Aer Lingus Dublin to Munich

Free-2-Flow

I'm travelling from Dublin to Munich.
Flights just keep getting more expensive.
For me and the wife it's 520 now, our friends got it for 375 a couple of weeks ago.
Is there a trick to getting cheap flights?
Do they know my IP address and that I keep checking prices? Is the app useless?

Locker10a

No, its not necessarily a conspiracy based on your IP , flight tickets rise based on sold seats. 
Airlines may sell X amount of seats for 50 quid, when they are sold the price will jump to 75 quid, when that block of seats are sold it will rise to 100 etc etc. The less seats remaining the higher the price, thats a very basic and general expiation of how it works, the longer you wait, the more expensive it will be

goingnowhere

There was a sale that ended yesterday

Munich is expensive in general and if happens to be late September you are looking to book, you are 2 months behind everyone else

Lufthansa also fly the route, but if you think Aer Lingus is expensive you ain't seen nothing yet

munchkin_utd

goingnowhere wrote: »

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Lufthansa also fly the route, but if you think Aer Lingus is expensive you ain't seen nothing yet

too true, although I flew there last March on paddies weekend and ended up paying just shy of €400 return with Lufthansa as it was cheaper than Aer Lingus. Lesson to be learnt, flights can be dear and lads like the OP who only check aer lingus and not other options mean Aer Lingus can be the dearest option.

The way to get a cheap flight is to fly when theres cheap flights. If you MUST fly on a friday of a bank holiday weekend and MUST fly back on the bank holiday Monday, then funny enough you'll enjoy a premium price for that convience , not due to the airline being a shower of so and so's, but simply because the flight is very busy and probably nearing being sold out.

Fly a day or 2 earlier and you'll save money.
Also check sky scanner and you will get other options. Transavia (cheapo arm of KLM) are starting in a month or 2 so there'll be up to 5 flights a day. Also check Ryanair to Memmingen, but remember to factor in an extra hour and a half and €30 return for the shuttle bus, if Munich is your destination.

Just note, Lufthansa normally sell their one way flights at insane prices. So you may have a €200 return fare but one of the legs bought singly may cost €550 one way. If you buy it through a 3rd party like opodo, then you might be able to combine an aer lingus and lufthansa leg as a return for a middling normal price.

Otherwise, if you can get to Frankfurt with Lufthansa for cheap, you can add on a flexible rail journey for only €30 or so. If flying to Munich city this is a pain, but if your end destination is somewhere like Nürnberg or Stuttgart it may make more sense anyhow.

You havent mentioned dates, your end destination or even time of the year (is it a state secret), so saying more than the above isnt really possible.

Free-2-Flow

munchkin_utd wrote:

You havent mentioned dates, your end destination or even time of the year (is it a state secret), so saying more than the above isnt really possible.

I'm heading for March 13th to 18th

VG31

Transavia will be flying from Dublin to Munich from the end of March. I saw some dates for €175 return and most were less than €200.

Locker10a

VG31 wrote: »

Transavia will be flying from Dublin to Munich from the end of March. I saw some dates for €175 return and most were less than €200.

They have no availability on the mentioned dates

FREDNISMO

We are looking for flights for same route for first week in July, two adults and two kids under twelve. We are getting prices of 970 euro including baggage the price has not changed in the last month is this a good price or should we hold out, Transavia were 300 cheaper but did not fly on dates that suited us.

Locker10a

FREDNISMO wrote: »

We are looking for flights for same route for first week in July, two adults and two kids under twelve. We are getting prices of 970 euro including baggage the price has not changed in the last month is this a good price or should we hold out, Transavia were 300 cheaper but did not fly on dates that suited us.

Well if you have explored all options, then Id say prices are unlikely to come down in price, you're traveling top peak summer travel period so no flights will be cheap unfortunately

Living Off The Splash

Try Ryanair to Memmingen. There is usually a coach outside the airport to take you to Munich.

https://www.tripadvisor.ie/ShowTopic-g198464-i12670-k9272318-Munich_airport_to_Menningen-Memmingen_Swabia_Bavaria.html

Locker10a

Living Off The Splash wrote: »

Try Ryanair to Memmingen. There is usually a coach outside the airport to take you to Munich.

https://www.tripadvisor.ie/ShowTopic-g198464-i12670-k9272318-Munich_airport_to_Menningen-Memmingen_Swabia_Bavaria.html

That's an extra 30 quid, or 60 quid for 2 adults not to mention the 90min journey, I'd rather not..

kindalen

memmingen is actually not that bad if price is cheap enough. especially to fly into, as you are off the plane and on the bus in a few minutes. To fly back from though there is very little in the tiny airport. I find smaller airports handier when with kids too.

Locker10a

kindalen wrote: »

memmingen is actually not that bad if price is cheap enough. especially to fly into, as you are off the plane and on the bus in a few minutes. To fly back from though there is very little in the tiny airport. I find smaller airports handier when with kids too.

I'd think the benefit of taking kids through a small airport is offset by the very long bus journey to said airport, additional 2 hours you'd need to plan getting to/from airport as well as the cost

newacc2015

Locker10a wrote: »

That's an extra 30 quid, or 60 quid for 2 adults not to mention the 90min journey, I'd rather not..

Honestly it is a surreal airport. I have been to rural train stations that are bigger than it. There is literally one luggage belt, one passport control guy and you get off the flight and onto the bus. The bus leaves immediately as it is timed to the flights.

The real Munich airport is about 40 mins to the city, factor in waiting 20 mins for it etc. I would not be surprised if you get into the city the exact same time as flying into Memminghem

Free-2-Flow

Memm only do Saturday to Saturday if you're lucky, I'm going Mid week, Aer lingus may be the only choice.

omicron

Free-2-Flow wrote: »

Memm only do Saturday to Saturday if you're lucky, I'm going Mid week, Aer lingus may be the only choice.

Saturday to Saturday is in winter as it's aimed at ski traffic, in summer there's 4 flights a week.

munchkin_utd

Free-2-Flow wrote: »

Memm only do Saturday to Saturday if you're lucky, I'm going Mid week, Aer lingus may be the only choice.

for your dates you can get for €170 return with a half ways reasonable connection, or 40 a head more for direct, so the prices arent as bad as when your first looked.
Or 185 direct over with Lufthansa and a fairly short connection in Switzerland on the way back.

check skyscanner.ie for comparisons, and you can use the sliders on the side to tailor whats displayed to exclude overly long flight options or limit departure to times of the day that suit.

As for whether it'll go down, its hard to know, but with aer lingus their sales normally are for dates fairly far in advance so I'd not be hoping for much of a discount on the current prices.

Free-2-Flow

Free-2-Flow wrote:

I'm travelling from Dublin to Munich. Flights just keep getting more expensive. For me and the wife it's 520 now, our friends got it for 375 a couple of weeks ago. Is there a trick to getting cheap flights? Do they know my IP address and that I keep checking prices? Is the app useless?

Well, just what I thought would happen did happen, bought the flights 3 days ago for 360, today they are 259. Bast*rds