Shannon - Atlanta, £250 return

Skuxx

Just saw Shannon to Atlanta, £250 return! Seems to be lots of dates between now and the summer! Might interest someone!

http://www.secretflying.com/euro-deals

bmm

€350 yoyo's ! sterling is a killer these days!

Helpneeded86

bmm wrote: »

€350 yoyo's ! sterling is a killer these days!

Still a huge bargain

Velbon

Cheers OP.
Booked the last week in June - that's the summer holliers taken care of.

zweton

great deal in fairness, anyone know what atlanta is like? guess one could get cheap enough internal flights when there also, e.g new york, florida.
Tempting:D

paulgs

it's a hub for the rest of the states so you could potentially go anywhere from there

slave1

paulgs wrote: »

it's a hub for the rest of the states so you could potentially go anywhere from there

It is indeed, funny thing is it's rarely cheaper to fly into Atlanta compared to a connecting flight out being part of the flight, go figure?
Also, it's a Delta hub in the main

domfitz

this link wont open for me??? Is it working for everyone else?

dingding

Getting a server error also.

Skuxx

domfitz wrote: »

this link wont open for me??? Is it working for everyone else?

dingding wrote: »

Getting a server error also.

Opening for me on iPhone!!

pete_fire

works fine for me.
try using a different web browser

deiseindublin

I've tried IE and Chrome and neither will open.

erkifino

Delete the last /
http://www.secretflying.com/euro-deals

tommybc

Can you get one way tickets only, or are you allowed to sell the return tickets to someone else? All i need is one way, could i get a refund for the return tickets?

Skuxx

tommybc wrote: »

Can you get one way tickets only, or are you allowed to sell the return tickets to someone else? All i need is one way, could i get a refund for the return tickets?

Cheapest I can find one way is €450, it's €330 return!
I suppose you could just "miss" the return flight!!

killbillvol2

zweton wrote: »

great deal in fairness, anyone know what atlanta is like? guess one could get cheap enough internal flights when there also, e.g new york, florida.
Tempting:D

Lovely city. lots of southern charm and tons of history. It's also a gateway to the rest of the south and the rest of the country as it's one of the largest airports.

zweton

Skuxx wrote: »

Cheapest I can find one way is €450, it's €330 return!
I suppose you could just "miss" the return flight!!

I was thinking the same, a week is too short as I would like to take in NY

errlloyd

How about "missing" the connecting flight and using hand luggage, I kind of want to go to Chicago or New York, Atlanta, not so much.

Cipango

errlloyd wrote: »

How about "missing" the connecting flight and using hand luggage, I kind of want to go to Chicago or New York, Atlanta, not so much.

If you do this then you will automatically cancel the remainder of your itinerary. It would only work if you got off in London. It would then cancel your London-Shannon flight. So I do not recommend it as it would turn a bargain deal into an expensive ordeal!

slave1

Skuxx wrote: »

Cheapest I can find one way is €450, it's €330 return!
I suppose you could just "miss" the return flight!!

US immigration would be flagged, I tried to book a cheap package deal one year with the intention of missing the flight home and staying another two weeks elsewhere and getting a one way flight home, the crowd would not accept the booking as they said US immigration would be all over us once we got to an airport. You know those Americans and rules, either black or white, no grey!

slave1

killbillvol2 wrote: »

Lovely city. lots of southern charm and tons of history. It's also a gateway to the rest of the south and the rest of the country as it's one of the largest airports.

Gateway to the south EXACTLY, 6 hour drive to Orlando, for a €2k saving over flights to Orlando I can take that!

Saruman

Good deal that.

Ninap

killbillvol2 wrote: »

Lovely city. lots of southern charm and tons of history. It's also a gateway to the rest of the south and the rest of the country as it's one of the largest airports.

Was there once on a long layover. Coke and CNN based there but otherwise a typical US city of roads and malls. Better to fly on somewhere interesting.

JONJO THE MISER

Do they have Matlock tours there i wonder.

Saruman

If I remember correctly, Big Boss Man in the old WWF was from Cobb county Georgia (supposedly) and that's by Atlanta. It's about the most interesting thing I know.

If you like beer, the local craft brewery I've had there is Sweetwater. They make some good beer and even if you only make it to the airport before heading somewhere else, their beer is available in a bunch of bars and they even have their own in the airport.

Thewife

If you head north from the city up near the Tennessee boarder there's a town called blueridge it's like a set from the waltons it's fabulous there like heaven on earth .. It's about a 1.5 hour drive from the airport if I remember correctly .

walshy123

book on vayama.ie and save yourself the FX fee on credit card

killbillvol2

Ninap wrote: »

Was there once on a long layover. Coke and CNN based there but otherwise a typical US city of roads and malls. Better to fly on somewhere interesting.

I've spent a lot more time than a layover there so I'll stand by my opinion.

bk

killbillvol2 wrote: »

I've spent a lot more time than a layover there so I'll stand by my opinion.

I spent a week there and I honestly wouldn't recommend it.

Now I had a very good time, but that was because I knew someone living there and I went and did many things that a tourist would never know about, only a local who socialises a lot:

- Wall climbing in a massive wall climbing center
- Salsa dancing under a massive dinosaur skeleton in the National History Museum!
- Halloween party and tour at night in the Botanic Gardens
- Amazing massive bowl of crab claws in a little hidden away New Orleans place
- Weird conversations with gun nut Americans

All sounds great and it was. A real experience, but not something most tourists would experience. Most people would be VERY bored there I think.

Notice I didn't list the Olympic stadium, Coca Cola tour, CNN center, the typical tourist places. All very boring IMHO.

Oh and you have to drive absolutely everywhere. I once crossed a 16 lane road there (yes I counted) and the traffic was still bumper to bumper!

who_ru

zweton wrote: »

great deal in fairness, anyone know what atlanta is like? guess one could get cheap enough internal flights when there also, e.g new york, florida.
Tempting:D

Atlanta is a nice place, stay for a weekend, then hire a car, drive to Nashville. Great town to visit.

Kmum

Has anyone managed to get availability of the €330 fare for >4 passengers? I'm trying to book for 2ad & 3ch, my brother is in Atlanta and I'd given up on getting us all over to him but at this price it's doable!! However I can find loads of dates for 2+2 but all have 'only 4 seats at this price' on one leg of the journey. The per person price doubles when I add in the 3rd child...

slave1

Kmum wrote: »

Has anyone managed to get availability of the €330 fare for >4 passengers? I'm trying to book for 2ad & 3ch, my brother is in Atlanta and I'd given up on getting us all over to him but at this price it's doable!! However I can find loads of dates for 2+2 but all have 'only 4 seats at this price' on one leg of the journey. The per person price doubles when I add in the 3rd child...

Those prices are only released in blocks of 4, just do two separate bookings, that's what we did, no problem and we're the same 2ad & 3ch, we went 1ad & 3ch and then another booking for 1ad, all at the low price.

slave1

Also, those flights are available from a good few websites so you do not have to book in sterling, try etravel.ie which is where I booked them from (no affiliation)

alastair

who_ru wrote: »

Atlanta is a nice place, stay for a weekend, then hire a car, drive to Nashville. Great town to visit.

Nashville is nice alright, but, not a whole lot more to drive from Atlanta - New Orleans. A great city to visit. Just spent two weeks there over Christmas - had a fantastic time.

Saruman

alastair wrote: »

Nashville is nice alright, but, not a whole lot more to drive from Atlanta - New Orleans. A great city to visit. Just spent two weeks there over Christmas - had a fantastic time.

+1

AlanS181824

Great price.

Andrea B.

Great deal!! Thanks OP!!
Search through Expedia and you can stretch dates such as 28/6 to 11/7 for same price.
Bit concerned over a 2hr change in Heathrow, but as all flights Air Canada, I imagine they would do best.
New Orleans great and also Pensacola Beach for a bit of pampering. If passing south of Tallahassee a visit to Wakula Springs Park should not be missed. Do a google on it.

Ruu

Terrific deal. Atlanta is a great hub as well, as mentioned. It trumps the shitehole O'Hare anyway.

Amazingfun

Andrea B. wrote: »

Great deal!! Thanks OP!!
Search through Expedia and you can stretch dates such as 28/6 to 11/7 for same price.

I got all excited on expedia and then this:

While you were shopping, the price of your trip changed from €1,047.98 to €2,321.43. This is the next best deal for your trip.

:P

Andrea B.

@amazingfun. Try later. Deal also disappeared on another sight I checked today and reappeared later'.......hope it works for you

deiseindublin

Wish it was available for any July dates. I google mapped it and it's less than 5 hours to Orlando or Tampa.

tommybc

Any at that price which the flights are spaced out over a longer period?

slave1

deiseindublin wrote: »

Wish it was available for any July dates. I google mapped it and it's less than 5 hours to Orlando or Tampa.

I'm booked June 26 to July 19 if that helps, I've done this before it takes just over 6 hours without a break from the airport to Orlando (Kissimmee)

purplestar77

Thanks so much OP. Just booked 26 June returning 10th July with last minute.ie - ebookers kept failing at the last step of booking?

I don't live near Shaannon & am actually going to Pennsylvania to visit family but getting to US for just under €1400 for 2ad + 2ch is just fantastic. We'll have to get a nice car now for the road trip!

Did anyone else notice the fare vs taxes/fees cost? With ours the adults & children came up as €29.96 each and the taxes/fees were a total of €1217.48 (!)

deiseindublin

I can't travel til July but tempted to send rest of family on ahead of me and save €2k or so.

AgileMyth

slave1 wrote: »

Gateway to the south EXACTLY, 6 hour drive to Orlando, for a €2k saving over flights to Orlando I can take that!

I'm flying Dublin to Orlando for €420 return in march. Where are you getting 2k from? Air travel is cheap these days.

slave1

AgileMyth wrote: »

I'm flying Dublin to Orlando for €420 return in march. Where are you getting 2k from? Air travel is cheap these days.

5 of us in late June, cheapest Orlando flight I could find was €3,650, trust me I know IRL-MCO flights, this is our 6th time and this is by far the best price...

slave1

purplestar77 wrote: »

...We'll have to get a nice car now for the road trip!...

Best price I could find at present was from www.alamo.co.uk/brits, all the necessary insurance in included with free additional driver, best part is with their SaveTime feature you check in in advance and just walk into the garage and drive to kiosk, no queuing at counter. Last year it took me 27minutes from the airplane opening it's doors after landing to being on the roads

Only

AgileMyth wrote: »

I'm flying Dublin to Orlando for €420 return in march. Where are you getting 2k from? Air travel is cheap these days.

OT but Angie can I ask when do you typically book flights for your trips? How far in advance? Hoping to go next year and was told to book flights the day they are released - going by what you say that may not be the best option (?)

deiseindublin

Still humming and hawing over these flights.

Anybody else bite the bullet?

Cipango

deiseindublin wrote: »

Still humming and hawing over these flights.

Anybody else bite the bullet?

With a glitch deal like this, you need to act fast. As far as I know these flights are no longer available and are now up at full price again!

If you see a flight like this you need to decide there and then because they disappear so fast.