Virgin V Delta...With a twist!

duchy

Good point about Continental-from personal experience I'd give them the edge over Delta-but not by a huge amount. Definitely worth considering though.

bagand96

Virgin are getting a pretty bad bashing on here! For what its worth I still think Virgin offer a very good product. They do have this reputation though which a lot of people think they do not live up to. I guess this is a hangover from the '80s and 90's when Virgin were the new kids on the block, with their brash advertising and total contrast to BA, and of course the better service offerings.

However the market is very different today, and Virgin have had to mature as an airline. There are many reasons for this, one of the main reasons is of course being cost, to survive they have had to cut costs and of course that means service. But that is todays market. Virgin today is just another airline (in economy at least), although I still think their product is very good.

Anyway, I would also say try Continental from Manchester, they are often very competitive and their service is as good as any.

GIRLPOWER_2

Thank you for your imput.

When I went back to book the Delta flights had gone up to 570 and the connecting flight via Atlanta had an overnight connection which we can not go for as we have to be back by Sept 1st (7 year son old starting new school on 2nd)

The Virgin flight has now gone up by 7.00 pp and we still have not booked!!

Just don't know what to do. We have never paid these prices for flight as we have always taken the children out of school before. It's criminal what they charge in August!


What we want is man to NYC 18th Aug... NYC to MIA/FLL 20th Aug... MIA/FLL to MAN..31st Aug.

Any other suggestions?

Thanks

Nikki.

exel1966

TIP for you Nikki. When looking at flight prices and returning to the same websites you might like to try deleting your cookies first as the airline will have tracked your previous visit and will know you're interested by returning to them.
I'm not saying this works EVERY time, but believe me it does work.

duchy

Don't just checkout expedia-often travelocity and airline-network have better prices also the airline's own sites. Don't forget the Mastercard deal with American Airlines too who also fly from Manchester (I've yet to see expedia equal or beat the AA fares on their own site)

hammy_the_hammer

GIRLPOWER wrote: »

Thank you for your imput.

When I went back to book the Delta flights had gone up to 570 and the connecting flight via Atlanta had an overnight connection which we can not go for as we have to be back by Sept 1st (7 year son old starting new school on 2nd)

The Virgin flight has now gone up by 7.00 pp and we still have not booked!!

Just don't know what to do. We have never paid these prices for flight as we have always taken the children out of school before. It's criminal what they charge in August!

actually the flights to and from NY in august are relatively cheap ...if you are then going on to florida there's so much choice on internals that you shouldn't have a problem...you may have to wait for some cheap fares to come out


What we want is man to NYC 18th Aug... NYC to MIA/FLL 20th Aug... MIA/FLL to MAN..31st Aug.

Any other suggestions?

Thanks

Nikki.

actually the flights to and from NY in august are relatively cheap ...if you are then going on to florida there's so much choice on internals that you shouldn't have a problem...you may have to wait for some cheap fares to come out as the major carriers haven't released their summer sale fares yet ...someone may be able to advise on approximate release dates in the past

duchy

Are you pricing these as one ticket or two ? It may work out cheaper to buy a NYC to MCO (Orlando) with a low cost carrier like Jetblue or South West seperately and buy an open jaw ticket Manchester New York & Orlando London.
Also check out American airlines Mastercard offer.
Don't just rely on Expedia-check the airline sites direct and also look at Opordo and travelocity also airlinenetwork

lackingwedge

"American airlines Mastercard offer"

Where can i find this?

duchy

lackingwedge wrote: »

"American airlines Mastercard offer"

Where can i find this?

See Murphy-the-cat's excellent thread http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=670527&highlight=american+airlines