London to Shannon

realdanbreen

I'm probably on the wrong forum, forgive me if I am .
I'm trying to book flights from London(any airport, pref Heathrow)toShannon for Sat may 26th and they are coming in around €130-150. That seems very dear to me, or is it about right?:eek:

Fr_Dougal

That’s good for a Saturday flight.

mel.b

Taxes for flights from heathrow are expensiveand you’ve left it rather late to book as well, so that price isn’t a surprise.

bazz26

That weekend is also a UK bank holiday weekend so those prices would be the norm.

Conservatory

My granddad likes to do his traveling with google street view.

Capt'n Midnight

http://www.buseireann.ie/inner.php?id=356#Limerick_-_Waterford_-_London

cml387

Dear Lord, back in the 1980's we paid 150 pounds to fly to Heathrow.

Brendan Bendar

Conservatory wrote: »

My granddad likes to do his traveling with google street view.

Stingy kernt!!

realdanbreen

cml387 wrote: »

Dear Lord, back in the 1980's we paid 150 pounds to fly to Heathrow.

So! back in January I paid €25.00 to fly to Luton!

Conchir

realdanbreen wrote: »

So! back in January I paid €25.00 to fly to Luton!

Big difference between Luton and Heathrow (the price, for example).

realdanbreen

Conchir wrote: »

Big difference between Luton and Heathrow (the price, for example).

As I said from the outset, I want to fly out of London, it doesn't have to be Heathrow!

innuendo141

realdanbreen wrote: »

As I said from the outset, I want to fly out of London, it doesn't have to be Heathrow!

www.skyscanner.ie

realdanbreen

Would I get a better price closer to date of departure?

granturismo

realdanbreen wrote: »

Would I get a better price closer to date of departure?

Only if you book on a Tuesday.

ednwireland

that weekends a UK bank holiday

Sofiztikated

realdanbreen wrote: »

Would I get a better price closer to date of departure?

Or you might get no price, closer to the date.

PARlance

realdanbreen wrote: »

I'm probably on the wrong forum, forgive me if I am .
I'm trying to book flights from London(any airport, pref Heathrow)toShannon for Sat may 26th and they are coming in around €130-150. That seems very dear to me, or is it about right?:eek:

What price were you thinking you would get it for?

Weekend flight, less than 2 weeks in advance... I would be fairly happy it's €130-150.

realdanbreen

Sofiztikated wrote: »

Or you might get no price, closer to the date.

Gulp!:eek:

theteal

That's more or less what I would expect a flight to cost with those parameters. There also the Rail 'n Sail. . . .'n Rail

McMurphy

Prob no comfort to the OP, but I booked flights to Germany from Dublin for June back in Jan, cost me 38€ each way. Out Fri, back Sunday.




In comparison, the taxi cost from my house to Dublin airport will be €55 each way. :mad:

realdanbreen

PARlance wrote: »

What price were you thinking you would get it for?

Weekend flight, less than 2 weeks in advance... I would be fairly happy it's €130-150.

I just thought a late flight on a Saturday might be cheaper. Who heads away for a weekend late on Saturday?

Hotblack Desiato

You'll be a day late for #HomeToVote, OP.

realdanbreen

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

You'll be a day late for #HomeToVote, OP.

Is there an election coming up?

Franz Von Peppercorn

realdanbreen wrote: »

I just thought a late flight on a Saturday might be cheaper. Who heads away for a weekend late on Saturday?

You didn’t say it was late until now.

It’s a U.K. bank holiday. That means they have an extra day, or a week if they are taking that off.

realdanbreen

Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »

You didn’t say it was late until now.

It’s a U.K. bank holiday. That means they have an extra day, or a week if they are taking that off.

I didn't specify a time, anytime on the Sataurday will do.

realdanbreen

Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »

It’s a U.K. bank holiday. That means they have an extra day, or a week if they are taking that off.

BTW, I do know what a bank holiday is.

ohnonotgmail

If you seen some at 130 you should have booked them. Cheapest now is 142.

Franz Von Peppercorn

realdanbreen wrote: »

BTW, I do know what a bank holiday is.

You don’t appear to. You asked why are people travelling on a bank holiday Saturday so much that it increases the price. Because it’s a bank holiday (and you left it late).

Not sure what help you were expecting here.

realdanbreen

Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »

You don’t appear to. You asked why are people travelling on a bank holiday Saturday so much that it increases the price. Because it’s a bank holiday (and you left it late).

Not sure what help you were expecting here.

I wasn't expecting much from you anyway.

VandC

Aer lingus have one way flight for 122 at mo

JCX BXC

Heathrow flights have a minimum price due to all the lovely taxes and charges, about €92 for the Heathrow to Shannon sector.

To be honest, the price you quoted doesn't seem shocking or strange whatsoever. Infact, I'd have expected higher.

realdanbreen

JCX BXC wrote: »

Heathrow flights have a minimum price due to all the lovely taxes and charges, about €92 for the Heathrow to Shannon sector.

To be honest, the price you quoted doesn't seem shocking or strange whatsoever. Infact, I'd have expected higher.

What about all the others then, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton?
I know it's a bank holiday weekend but who starts a bank holiday weekend on Saturday night?

irelandrover

realdanbreen wrote: »

What about all the others then, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton?
I know it's a bank holiday weekend but who starts a bank holiday weekend on Saturday night?

The 21:40 flight from Shannon to Stansted is €15 with Ryanair. Obviously gets you to London very late

realdanbreen

irelandrover wrote: »

The 21:40 flight from Shannon to Stansted is €15 with Ryanair. Obviously gets you to London very late

I am going the other way London-Ireland !

JCX BXC

realdanbreen wrote: »

What about all the others then, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton?
I know it's a bank holiday weekend but who starts a bank holiday weekend on Saturday night?

I didn't reference the bank holiday weekend. The late flight the following day is the same price (in pounds anyway).

It's mainly because it's just over a week away that you're seeing slightly inflated pricing.