree with Ferf to use caution but i'm confident based on what i read and what others have written (as confident as you can be!)

nvh

May

stoneman, we have same connection problems on way back (bit tight but nowhere near as tight as yours however!)...

From Vegas on the return journey...
18:40 Arrive LAX
19:25 Last checkin (if we need to do this)
20:25 Leave LAX

Fortunately it's just a short flight

I believe the bags will get checked through automatically on the way back as well and i am looking forward to rescuing that massive bottle of Jack Daniels from duty free

stoneman

May

Just did a comparison on Northwest site, and keeping with them for the whole trip would only have cost another £150 total. Might have been worth it to be on their nice newish A330.
Have a look at them, they are my airline of choice now, nice planes, plenty of room, and don't be afraid of the connections, they are a breeze, and you get to get off the plane and stretch your legs after 8 hours.

nvh

May

were you able to pick your seats for the NWA flights stoneman?

won't let me via. either Expedia or NWA website

is there a certain point where you are able to do it or are they just assigned at checkin or something?