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AL to LHR this weekend

  • 13-03-2010 12:24pm
    #1
    shanagarry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 599 ✭✭✭


    Hi there

    Has anyone any idea why the cost of flights to LHR from all Irish airports are so high this weekend? I've just got the shock of my life - between 150 and 220 to fly SNN-LHR tomorrow or Monday :eek:

    Surely there aren't Welsh fans flying SNN-LHR...?


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  • #2
    mikedragon32
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,939 ✭✭✭mikedragon32


    It's because you're travelling at short notice, standard practice for most airlines.


  • #3
    undo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 860 ✭✭✭undo


    It has nothing to do with this particular weekend. You are trying to book a flight one or two days in advance. That will always be very dear. Book a few months in advance and you will get a good deal.


  • #4
    shanagarry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 599 ✭✭✭shanagarry


    I am well aware prices can go up close to departure, what I was remarking on was that the increase was more than usual (than last weekend, when I booked at similar notice, for example) so flights must be busier than usual. I guess it's just the combination of Paddy's weekend and the rugby.

    I've had to suck it up anyway. Unfortunately circumstances don't always allow one to book months in advance.


  • #5
    undo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 860 ✭✭✭undo


    shanagarry wrote: »
    Unfortunately circumstances don't always allow one to book months in advance.

    And with that, you have given the exact reason for why tickets are so dear when you buy them a couple of days in advance: Airlines know very well that some people have no choice. They will pay the fare, no matter how high. Market forces at work...


  • #6
    jhegarty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,441 ✭✭✭jhegarty


    Ryanair will get you to Stansted for €82 early tomorrow morning.


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  • #7
    shanagarry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 599 ✭✭✭shanagarry


    jhegarty wrote: »
    Ryanair will get you to Stansted for €82 early tomorrow morning.

    Thanks, but need to get another flight from LHR so need to go directly there. Have booked now anyway, I was just curious as to why the flight was so busy.


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