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Rip off from Dublin airport to Majorca

  • 27-05-2015 12:20am
    #1
    Idbatterim
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    booked flights to Palma yesterday for July, flying from Leeds Bradford as the GF lives over there and the flights are much cheaper than via Dublin where I live.

    The lads thinking of coming over now for a few nights, checked prices from Dublin with Aer Lingus and Ryanair. So I thought it might make sense for them to go via the uk, went onto skyscanner, and selected all uk airports to Palma, Bournemouth came up the cheapest.

    So I thought I would do a comparison on the dates that we have booked. Leaving Dublin on Monday 29th June and returning on Monday 13th July (both a.m flights) = E332 with Ryanair and from Bournemouth the early flight out and early flight back = £80 = E113 again with Ryanair.. The Aer Lingus prices were totally off the wall...

    Was in Ibiza last summer again and flew via the Uk due to the price being far cheaper, we are being absolutely gouged on price here on the european sun holiday destinations...


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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
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    Not disagreeing but

    Dates you have selected schools both primary and secondary in Ireland are off so more likely more flights are full, in the UK schools don't finish till mid July, they only get 6 weeks off so probably aren't full up yet.

    Maybe a reason for difference in price but only maybe.


  • #3
    Noxegon
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    Supply and demand unfortunately.

    Sun destinations from Dublin are expensive in the summer months. I've bought a round trip to Italy that was only slightly cheaper than a round trip to New York.

    I develop Superior Solitaire when I'm not procrastinating on boards.ie.



  • #4
    A Dub in Glasgo
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    The schools in England do not finish until mid July. Did you check prices from Scotland as the schools finish around the end of June? That is the reason I am flying on a Thomson family holiday from Manchester as it is about £500 cheaper than Glasgow. It is all about the school holidays


  • #5
    homerjay2005
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    more airports in the Uk = more choices, Dublin is one airport catering for about 3million people on most routes, within 1-2 hours of Leeds you could get to 5 or 6 airports that have about 300 flights + a day during the summer.

    they also have a huge charter set up over there (Thompson, T Cook etc etc) and above all else, its supply and demand as has been said already.


  • #6
    Calina
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    Doesn't this belong in the travel forum or does such a thing not exist any more?


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