Aer Lingus 20% Europe Summer Sale!

double GG

Okay we know the 20% is only off the fairs but, if you book before the 24th January you can scrape around 15% off your overall flight prices to most destinations in Europe.

I got 45 euro off a flight for the summer.

Book now and enjoy a discount of 20% on fares to Europe. Book your getaway for travel 02 May to 20 October '11 and save. Every seat, every flight, every day!
Travel: 02 May - 20 October '11. Book by: 24 January '11.

From Dublin to Europe:
Alicante
Lisbon
Amsterdam
Lyon
Athens*
Madrid
Barcelona
Malaga
Berlin
Marseille*
Bilboa
Milan/Linate
Bologna
Milan/Malpensa
Bordeaux
Munich
Bourgas/Bulgaria
Naples
Brussels
Nice
Bucharest
Palma Majorca
Budapest
Paris
Catania/Sicily
Perpignan
Dubrovnik
Prague
Dusseldorf
Rennes*
Faro
Rome/DaVinci
Frankfurt
Santiago De Compostela*
Fuerteventura
Stuttgart
Geneva
Tenerife
Gran Canaria
Toulouse
Hamburg
Venice
Helsinki
Vienna
Ibiza*
Vilnius
Izmir*
Warsaw
Krakow
Zurich
Lanzarote

From Dublin to Britain:
Aberdeen
Glasgow
Birmingham
Jersey
Blackpool
London Gatwick
Bristol
London Heathrow
Cardiff
Manchester
Edinburgh


From Cork to Europe:
Alicante
Munich
Amsterdam
Nice
Barcelona
Palma Majorca
Faro
Paris
Lanzarote
Rennes*
Lisbon
Rome/DaVinci
Malaga
Tenerife

From Cork to Britain:
Birmingham
Jersey*
Cardiff
London Gatwick
Edinburgh
London Heathrow
Glasgow
Manchester


From Shannon:
Birmingham
Bristol
Glasgow
London Gatwick
London Heathrow
Manchester

Savman

Aer Lingus 'sale' :rolleyes:

This another hollow marketing campaign or are they actually doing a real sale this time? I have yet to be impressed by any supposed fare offers for all the hullaballoo.

Off to investigate....

Savman

Ok just done a quick fare comparison for Dublin to Barcelona, I have been pricing these flights all week an they were coming in around €160 for the dates I wanted.

Today's "sale" has them at €140. Hardly enough to cause mass hysteria tbh.

€20 off isn't really a sale, moreso a minor price adjustment IMHO.

double GG

Yes, I know where both of you are coming from, as I know there have been a lot of price hikes, then a sale and your still paying the same as before, maybe more.

I was just letting people know.

I got 45 euro off a 290 euro flight to Burgas.

Savman

double GG wrote: »

I got 45 euro off a 290 euro flight to Burgas.

Actually you just paid €245 for a flight to Burgas. The saving is nothing more than a red herring. But thanks for sharing, one day they might actually make than a lazy effort with their Sales. Until that day I'm stuck with O'Leary

AngryLips

Well I just checked flights to NY within the travel period and they've gone down by €90 for a return flight.

double GG

I still believe 45 euro is a substantial saving. Better in my pocket than someone else's.

Asphyxia

Aerlingus sucks! So much expensive than Ryanair

Unfortunately I have to fly with them in May

I'll have a look at the prices now and see can I save anything.

Their pre-Jan14th sale was quite good I thought, my flight was half the usual price - down to 80 euro

squeakyduck

Wouldn't book aerlingus by itself unless its just for a destination that ryanair wouldn't/couldn't do. I would always choose ryanair for a short haul flight as I don't really give a crap about no frills and you really do pay the price for frills with AL.

I got flights to CDG Paris for like 70e return for April a year or two ago. Thought it was a pretty good deal.

From personal experience if you wanted a nice holiday with flights and hotel included (and wanted to go aerlingus) I would go to the likes of lastminute.com and book there. Much better value, although you will be flying at all hours of the morning..!

ncmc

The sale thing is a bit of a red herring alright, there is constantly a sale on in Aer Lingus and I think all they are doing is discouraging people from booking early. I am flying to Boston in Sept, and being a anal planner, I would normally have my flight booked by now. However, I know if I wait a couple of months, I should get a few quid off the price.

I'm laughing at the people scoffing at the €45 discount, it's not a fortune by any means, but it would get you a meal or a few drinks when you get to your destination. I'd rather it in my pocket than Aer Lingus's!

Savman

ncmc wrote: »

I'm laughing at the people scoffing at the €45 discount, it's not a fortune by any means, but it would get you a meal or a few drinks when you get to your destination. I'd rather it in my pocket than Aer Lingus's!

You are not quite grasping this. The €45 is not a saving, it's not a discount, it's a meaningless number to make you think you're getting money off. I mean, they set the price ffs.

It's like them saying "Dublin to London is usually €900 but we'll give it to you for €200 so you get a €700 discount saving in our Mega Sale....OMG!!!!"

Use your noodle here and stop convincing yourself there is anything resembling a saving going on, it's thinly veiled price fixing IMHO.

I very rarely fly Aer Lingus for this exact reason, because their supposed discounted fares are still astronomically high. They are being killed by the competition, albeit Ryanair to the UK, bmi to LHR or any number of carriers to the US.

I believe most people that still fly Aer Lingus do so out of some misguided sense of patriotism as they are the dinosaur flag carrier. Then there's the rest of us who use them as they are the only airline to fly direct to some places from Dublin, or alternatively you book with Expedia with a connection thru Heathrow and end up on AL out of Dublin to meet your connection.

I have no issue with the airliner, generally good service just priced unreasonably high for what they offer.

Asphyxia

Haha! I just checked my flight for May and I save a whole 60c :rolleyes:

I'm only flying with them because Ryanair doesn't do the flight.

Dodge

Why the hostility? It saves some people people. Good luck to them. HOw can you HATE an airline?

Use whatever airline gives you the best deal (factoring in whatever you need in terms of price, time, destination, service) all the time.

AngryLips

Savman wrote: »

Use your noodle here and stop convincing yourself there is anything resembling a saving going on, it's thinly veiled price fixing IMHO.

I very rarely fly Aer Lingus for this exact reason

All airlines regularly adjust pricing; it's called yield management. If you fly Ryanair all the time you'd know that Aer Lingus isn't the only airline to always have a 'sale' on.

And it's not just airlines that do this. When you top up your phone with €20 credit and your network operator gives you €20 'extra free' all they're doing is overstating their tariffs by 100%. Do you switch networks every time such a promotion is run and do you avoid every 3 for 2 offer you see in the supermarket as well?

Savman

AngryLips wrote: »

All airlines regularly adjust pricing; it's called yield management. If you fly Ryanair all the time you'd know that Aer Lingus isn't the only airline to always have a 'sale' on.

And it's not just airlines that do this. When you top up your phone with €20 credit and your network operator gives you €20 'extra free' all they're doing is overstating their tariffs by 100%. Do you switch networks every time such a promotion is run and do you avoid every 3 for 2 offer you see in the supermarket as well?

No I just don't make a song and dance about it. True other airlines do use this technique, we just don't have as many people starting new threads and harping on about it as they do with EI hardcores.

Dodge wrote:

Why the hostility? It saves some people people. Good luck to them. HOw can you HATE an airline?

Christ stop overreacting, who said they hated Aer Lingus? If you have ever read comments on Ryanair, that's hostility you can't imagine.

Seems Aer Lingus can do no wrong in some people's eyes and I have to wonder whether an objectional, unbiased discussion about EI is feasible without offending the resident Gold Circle club :rolleyes:

Dodge

Savman wrote: »

Christ stop overreacting, who said they hated Aer Lingus? If you have ever read comments on Ryanair, that's hostility you can't imagine.

Seems Aer Lingus can do no wrong in some people's eyes and I have to wonder whether an objectional, unbiased discussion about EI is feasible without offending the resident Gold Circle club :rolleyes:

Did you read my post? Loyalty to either is stupid. Yes people people who spout vitriol about Ryanair are as bad as the rest

I've flown with aer lingua once in 3 years. Found better value elsewhere. Doesn't mean I don't appreciate someone tipping up potential savings

Savman

Dodge wrote: »

Did you read my post? Loyalty to either is stupid. Yes people people who spout vitriol about Ryanair are as bad as the rest

I've flown with aer lingua once in 3 years. Found better value elsewhere. Doesn't mean I don't appreciate someone tipping up potential savings

Fair enough, wasn't sure what point you were making but I certainly am not hostile toward an airline nor do I hate EI, far from it. I'd prefer to fly with them over the blue and yellow flying bus crowd but price dictates and I can never justify paying the extra whack.

I did use EI for Heathrow, Rome and Frankfurt all in the last year or so and each flight was painless tbh.

double GG

Savman wrote: »

You are not quite grasping this. The €45 is not a saving, it's not a discount, it's a meaningless number to make you think you're getting money off. I mean, they set the price ffs.

It's like them saying "Dublin to London is usually €900 but we'll give it to you for €200 so you get a €700 discount saving in our Mega Sale....OMG!!!!"

Use your noodle here and stop convincing yourself there is anything resembling a saving going on, it's thinly veiled price fixing IMHO.

I very rarely fly Aer Lingus for this exact reason, because their supposed discounted fares are still astronomically high. They are being killed by the competition, albeit Ryanair to the UK, bmi to LHR or any number of carriers to the US.

I believe most people that still fly Aer Lingus do so out of some misguided sense of patriotism as they are the dinosaur flag carrier. Then there's the rest of us who use them as they are the only airline to fly direct to some places from Dublin, or alternatively you book with Expedia with a connection thru Heathrow and end up on AL out of Dublin to meet your connection.

I have no issue with the airliner, generally good service just priced unreasonably high for what they offer.

But it is a saving for me. If I booked my flight without the sale it would be €290 euro. With it €245. Sounds like a discount to me.

ncmc

Well Savman, maybe I am not 'grasping this' or 'using my noodle' but I've just booked my flights to Boston for September, price last week €1155 for two, price today with the sale, €895. Call it price fixing if you will, but I call that a great discount and a really good price for Boston. I am not a loyal AL customer, I always price around and go with the cheapest, I've checked all the other airlines and in this case AL are the cheapest and most convenient. I'm delighted!

Savman

ncmc wrote: »

Well Savman, maybe I am not 'grasping this' or 'using my noodle' but I've just booked my flights to Boston for September, price last week €1155 for two, price today with the sale, €895. Call it price fixing if you will, but I call that a great discount and a really good price for Boston. I am not a loyal AL customer, I always price around and go with the cheapest, I've checked all the other airlines and in this case AL are the cheapest and most convenient. I'm delighted!

See now that's a good price, you should be happy.

ncmc

Savman wrote: »

See now that's a good price, you should be happy.

Delighted! In fact, I think it calls for one of these bad boys