Dub good place to start
Mar 18, 2014, 4:18 am
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Dub good place to start
I'm sure this is well know to most people on here, but has Dublin always been a good place to find relatively good value ex-eu BA/AA fares? I always checked AMS as a good place but I'm finding all sorts of goodies from DUB.
Mar 18, 2014, 4:25 am
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Not sure, I have an ex DUB booked in September, not sure if its always been good or not, there certainly seems to be some decent fares about though.
Mine actually starts in DUB and ends (officially) at LHR, it was still 500+ cheaper than the fare from LHR (well 400 when you include the late night outbound to DUB and hotel costs)
Mine actually starts in DUB and ends (officially) at LHR, it was still 500+ cheaper than the fare from LHR (well 400 when you include the late night outbound to DUB and hotel costs)
Mar 18, 2014, 5:46 am
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Yeah I've booked 2 flights this year from DUB:
1) To SFO the upgrade price given during the booking process to upgrade from WT+ to CW in one direction and F in the other was €591. Bargain!
2) I booked flights to Edmonton from DUB for €1.7k in J whereas the same flights from LHR with BA were over £2.6k and AA for over £5k.
Adding in the £200 for CE for a return from LHR to DUB to get to DUB I also get an additional 160 tier points for each journey.
1) To SFO the upgrade price given during the booking process to upgrade from WT+ to CW in one direction and F in the other was €591. Bargain!
2) I booked flights to Edmonton from DUB for €1.7k in J whereas the same flights from LHR with BA were over £2.6k and AA for over £5k.
Adding in the £200 for CE for a return from LHR to DUB to get to DUB I also get an additional 160 tier points for each journey.
Mar 18, 2014, 8:38 am
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And don't forget if you fly straight across the pond, you pre-clear US formalities in Dublin ^.
Must admit we bagged a veritable bargain for an ex-DUB, coming back to LHR fare this Easter. Just a shade over £1k each to Florida with a 23hr stop in NYC on the way home.
Won't dare say which airline as I'll definitely be black balled from the BA forum...
Must admit we bagged a veritable bargain for an ex-DUB, coming back to LHR fare this Easter. Just a shade over £1k each to Florida with a 23hr stop in NYC on the way home.
Won't dare say which airline as I'll definitely be black balled from the BA forum...
Mar 18, 2014, 9:54 am
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And will be even more attractive later this year when DUB flights move to T5. I did an ex-DUB last November to HNL, worked out well (was there for rugby anyway)
Mar 18, 2014, 10:49 am
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Mar 18, 2014, 2:11 pm
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Mar 18, 2014, 2:21 pm
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In past years DUB seemed to be even more expensive than DUB prices to the extent that I have previously paid for separate tickets connecting in LON. Occasionally on *A it was possible to get cheap fares by flying out of DUB and into BHD, losing both the APD and it seemed to drop the YQ as well.
Since BA took over from BD, and AA have ramped up operations out of DUB (and with the soon addition of US to the fold), DUB has turned into the promised (ex-EU) land! Easily done from London but even easier from Belfast with an £8 bus ticket and 1h 45 courtesy of Aircoach.
Since BA took over from BD, and AA have ramped up operations out of DUB (and with the soon addition of US to the fold), DUB has turned into the promised (ex-EU) land! Easily done from London but even easier from Belfast with an £8 bus ticket and 1h 45 courtesy of Aircoach.
Mar 18, 2014, 3:09 pm
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