Evening folks, was faffing around and noticed BA have a offer on where kids can fly for free (Under the age of 12) for every paying adult
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Obviously going to be loads more flights - just thought i'd throw in a example to show working :smiley:
Create new memories with the family this summer, with free return flights in economy for children under 12 to Belfast, Inverness, Leeds, Newcastle, new destination Edinburgh and even Billund in Denmark, the home of Legoland.
The offer includes the entire journey – both there and back – when children travel with at least one full-paying adult between 1 June and 31 October 2017 from London Heathrow or from each of these destinations. That even includes flights taken during the school holidays.
I'm BA exec silver, but there's absolutely no point whatsoever flying BA within Europe unless it's cheaper, or its connecting with a one world flight on a through ticket.
BA is rarely cheaper that Ryanair, but take into account airport location.
BigAde to MrWanger
11 Jun 17#3
Yeah, but you have lounge access, business class check-in, priority boarding, free seat selection etc.
Mentos to MrWanger
12 Jun 172#20
Living relatively close to LHR does skew the following, but I find the reverse to be true.
When we used to be able to go at the drop of a hat, use carry on only and didn't care about the flight time Ryan Air was viable. Now that we have a toddler, the Mrs wants to take the kitchen sink and we don't want to put her through a 4am start or a 2am finish to the journey, Ryan Air often doesn't work out that much cheaper.
Add to that flying from an Airport and with an Airline that treats you with a little more compassion (BA's recent exceptional issue aside) and we now opt for BA/Austrian over Ryan Air. I'm certainly not saying BA/LHR is a pleasant experience, I simply feel they aren't deliberately making our life difficult to squeeze a few more £'s from us. And with a toddler in tow we're less inclined to play that game. Particularly when the price difference when all the extras are added together is often negligible.
There are some tricks you can use with BA to bring the price down. For example BA holidays can work out very competitive against Ryan Air & Self booked hotel, particularly for peak times when flight prices have shot up. For example we went to Venice recently and booking through BA Holidays was significantly cheaper then booking Ryan Air and getting a comparable hotel directly.
Additionally during peak times for shorter trips its worth checking Fly/Drive prices as this qualifies as BA Holidays as well. We took a trip to Vienna to visit family during summer and prices were punitive as usual (both Ryan Air and BA). But booking a car that we didn't need worked out £200 cheaper then booking just the flights.
Anyway thats my take on it, I'm sure some of it is subjective. But in order of preference for us Ryan Air is way way way at the bottom and LHR ----> LTN ---------> LGW ----------------------------------> STN
nadhaw
11 Jun 171#2
And after the recent trouble I'd not even book with them if all the tickets were free! Not risking that hassle!
exexpat
11 Jun 171#4
Wow a Bloody Awful flight full of kids no thanks.
keysmesh
11 Jun 176#5
Cheerful one you are ahh!
Gabi
11 Jun 17#6
Cool kids fly free. One way tickets for kids would be great. :wink: Heat from me though.
Sambat
11 Jun 17#7
They will probably go on strike on the day you try to fly, choose a reliable company.
umirza85
11 Jun 17#8
I was almost going to book one of these as the kids fly free has been going a while now, but as soon as i tried to book the family under a business class/club europe ticket the kid now pays full price. Ended up going with another airline which was cheaper in the end total, its a shame you cant book business.
Aiadi
11 Jun 17#9
Spend a couple of days lying about the airport benches with the kids. Amazing memories from BA.
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Eg
Obviously going to be loads more flights - just thought i'd throw in a example to show working :smiley:
Create new memories with the family this summer, with free return flights in economy for children under 12 to Belfast, Inverness, Leeds, Newcastle, new destination Edinburgh and even Billund in Denmark, the home of Legoland.
The offer includes the entire journey – both there and back – when children travel with at least one full-paying adult between 1 June and 31 October 2017 from London Heathrow or from each of these destinations. That even includes flights taken during the school holidays.
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BA is rarely cheaper that Ryanair, but take into account airport location.
When we used to be able to go at the drop of a hat, use carry on only and didn't care about the flight time Ryan Air was viable. Now that we have a toddler, the Mrs wants to take the kitchen sink and we don't want to put her through a 4am start or a 2am finish to the journey, Ryan Air often doesn't work out that much cheaper.
Add to that flying from an Airport and with an Airline that treats you with a little more compassion (BA's recent exceptional issue aside) and we now opt for BA/Austrian over Ryan Air. I'm certainly not saying BA/LHR is a pleasant experience, I simply feel they aren't deliberately making our life difficult to squeeze a few more £'s from us. And with a toddler in tow we're less inclined to play that game. Particularly when the price difference when all the extras are added together is often negligible.
There are some tricks you can use with BA to bring the price down. For example BA holidays can work out very competitive against Ryan Air & Self booked hotel, particularly for peak times when flight prices have shot up. For example we went to Venice recently and booking through BA Holidays was significantly cheaper then booking Ryan Air and getting a comparable hotel directly.
Additionally during peak times for shorter trips its worth checking Fly/Drive prices as this qualifies as BA Holidays as well. We took a trip to Vienna to visit family during summer and prices were punitive as usual (both Ryan Air and BA). But booking a car that we didn't need worked out £200 cheaper then booking just the flights.
Anyway thats my take on it, I'm sure some of it is subjective. But in order of preference for us Ryan Air is way way way at the bottom and LHR ----> LTN ---------> LGW ----------------------------------> STN