British airways have flights to and from Majorca at ridiculously cheap prices for summer holidays next year - The cheapest flights leave on a Saturday evening from Stansted... Prices 5th - 13th for example is £100
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afroylnt
9 Sep 1620#31
I am going to guess that protection wise your personality is a big help.
canaryruss
8 Sep 1610#22
each to their own mate, some of us wanted children to love & nurture instead of being so self centred.
duncanhill to manbearpig
8 Sep 168#13
Some things are fairly guaranteed, school holidays are fix and none negotiable, flights/holiday prices will triple during school holidays. So planing for a nice holiday and saving 60% means more fun and enjoyment which doesn't sound dull to me.
manbearpig
8 Sep 167#10
I've never understood how can anyone book flights for a year in advance.
Is your life so incredibly dull that you're completely certain that nothing is going to change for 12 months?
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roomanaimtiaz
24 Sep 16#53
Just take the kids out of school for a week. No harm done.
musicals
11 Sep 16#52
Great spot - summer holiday flights for 5 to Majorca booked for £500. Wonderful!
manbearpig
8 Sep 167#10
I've never understood how can anyone book flights for a year in advance.
Is your life so incredibly dull that you're completely certain that nothing is going to change for 12 months?
duncanhill to manbearpig
8 Sep 168#13
Some things are fairly guaranteed, school holidays are fix and none negotiable, flights/holiday prices will triple during school holidays. So planing for a nice holiday and saving 60% means more fun and enjoyment which doesn't sound dull to me.
cfbc to manbearpig
8 Sep 165#14
You need kids, tends to get your life into perspective and organised.... Especially with holidays! You either book well in advance or leave it late... Early, more choice of what you want. Late, you take your chances!!
We knew what we wanted in terms of an apartment in Majorca so took a flyer for two weeks and booked it. I know I could get flights for £700 or thereabouts from bonnie Scotland, but for £498 in August.... That's a bargain my friend.
bojangles to manbearpig
9 Sep 16#44
We are only allowed one person of work at a time. As I do not want to go away when there are screaming kids everywhere, I usually go away Sept/Oct. June/May is to soon after my annual ski trip!
Pretty much got my next 2 years planned out!
scalpels to manbearpig
9 Sep 161#49
One thing IS for certain. You'll still be a boring, sad and lonely troll in 12 months.
splender to manbearpig
11 Sep 16#51
I've never understood how can anyone not book flights for a year in advance.
Is your life so incredibly dull that you're completely uncertain that you ain't a master of what is going for 12 months?
smilespiles
11 Sep 16#50
what a d##k
cfbc
9 Sep 16#48
Agreed.. We can get two weeks doing it ourselves with car hire for the approx price of a weeks package holiday...
luvsadealdealdeal
9 Sep 16#47
thing is, 'manbearpig' is something Freud would have gone to town on :smiley:
sbfc
9 Sep 16#46
Exactly how we do it too - less than half the price of a package holiday and like you say offers much more flexibility.
cfbc
9 Sep 161#45
Agreed, not ATOl, but use a CC and then I booked my apartment via Trip Advisor which they also guarantee protection on the apartment. I would not go back to a package holiday now after two years of doing it myself.
Have two kids and they love the flexibility and also being part of the place we visit, but understand if that is not your type of holiday....
Duke__Nukem
9 Sep 16#42
I was looking to do a Majorca holiday next year, first time with kids, in the summer holiday.
I assume if these are booked, then any holiday could not be ATOL protected?
Never cared before kids and would always book flight and hotel separately but with kids would want some protection.
sbfc to Duke__Nukem
9 Sep 161#43
No not Atol protected unless you book car hire with BA at the same time - I would imagine you should be fairly safe with BA though - If you are worried book with a credit card for further protection.
barron201253
9 Sep 163#37
Don't rack up too much debt on your credit card's Mr manbearpig!
Especially visting them lady boys!
omgpleasespamme to barron201253
9 Sep 16#41
Why not? Interest rates are so low right now it's the perfect time to be wallowing in debt. Most of the population of the UK can't be wrong.
murkr
9 Sep 16#32
I booked the same destination through ocado.co.uk last week for £77 return.
luvsadealdealdeal to murkr
9 Sep 162#34
opodo? unless you threw in a few oranges or something :smiley:
cfbc to murkr
9 Sep 16#40
What dates were they please? I saw some for £80, but certainly not in holiday times for the kids... Was tempted to have a holiday all by myself! :smiley:
tonyhad
9 Sep 16#39
BA no longer fly direct from Manchester to Palma, in fact they only fly via London to most resorts. Great service for the North, not!
uddinp
9 Sep 161#38
Clearly doesn't have a job
deddog
9 Sep 163#36
Life as a "Trolley Dolly" must be great fun, which airline do you work for. :stuck_out_tongue:
anthonyduffy526
8 Sep 162#8
Some of the last minute Thomson prices this summer were ridiculously cheap for the Balaerics but on the downside the accommodation was again ridiculously expensive. I suppose if you booked the accommodation early and knew the flight times Thomson were going to operate next year you could take a risk and grab a cheap deal.
benlondon to anthonyduffy526
8 Sep 16#9
thomson always have cheap flights every year, and not just to majorca, to orlando £189 return there was a lot of availability and a load of other places, nothing special
knowitall5 to anthonyduffy526
9 Sep 16#35
Sir, you must understand, there are no coincidences.. I have analysed all of the destinations and where there are cheap or reasonable flights the accommodation is always sky high
Searcher2
8 Sep 16#2
They don't seem to fly direct from Manchester. I gave up looking from other northern airports. I think you have to put PAL (for Palma, Spain) in the search box for Mallorca. It didn't like MAL or MAJ.
suziemaclondon to Searcher2
8 Sep 162#6
PMI is the airport code for Palma Majorca, I believe :smiley:
pgmbrum to Searcher2
8 Sep 16#11
Try PMI (Palma International)
John M to Searcher2
9 Sep 16#33
MAN & PMI
afroylnt
9 Sep 1620#31
I am going to guess that protection wise your personality is a big help.
rogercat
9 Sep 16#28
Just to say on the cheaper BA flights think about business class especially for the free 2 * 32KG luggage, I saw some at around £100 a leg so a group of four could have one person business class allocated all the luggage and rest in cattle!
cfbc to rogercat
9 Sep 16#30
I thought about doing that with the kids/wife in next August and then me going is business class, but then I thought I may not have a wife and kids thereafter!!!! :smiley: Oh and the holiday for two weeks....
cfbc
9 Sep 16#29
My guess, total flexibility to get at £75 return, not to worry where you go and not in the school holidays. :smiley: (or very very limited if so).
Wife and I have done a couple of short away's on a very limited budget around £80-100 on flights for us both plus hotel and it is possible, just got to search, be open minded and keep looking. Had a few nice w/e's away without the kids! :smiley: Oh and no luggage, just a carry-on bag for the w/e, but that is all you need! (well, try telling the wife that?!?)
Master G
8 Sep 161#20
Shop around. I'm fortunate enough to have four or five foreign beach holidays each year, I've never spent more than £75 return on the flights. Accommodation can be dirt cheap too. Last year, i stayed in a 4* hotel, inc breakfast in Malta with a pass to the spa for £3 per night. Put the effort in and get the rewards. Don't rely on others, chances are all the hot deals will have gone.
youknowwho to Master G
9 Sep 16#26
All in school holidays?
aazizi to Master G
9 Sep 161#27
Master would appreciate some tips m8?
youknowwho
9 Sep 167#25
We are thankful you have no kids too!
mpfree
9 Sep 164#24
No one cares
unhappybunny
9 Sep 161#23
Stansted
canaryruss
8 Sep 1610#22
each to their own mate, some of us wanted children to love & nurture instead of being so self centred.
raeble
8 Sep 161#17
BA have been enhancing their services of late. One of way is cutting catering to the bone on short haul, and not allowing you to buy on board. Remember to buy something at the airport!
Master G to raeble
8 Sep 16#21
Not at the airport! Take your own cold bacon or sausage sandwich. Or get something from Greggs or Morrisons the day before.
manbearpig
8 Sep 163#19
Fair comment.
I have made sure I used protection and thankfully have had no kids. I've managed to visit 12 countries, across 3 continents this year.
Have fun with your budget holidays in Europe in 2018!
Searcher2
8 Sep 16#18
PMI or PAL work. Not a great website really compared to Easyjet or Ryan air. PMI, Maj, pal all work on Easyjet. No obvious way of seeing what UK destinations you can get to direct from Palma either.
cfbc
8 Sep 16#16
Thanks, will give it a look.
cfbc
8 Sep 16#15
And the money saved on the flights pays for my two weeks car hire!
duncanhill
8 Sep 162#12
We booked with BA for next Easter school holidays a month ago from Heathrow and have to say it was cheap. Including luggage, two adults and one child aged 15 the total was £480. We tried to compare Easyjet, RyanAir & Monarch and only Monarch had flights listed but by the time you added luggage far more expensive. From past experinece both RyanAir & Easyjet fares for Easter are closer to £800 almost double. Ahh and I wouldn't fly withn RyanAir again, complete con, trying to rip the customer off from time of booking to the point of return checkin, take care if using them.
you_gotta_be_kidding
8 Sep 164#7
use premier inn park and fly, we got two weeks parking which was the stanstead long stay and a night in premier Inn for £84. was cheaper than buying just the parking.
vickibrockwell
8 Sep 162#4
I just got a return for 89 from stansted but it's a 4 hour drive?! Can't decide on the pros and cons x
cfbc to vickibrockwell
8 Sep 16#5
Add you fuel, travelling and any additional hotel into the mix and see what you think... For us, it#s a 2hr drive although two weeks parking is £98 instead of £60, but I don't have half as much fuel to use, hotel the night before plus meals for four night beforehand like I did last year
cfbc
8 Sep 16#3
We booked ours on the 5th August 2017, returning Stanstead on the 19th, two adults and two children for £498. (Mainly London Airports). This includes luggage.
Ok flights out are at 8,45pm, flights home at midnight, but that is half the price of anywhere else and cheaper than driving to Edinburgh and Ryanair also which seem expensive this year! Last year we flew from Edinburgh to PMI for £600 and anywhere South of Hadrians Wall was £1000 at that time.
I booked with BA two weeks ago... Heated.
Edit: Just checked, cheapest now is £617, that includes baggage also and is still cheap for the time!
kimbo87
8 Sep 161#1
5th-13th of August do you mean? Sorry I can't see it in the description. Thanks for the heads up though!
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Is your life so incredibly dull that you're completely certain that nothing is going to change for 12 months?
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Is your life so incredibly dull that you're completely certain that nothing is going to change for 12 months?
We knew what we wanted in terms of an apartment in Majorca so took a flyer for two weeks and booked it. I know I could get flights for £700 or thereabouts from bonnie Scotland, but for £498 in August.... That's a bargain my friend.
Pretty much got my next 2 years planned out!
Is your life so incredibly dull that you're completely uncertain that you ain't a master of what is going for 12 months?
Have two kids and they love the flexibility and also being part of the place we visit, but understand if that is not your type of holiday....
I assume if these are booked, then any holiday could not be ATOL protected?
Never cared before kids and would always book flight and hotel separately but with kids would want some protection.
Especially visting them lady boys!
Wife and I have done a couple of short away's on a very limited budget around £80-100 on flights for us both plus hotel and it is possible, just got to search, be open minded and keep looking. Had a few nice w/e's away without the kids! :smiley: Oh and no luggage, just a carry-on bag for the w/e, but that is all you need! (well, try telling the wife that?!?)
I have made sure I used protection and thankfully have had no kids. I've managed to visit 12 countries, across 3 continents this year.
Have fun with your budget holidays in Europe in 2018!
Ok flights out are at 8,45pm, flights home at midnight, but that is half the price of anywhere else and cheaper than driving to Edinburgh and Ryanair also which seem expensive this year! Last year we flew from Edinburgh to PMI for £600 and anywhere South of Hadrians Wall was £1000 at that time.
I booked with BA two weeks ago... Heated.
Edit: Just checked, cheapest now is £617, that includes baggage also and is still cheap for the time!