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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2015 1:01:04 GMT 7
Smokie told me about a cracking flight - Biz Class, AMS-BKK, 6 Dec - only £1050 - so I went to book it and had to wait as the return date wasn't available on the system yet. By the time the return was avail, the price was £1250 - hmm, okay - let's do it. At the last minute I checked Emirates and their economy flight was £482 from Glasgow.
So I booked it.
And to be honest I'm kicking myself - I should have stuck to plan A.
The way it's working out I'll end up saving about £900 taking into account return flights from Glasgow - AMS to catch that flight - where do you draw the line on being tight with yourself?
And are you bad for it?
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Post by The Arrow on Apr 28, 2015 1:07:05 GMT 7
Cheaper to book two economy class seats, then you've got double the luggage quota.
I used to turn left up the gang plank, but these days suffer it and save the cash for essentials like quiche, chicken kebabs and horrifically expensive camera gear.
If you could see how I live in Blighty (like an old diseased dog), you'd know how I get by on thirty quid a week. Although I did push the boat out and got one of those George Formby fat grills for the site kitchen the other day. Now I can cook chicken!
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Post by pgrahmm on Apr 28, 2015 7:35:41 GMT 7
Cheaper to book two economy class seats, then you've got double the luggage quota. I used to turn left up the gang plank, but these days suffer it and save the cash for essentials like quiche, chicken kebabs and horrifically expensive camera gear. If you could see how I live in Blighty (like an old diseased dog), you'd know how I get by on thirty quid a week. Although I did push the boat out and got one of those George Formby fat grills for the site kitchen the other day. Now I can cook chicken! Those come in 220V ? My wife wants one but ours is 110V |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2015 8:50:36 GMT 7
The economy ticket makes perfect sense <quack>. One wants to get from A to B, as one does, and the economy flight takes the same time as any other class (it's in the same plane, quack quack), as long as one doesn't mind queuing with mere mortals (and ducks). If one cannot forego a few unnecessary comforts for a just few hours - a lounge, food, alcohol and the opportunity to brag about one's <alleged> wealth - then one's up for some serious pity.
As long as one is not located next to some hulking great sweaty sheikh dressed in half a marquee who overspills the seat and takes up half of yours as well with his harem of burqua-penguins, or someone who incessantly chatters when one wants to sleep or watch a movie, then economy is tolerable.
Saving £900 is not being "tight on oneself" by any stretch of the imagination, as one well knows. Think back to all the lectures thst this duck was told one allegedly delivered to the impoverished, ignorant and eternally grateful residents of a certain hotel on how to manage money <coffee cup icon where are you?>
If one has £900 that one can just throw away on a bigger seat for a few hours, then one should get on and do it without fanfare. But in this duck's opinion one would be <ducking> quackers - that £900 could be put to better use, like splashing out on a nice pond to stay in at one's destination.
But as I'm currently nesting close to Hamsterdam, I might just go check out this tip - it's gotta be better than one of them noodle airlines via Beijing.
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Post by me on Apr 28, 2015 9:28:31 GMT 7
Cheaper to book two economy class seats, then you've got double the luggage quota. I used to turn left up the gang plank, but these days suffer it and save the cash for essentials like quiche, chicken kebabs and horrifically expensive camera gear. If you could see how I live in Blighty (like an old diseased dog), you'd know how I get by on thirty quid a week. Although I did push the boat out and got one of those George Formby fat grills for the site kitchen the other day. Now I can cook chicken! Those come in 220V ? My wife wants one but ours is 110V The australian oes are 240 volt. The real ones are good the copies not so good. I have only seen them once here (at big c) and missed getting it as mine was good now tha I need one I cannot get one. oooops sorry took the wrong quite button again,. |
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Post by me on Apr 28, 2015 9:37:32 GMT 7
Cheaper to book two economy class seats, then you've got double the luggage quota. I used to turn left up the gang plank, but these days suffer it and save the cash for essentials like quiche, chicken kebabs and horrifically expensive camera gear. If you could see how I live in Blighty (like an old diseased dog), you'd know how I get by on thirty quid a week. Although I did push the boat out and got one of those George Formby fat grills for the site kitchen the other day. Now I can cook chicken! Depends on whether you can type a book quickly enough to cover the extra cost. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2015 12:42:47 GMT 7
The economy ticket makes perfect sense <quack>. One wants to get from A to B, as one does, and the economy flight takes the same time as any other class (it's in the same plane, quack quack), as long as one doesn't mind queuing with mere mortals (and ducks). If one cannot forego a few unnecessary comforts for a just few hours - a lounge, food, alcohol and the opportunity to brag about one's <alleged> wealth - then one's up for some serious pity. As long as one is not located next to some hulking great sweaty sheikh dressed in half a marquee who overspills the seat and takes up half of yours as well with his harem of burqua-penguins, or someone who incessantly chatters when one wants to sleep or watch a movie, then economy is tolerable. Saving £900 is not being "tight on oneself" by any stretch of the imagination, as one well knows. Think back to all the lectures thst this duck was told one allegedly delivered to the impoverished, ignorant and eternally grateful residents of a certain hotel on how to manage money < coffee cup icon where are you?> If one has £900 that one can just throw away on a bigger seat for a few hours, then one should get on and do it without fanfare. But in this duck's opinion one would be <ducking> quackers - that £900 could be put to better use, like splashing out on a nice pond to stay in at one's destination. But as I'm currently nesting close to Hamsterdam, I might just go check out this tip - it's gotta be better than one of them noodle airlines via Beijing.
Yes, I confess I was deeply irritated at being charged double the going rate at the farang ghetto.
What also annoyed me was the amount of people that queued up every month for a payday loan - maybe they should have listened to the advice and lived within their means.
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Post by smokie36 on Apr 28, 2015 12:46:53 GMT 7
I do it for the lay flat seat....and to not have some bellend wafting their BO in my direction or playing elbow fights for 11 hours.
Premium economy works great for me too...but at £1050 its hard to resist the bubbles!
Edit: The flight to Amsterdam cost me £25 extra with lounge access in London and 46 kg of luggage.
Airline points come in useful sometimes.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2015 12:47:03 GMT 7
^^ Ouch! Some validity, but a tad harsh here and there..... But saving £900 is what it's all about. I was looking at returns from CNX to GLA - or to INV, better still. I know it's always dearer starting the journey from here, and flights in economy never seemed lower than £780 on any of the dates I looked at (but even that was better than I expected). Had I found a business class flight with a smaller differential, nearer the price that you were talking about, tb, I might have considered it: for small additional premium it would be worth it. However, the flight from AMS to INV, or the overnighter in GLA (taxis, hotel, meal) then the train next day (and the same costs on the return) preclude anything but the best offers on the airlines. On a related topic, I have used Momondo for flight searches, and more recently I tried Google flights, which gave some quite good results. In the past I also used Amadeus, which the travel industry uses AFAIK. What flight search programs do posters use, or do you just trust a travel agent?
You'll recollect I sent you the Amadeus link when you were looking to fly back around summer 2013 - it's a cracking tool.
As you know our problem is having to travel to pick up these deals in the first place - I'd guess we would need to allocate at least six hours from the flight from GLA to AMS taking off to ensure connection - by that point we'd already be descending into Dubai.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2015 18:18:31 GMT 7
The economy ticket makes perfect sense <quack>. One wants to get from A to B, as one does, and the economy flight takes the same time as any other class (it's in the same plane, quack quack), as long as one doesn't mind queuing with mere mortals (and ducks). If one cannot forego a few unnecessary comforts for a just few hours - a lounge, food, alcohol and the opportunity to brag about one's <alleged> wealth - then one's up for some serious pity. As long as one is not located next to some hulking great sweaty sheikh dressed in half a marquee who overspills the seat and takes up half of yours as well with his harem of burqua-penguins, or someone who incessantly chatters when one wants to sleep or watch a movie, then economy is tolerable. Saving £900 is not being "tight on oneself" by any stretch of the imagination, as one well knows. Think back to all the lectures thst this duck was told one allegedly delivered to the impoverished, ignorant and eternally grateful residents of a certain hotel on how to manage money < coffee cup icon where are you?> If one has £900 that one can just throw away on a bigger seat for a few hours, then one should get on and do it without fanfare. But in this duck's opinion one would be <ducking> quackers - that £900 could be put to better use, like splashing out on a nice pond to stay in at one's destination. But as I'm currently nesting close to Hamsterdam, I might just go check out this tip - it's gotta be better than one of them noodle airlines via Beijing.
Yes, I confess I was deeply irritated at being charged double the going rate at the farang ghetto.
What also annoyed me was the amount of people that queued up every month for a payday loan - maybe they should have listened to the advice and lived within their means.
"Farang ghetto?" what the ducking bell is a farang ghetto? I haven't the faintest ducking idea what you're talking about, sir. Is it some walled part of a city where undesirable aliens are incarcerated? Heavens knows, there are lots of those kicking around in Pattaya - I like to spend my time with golfing friends there, you know - not down in the seedy areas with the sweaty drunks in their stained and torn vests. Pattaya? Is that what you mean by a 'farang ghetto'? Why would you get charged double in your 'ghetto'? What were you charged for? And who on earth is stupid enough to queue up for a payday loan? Can one get one in Thailand, or are you talking about in your home country? You're absolutely right about living within one's means: there are so many cases - sad, sad cases - who spend all their time and money sitting in bars, drinking themselves senseless for at least 12 hours a day. They spend so much on their booze addiction that they hardly eat at all. Scrounging loans from anyone stupid enough to lend them money is commonplace, and hopes of recovering one's dosh are somewhat optimistic to say the very least. It makes one want to take up a golf club and put them out of everyone's their misery, but they really aren't worth the jail time, are they? Maybe they need to be put into this 'farang ghetto' thingy of yours: how could that be arranged? |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2015 18:23:24 GMT 7
Yes, I confess I was deeply irritated at being charged double the going rate at the farang ghetto.
What also annoyed me was the amount of people that queued up every month for a payday loan - maybe they should have listened to the advice and lived within their means.
"Farang ghetto?" what the ducking bell is a farang ghetto? I haven't the faintest ducking idea what you're talking about, sir. Is it some walled part of a city where undesirable aliens are incarcerated? Heavens knows, there are lots of those kicking around in Pattaya - I like to spend my time with golfing friends there, you know - not down in the seedy areas with the sweaty drunks in their stained and torn vests. Pattaya? Is that what you mean by a 'farang ghetto'? Why would you get charged double in your 'ghetto'? What were you charged for? And who on earth is stupid enough to queue up for a payday loan? Can one get one in Thailand, or are you talking about in your home country? You're absolutely right about living within one's means: there are so many cases - sad, sad cases - who spend all their time and money sitting in bars, drinking themselves senseless for at least 12 hours a day. They spend so much on their booze addiction that they hardly eat at all. Scrounging loans from anyone stupid enough to lend them money is commonplace, and hopes of recovering one's dosh are somewhat optimistic to say the very least. It makes one want to take up a golf club and put them out of everyone's their misery, but they really aren't worth the jail time, are they? Maybe they need to be put into this 'farang ghetto' thingy of yours: how could that be arranged?
After wading my way through your ducked up verbiage - I have deduced you agree with me entirely.
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Post by The Arrow on Apr 28, 2015 18:26:54 GMT 7
Cheaper to book two economy class seats, then you've got double the luggage quota. I used to turn left up the gang plank, but these days suffer it and save the cash for essentials like quiche, chicken kebabs and horrifically expensive camera gear. If you could see how I live in Blighty (like an old diseased dog), you'd know how I get by on thirty quid a week. Although I did push the boat out and got one of those George Formby fat grills for the site kitchen the other day. Now I can cook chicken! Those come in 220V ? My wife wants one but ours is 110V 230v in Blighty. Got chicken on the thing right now. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2015 18:27:34 GMT 7
You'll recollect I sent you the Amadeus link when you were looking to fly back around summer 2013 - it's a cracking tool.
As you know our problem is having to travel to pick up these deals in the first place - I'd guess we would need to allocate at least six hours from the flight from GLA to AMS taking off to ensure connection - by that point we'd already be descending into Dubai.
If the flight were £1100 from Glasgow then it would be a no brainer. I could fly INV- AMS direct, but on some time wind-up plane no bigger than a drone.... but that's Flymaybe for you. They also charge in blood for that connection. To make matters worse, there's usually a 16 to 20 hour wait in AMS... too long and yet not long enough to do anything outwith the airport, and that would mean having to collect and drag luggage. Fark that. If I go via GLA then that's four hours from home to Glasgow, an overnight stay and then out to the airport. It's a hassle, but if booked early enough, the train is pennies (I must get my bus-pass when I am home!), so to go from there to AMS would be a real bind. AH! I wondered where I'd got Amadeus from... but seriously, check out Google Flights - it threw up some interesting options that I couldn't see elsewhere. As I said before, I'm now on returns from CNX, not from GLA or INV, which is going to be a real PITA, unless I get a single (or a cheap return and throw the return leg)....and that is a real possibility, except that if herself travels too, that's a lot of readies thrown away. Anyway, we will await the account of theblether's exploits in cattle class in the near future... 
I live fifteen minutes from Glasgow airport - and that's a large factor. Connection time too - I think I'm in Dubai for 2 hours 50 on the way out and 1 hour 30 on the way back. In reality by the time you clear security and make your way to the next flight it's no time at all
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Post by Krisb on Apr 28, 2015 18:29:56 GMT 7
900 pounds is not small change.
I heard a rumour paying online with Emirates. If you book economy you get a much cheaper option to upgrade to biz class then if you had just booked biz class. Big saving so the story goes.
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Post by The Arrow on Apr 28, 2015 18:38:32 GMT 7
These days I just take a shed load of ibuprofen and painkillers half hour into the flight . . . instils a sort pharmaceutical business class.
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