booking flights?

gary27

I was wondering if anybody has booked flight for Canada yet and what stage they are at in iec visa application?

JustRoss23

no mate but i really want to as flights in early April are only 360euro i am waiting for the visa all my paperwork is submitted:D

gary27

JustRoss23 wrote: »

no mate but i really want to as flights in early April are only 360euro i am waiting for the visa all my paperwork is submitted:D

I was thinking late April as May is 200 euro more expensive.

JustRoss23

yea i want to be there asap so start April is only 360 as opposed to end of march at 500

gary27

JustRoss23 wrote: »

yea i want to be there asap so start April is only 360 as opposed to end of march at 500

when do you think your LOI will be issued?

JustRoss23

who noes mate i sent all in last friday so who noes:D soon i hope:D

JustRoss23

10th april 360 jeez i am gonna book next week i think:D

gary27

I think i might take the chance and book flight at some point, do you think if you book in march would the april flight be more expensive?

JustRoss23

from following the flights i think it will in jan the flight i was looked at 27th march was only 320 as soon as it got in to feb it shot up to 460 it is now 500:( so early April has a few cheap ones but they will rise soon or at least towards the end of feb/start march like 200s a lot when your not working that's nearly the travel insurance taking care of.

gary27

i might book it next week if thats the case even if I haven't got the LOI, its a risk am willing to take it to save money .

JustRoss23

yea i am the same bud its a nice saving especially when i aint work if i was working i don't think i would be so frugal but feck it. yea no loi for me but probaly will book for the 10th/11th next week

gary27

I was thinking 26th April or something like that, flight and insurance 700 euro gone before leaving :pac:

gary27

I guess Ross you'll be flying from london to calgary, what connection times you getting after you flight from dublin to london, i see 3hrs and 10mins for one am looking at.

JustRoss23

yea mate its about 3 hours alright long owl wait indeed.. but suppose the dinner would take an hour of that another gander around would take another..

sorry the next flight down only has a waiting time of 1 hour and 4mins so thats the one for me i hope:)

gary27

i was in Heathrow before and it is literally massive you need that time to get to one side to the other

JustRoss23

mate i found a flight where there's only a 1 hour and 40 waiting time:D it really depends on the day:D

gary27

JustRoss23 wrote: »

mate i found a flight where there's only a 1 hour and 40 waiting time:D it really depends on the day:D

I personally think that an 1 and 40 hour is a bit tight for time, if you ever been to Heathrow its good to have that extra time.

JustRoss23

never been there mate before better off with the 3 hour wait?? give a bit of time to get grub etc i suppose:D

gary27

JustRoss23 wrote: »

never been there mate before better off with the 3 hour wait?? give a bit of time to get grub etc i suppose:D

i think you'll be better off with the extra time, sure you can sit in the bar if you get the time

JustRoss23

hahah well i don't drink but yea i suppose i could do that;)

hdowney

You don't drink!!! HAH!!! Yea mate Heathrow is epic huge. Like you need to take TRAINS between some the terminals. I'd say you'd come into Terminal one from Ireland and be flying out of possibly 3/4/5. If it is 5 you have a fair way to go alright! So better off taking the few hours layover. Think of it this way, you may need to clear security again if your bags arn't booked through (possiblity) you gotta get from 1 terminal to the other, you can have some food or a gander in the new terminal when you get there. BUT if you took the shorter layover and didn't make it......

gary27

JustRoss23 wrote: »

hahah well i don't drink but yea i suppose i could do that;)

you can pretend but drinking before is not advisable see the movie flight for an example.

hdowney

gary27 wrote: »

you can pretend but drinking before is not advisable see the movie flight for an example.

Sure he's not gonna be the one flyin the plane!!!! No worries there so. Ya's good fliers?

gary27

hdowney wrote: »

Sure he's not gonna be the one flyin the plane!!!! No worries there so. Ya's good fliers?

yeah i say am fairly normal when it comes to flying, i experienced significant turbulence while flying over greenland but got there in the end .

hdowney

gary27 wrote: »

yeah i say am fairly normal when it comes to flying, i experienced significant turbulence while flying over greenland but got there in the end .

I'm fine flying, but I don't like it. I don't like the cooped up nature of it. Ya can't open a window, there are other people!!! I like my car!! But I can fly and have no problems with it in that sense, I just ain't a public transport person and a tin can in the sky with no open windows is meh

gary27

hdowney wrote: »

I'm fine flying, but I don't like it. I don't like the cooped up nature of it. Ya can't open a window, there are other people!!! I like my car!! But I can fly and have no problems with it in that sense, I just ain't a public transport person and a tin can in the sky with no open windows is meh

I would say a plane is safer way of travel than a car, I think in Ireland Donegal anyway we are used to a below par public transport, When i lived in America I found the subway system excellent can get a bit crowded on certain days, i can understand why some people may not like public transport as they a lot of people in rural who are dependent on their car due to lack of public transport.

Liam O

Even if you don't have a visa you can go over and just say you are visiting friends for a couple of months. Then when your Visa comes you take a trip to the border and do the over and back, know a couple of people who did it last year.

hdowney

I just like my car!! My music, people I wanna be with, the ability to just get up and go wherever, stop whenver, open and close windows as I please etc. I do agree that good public systems like underground systems and the like are a fantastic resource. The public transport here is meh at best!

gary27

hdowney wrote: »

I just like my car!! My music, people I wanna be with, the ability to just get up and go wherever, stop whenver, open and close windows as I please etc. I do agree that good public systems like underground systems and the like are a fantastic resource. The public transport here is meh at best!

yes that's true the only negative about having a car is the maintenance.

hdowney

gary27 wrote: »

yes that's true the only negative about having a car is the maintenance.

Don't tell me about it!!! Mine needs new breaks

westerlywonder

Liam O wrote: »

Even if you don't have a visa you can go over and just say you are visiting friends for a couple of months. Then when your Visa comes you take a trip to the border and do the over and back, know a couple of people who did it last year.

This is what i am considering as a back up plan,
Do you know if you have to have a return flight booked within the 3months holiday visa limit, in order to be admitted to the country on a holiday visa?
I know it is a requirement on other countries

gary27

hdowney wrote: »

Don't tell me about it!!! Mine needs new breaks

that's not too bad, I had too get the engine head skimmed, new head gasket and new timing chain put in, if your going to a garage make sure to agreed to a price beforehand, better still if you know someone who can change the brakes for you it shouldn't be too difficult.

you decided when you'll be booking your flight?

hdowney

gary27 wrote: »

that's not too bad, I had too get the engine head skimmed, new head gasket and new timing chain put in, if your going to a garage make sure to agreed to a price beforehand, better still if you know someone who can change the brakes for you it shouldn't be too difficult.

you decided when you'll be booking your flight?

I had to have that lot done on a previous car. Not nice Nope no clue as to my flight booking yet. Depends when I feel comfortable with my savings to go over on yaknow

gary27

hdowney wrote: »

I had to have that lot done on a previous car. Not nice Nope no clue as to my flight booking yet. Depends when I feel comfortable with my savings to go over on yaknow

yeah better safe to have enough savings.

Liam O

westerlywonder wrote: »

This is what i am considering as a back up plan,
Do you know if you have to have a return flight booked within the 3months holiday visa limit, in order to be admitted to the country on a holiday visa?
I know it is a requirement on other countries

I think the lads last year just showed that they had the money or something, I think they may have had their visa applications with them as there was a pretty big group of them. No problems for any of them on return flights and I think 3 or 4 of them didn't have the visas yet.

westerlywonder

Liam O wrote: »

I think the lads last year just showed that they had the money or something, I think they may have had their visa applications with them as there was a pretty big group of them. No problems for any of them on return flights and I think 3 or 4 of them didn't have the visas yet.

Ya i think i am gona just do that then. Having been rejected last year over the habitually residency thing i am absolutely sick of waiting!

westerlywonder

for anyone heading in the toronto direction there are some great prices here http://www.airtransat.ie/en/index.aspx

gary27

I was checking out the Heathrow airport site as some people will be getting their connecting flight to canada:

http://www.heathrowairport.com/flight-information/which-terminal

if you change the country drop down to canada you will see that the terminal you will be using will be either 3 or 5.

And it will probably be likely that you will be flying into terminal 1 from dublin if you are using Heathrow for an connection flight.

This would not apply to everybody as some can fly to toronto direct from dublin via airtransat.

So just bear in mind the flight connection time between the flights to allow enough time to reach the next terminal.

bopper

westerlywonder wrote: »

for anyone heading in the toronto direction there are some great prices here http://www.airtransat.ie/en/index.aspx

Wow they really great prices wish I discovered that site before I booked my flight! Got a similar price on e-travel but that includes a stop off in London.

westerlywonder

bopper wrote: »

Wow they really great prices wish I discovered that site before I booked my flight! Got a similar price on e-travel but that includes a stop off in London.

Ya i know, just wish they did flights to vancouver. Having said that i got a pretty good deal through Budgetair.ie so cant complain too much.
Just cant wait to get going now

Sandraella2007

who did you's book ur flights with? budget air & airtransit??

gary27

Sandraella2007 wrote: »

who did you's book ur flights with? budget air & airtransit??

check out this link:

http://www.skyscanner.ie

they search all sites for you.

westerlywonder

gary27 wrote: »

check out this link:

http://www.skyscanner.ie

they search all sites for you.

air transit are not shown on skyscanner.

budgetair can be booked through skyscanner though

Sandraella2007

have you's booked your flights yet? budget air is coming up cheapest for me with a British Airways flight? anyone ever use this company???

westerlywonder

Sandraella2007 wrote: »

have you's booked your flights yet? budget air is coming up cheapest for me with a British Airways flight? anyone ever use this company???

I booked through this company. I can confirm that the booking code that they give you works with the BA website.
I have checked through the manage my booking on the BA website and my tickets are confirmed, and reservation valid.

JustRoss23

did you book a flight already?:D

westerlywonder

JustRoss23 wrote: »

did you book a flight already?:D

OHHH YEAHHH, I am going either way. I got sick of waiting and decided the best thing for my mental state was to book a flight rather than torturing myself.
I just hope its not for a 3month holiday .
I booked a flight to Vancouver for 348euro last week, the same flight this week is 1450!! So it looks like I made the right call... so long as they give me a visa... where is the emotional stressed smilie?

gary27

westerlywonder wrote: »

OHHH YEAHHH, I am going either way. I got sick of waiting and decided the best thing for my mental state was to book a flight rather than torturing myself.
I just hope its not for a 3month holiday .
I booked a flight to Vancouver for 348euro last week, the same flight this week is 1450!! So it looks like I made the right call... so long as they give me a visa... where is the emotional stressed smilie?

good on you, might take the gamble tomoro and book a one way ticket to calgary.

JustRoss23

haha i am the same just checked Calgary for mid April 366 so tempted to book now. dunno what ta do:D

gary27

JustRoss23 wrote: »

haha i am the same just checked Calgary for mid April 366 so tempted to book now. dunno what ta do:D

book, book, book

think of cool runnings when you think of Calgary

westerlywonder

I think booking now is a good idea, we should have them by mid april for sure.