May 15, 2003
Best day of the week to fly to London?
It's almost June; sooner or later I suppose I'd better get around to snagging up a plane ticket to London. Some things I haven't yet decided though:
One-way or round-trip?
My inclination is to get 2 one-ways, one up-front, one later. That'll get me there, and I don't have to worry about being tied down to a return leg. It also leaves me open to deals that may be on closer to the time for flying back home to Portland. Returns past 30 days can also get quite costly... but sometimes there's flexibility too. Maybe that'd be worth it.
What day of the week is best to fly to London?
We'd been kicking around me leaving for London on August 1, which is a Friday. Fridays can be expensive days to fly, plus I'm thinking there's a higher chance of really busy flights, lots of people bustling about, etc. Weekdays are often looked at as being better to go, not as busy, and cheaper.
Mondays can be pricey too, if I remember correctly. Also, do I really want to get to London in time for a weekend, when it'll be mobbed with people and I'm jetlagged? If I fly over on, say, Tuesday, August 5, then I can rest up for a bit, the town proper itself might not be (as) mobbed, and I can recoup in time for the weekend.
Besides, if I leave before the weekend, when am I going to have my going-away party?
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I've always found Wednesday to be the cheapest day to fly for some reason...... try plugging that in.
In booking my ticket to Australia, I found that weekdays Tues-Thurs were cheaper than any other day.
I thought it was always better to get a return ticket if you were going for less than a year
If you are still young (under 26) you should be able to get a youth fare which is normally cheaper and you can change the return leg
I would suggest that you get a plane ticket sooner rather than later. Planes fill, and if they aren't filled you will be seeing the world from a middle seat in a 747-400.
Since you are traveling at high season, you will pay for that privilage. But do something, and do it soon.
Are you frying direct out of SEA or are you doing the hop from PDX to ORD and onwards?
And what gifts are you bringing us back?
When's the going away party??? Will you be kissing all the females in attendance goodbye???
Hmmm... good question! I'm sure we'll have some sort of wee shindig, maybe in July at some point.
Kisses... could be arranged, though I was thinking we'd have them catered ;-)
>>And what gifts are you bringing us back?
If not for the whole illegality thing, I would bring everyone back some of Amsterdam's finest! :-) "Dude, you wanna *coffee* break?"
Have no idea, really... I've always been kinda bad at souveneirs. Belgian beer?
Ya I strongly suggest avoiding illigality
My friends in LA got deported from Norway on their first trip around europe - and got banned from scandenvia for 3 years !!
please send me issue's of exery week
Comment by Claudia on May 15, 2003 01:25 AM
I've always found Wednesday to be the cheapest day to fly for some reason...... try plugging that in.
Comment by Chris on May 15, 2003 01:39 AM
In booking my ticket to Australia, I found that weekdays Tues-Thurs were cheaper than any other day.
Comment by aoife on May 15, 2003 09:16 AM
I thought it was always better to get a return ticket if you were going for less than a year
If you are still young (under 26) you should be able to get a youth fare which is normally cheaper and you can change the return leg
Comment by Joe E. on May 15, 2003 05:15 PM
I would suggest that you get a plane ticket sooner rather than later. Planes fill, and if they aren't filled you will be seeing the world from a middle seat in a 747-400.
Since you are traveling at high season, you will pay for that privilage. But do something, and do it soon.
Are you frying direct out of SEA or are you doing the hop from PDX to ORD and onwards?
And what gifts are you bringing us back?
Comment by socalgirl on May 15, 2003 11:31 PM
When's the going away party??? Will you be kissing all the females in attendance goodbye???
Comment by Ant on May 16, 2003 07:38 PM
Hmmm... good question! I'm sure we'll have some sort of wee shindig, maybe in July at some point.
Kisses... could be arranged, though I was thinking we'd have them catered ;-)
Comment by Ant on May 16, 2003 07:40 PM
>>And what gifts are you bringing us back?
If not for the whole illegality thing, I would bring everyone back some of Amsterdam's finest! :-) "Dude, you wanna *coffee* break?"
Have no idea, really... I've always been kinda bad at souveneirs. Belgian beer?
Comment by aoife on May 19, 2003 01:25 PM
Ya I strongly suggest avoiding illigality
My friends in LA got deported from Norway on their first trip around europe - and got banned from scandenvia for 3 years !!
Comment by syed sattar on July 11, 2003 06:01 PM
please send me issue's of exery week