airport fare

static9876

not sure if this is right room. but anyway...i got great accomdation in prague for a few days next week for a sweet deal. but the flights are so expensive to get there! ive browsed around online and the best i can find is around €250...can anyone help if there is a way to get cheaper flights?

Stark

I generally go to www.dublinairport.com and check arrivals/departures from that country to see if they have a local airline that flies to Dublin. Then I compare prices with that airline so I'm not restricted to just flying with Ryanair/Aer Lingus.

If that doesn't work, then c'est la vie, it's hard getting cheap flights at a week's notice.

BuffyBot

I'd imagine, at this late stage, that's the best price you will get. Prague is a pretty popular destination.

Alun

Try www.skyscanner.net. Problem is July seems to be a peak period, only towards the end of August does it seem to start to get cheaper. You might be able to get a cheaper fare from somewhere else, like London and then just get a cheapo RyanAir flight to there.

jlang

250 return to Prague next week doesn't sound too bad.

Victor

This page is much better http://www.dublinairport.com/plan-your-trip/destination_map.html

static9876

cheers lads

i worked it out anyway...fly into germany with ryanair and take a 2 hour train to prague works out €100 cheaper.

Victor

Have you booked your train ticket also (you may have to)?

static9876

no but i emailed the main train authorites in Germany and i was assured that ticket avaliability wouldn't be a problem. and get this...its cheaper to buy a one way ticket to prague....then when im leaving buy a one way ticket out of prague than it is to buy a retuen ticket in the first place???!!!! madness!

eachtrannach

static9876 wrote:

no but i emailed the main train authorites in Germany and i was assured that ticket avaliability wouldn't be a problem. and get this...its cheaper to buy a one way ticket to prague....then when im leaving buy a one way ticket out of prague than it is to buy a retuen ticket in the first place???!!!! madness!

Tickets are never a problem ... just fill the automated ticket machine with Euros! Seats might be a problem, though, depending on time of travel. But you should be OK in any case.

The "madness" regarding the tickets is easily explained - in Germany you pay German prices/taxes/duties, in Prague local Czech prices. Which are considerably lower than international prices (example: booking a hotel in Lodz was € 200 from Germany, actual rate in hotel the equivalent of € 90).

Hotblack Desiato

Buy a 3 or 5 day public transport pass at the desk in Prague airport, unlimited travel on buses, metro and trams and it's dead cheap. This ticket will also get you from the airport to city centre (bus then metro.) Public transport is excellent. Some very dodgy looking taxi operators hanging around the airport.

If you pay more than 50 koruny (about €1.60) for a large beer you're being well and truly ripped off! Some places are nearly as expensive as here, especially the ones targeting English tourists (the ones with signs in German are usually cheaper!)

monument

ninja900 wrote:

Buy a 3 or 5 day public transport pass at the desk in Prague airport,

S/he said they were not flying into Prague.

carrotcake

static9876 wrote:

cheers lads

i worked it out anyway...fly into germany with ryanair and take a 2 hour train to prague works out €100 cheaper.

i presume you're flying into berlin, in which case the train is over 4 hours