Low Cost Carrier reference sites
Sep 11, 2005, 2:48 pm
#31
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flyBE
For "flyBE" (a LCC from the UK), I noticed on the CO website that they are listed as one of CO's partners, and give CO FF miles for their flights. Didn't notice any reference to that on the flyBe website, so it may be an involved process to get the CO miles from flyBE flights. Save your tickets and BP's for submitting to CO for mileage. We flew them from Belfast to Gatwick a few years ago (BAe 146, they also have Dash-8's) when they were known as Jersey European, and the service and flight was fine. Fares are quite reasonable.
bj-21.
bj-21.
Sep 12, 2005, 9:24 pm
#32
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Originally Posted by blackjack-21
For "flyBE" (a LCC from the UK), I noticed on the CO website that they are listed as one of CO's partners, and give CO FF miles for their flights. Didn't notice any reference to that on the flyBe website, so it may be an involved process to get the CO miles from flyBE flights. Save your tickets and BP's for submitting to CO for mileage. We flew them from Belfast to Gatwick a few years ago (BAe 146, they also have Dash-8's) when they were known as Jersey European, and the service and flight was fine. Fares are quite reasonable.
bj-21.
bj-21.
Sep 13, 2005, 9:13 am
#33
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Great start to the list!
May I suggest:
Hooters Air http://www.hootersair.com
Sun Country http://www.suncountry.com
Don't know if you want to count the public charters that operate scheduled service such as Hooters, or not, but I thought I'd throw them on the list anyway since I think Air Transat and others operate on a similar basis.
Forgot one:
Allegiant Air http://www.allegiant-air.com
And:
Trans Meridian just went Chapter 7. So never mind about them
May I suggest:
Hooters Air http://www.hootersair.com
Sun Country http://www.suncountry.com
Don't know if you want to count the public charters that operate scheduled service such as Hooters, or not, but I thought I'd throw them on the list anyway since I think Air Transat and others operate on a similar basis.
Forgot one:
Allegiant Air http://www.allegiant-air.com
And:
Trans Meridian just went Chapter 7. So never mind about them
Last edited by MKE-MR; Oct 1, 2005 at 4:21 pm Reason: addition & subtraction
Sep 17, 2005, 11:46 am
#34
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 27
Everyone FOrgot........
Frontier Airlines
with 7 mex destinations
and 49 domestic USA destinations.
http://www.frontierairlines.com
A WhoLE DIFFERENT ANIMAL
Frontier Airlines
with 7 mex destinations
and 49 domestic USA destinations.
http://www.frontierairlines.com
A WhoLE DIFFERENT ANIMAL
Sep 29, 2005, 1:21 am
#35
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Because of the many posts and suggestions in this thread, perhaps we should ask that this be made a "sticky" on the Budget Travel forum, to help our members find LCC's all over the world. At the least, it'd be a start in planning their travels.
Just a thought at 3:19 AM eastern time.
bj-21.
Just a thought at 3:19 AM eastern time.
bj-21.
Oct 7, 2005, 7:22 pm
#37
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bhatnasx, emailkid and grbflyer - thanks so much for volunteering and welcome as our moderators.
As one of your first "official" acts, can you make this thread a sticky? This has been mentioned as a request in serveral posts, so I'm not the only one asking.
As one of your first "official" acts, can you make this thread a sticky? This has been mentioned as a request in serveral posts, so I'm not the only one asking.
Oct 8, 2005, 6:26 am
#38
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Originally Posted by BWIFlyer
bhatnasx, emailkid and grbflyer - thanks so much for volunteering and welcome as our moderators.
As one of your first "official" acts, can you make this thread a sticky? This has been mentioned as a request in serveral posts, so I'm not the only one asking.
As one of your first "official" acts, can you make this thread a sticky? This has been mentioned as a request in serveral posts, so I'm not the only one asking.
EmailKid
Budget Travel Moderator
Oct 10, 2005, 6:37 am
#39
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Thanks for the sticky!
One site that used to be good was applefares.com. I paticularly liked the way you could do a "mystery search". Unfortunately it now seems to time out on its queries. Anybody know anything about this?
One site that used to be good was applefares.com. I paticularly liked the way you could do a "mystery search". Unfortunately it now seems to time out on its queries. Anybody know anything about this?
Oct 10, 2005, 11:51 am
#40
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Last week, USA Today had a list of LCC airlines in Asia. Most, such as Tiger and Nok Air, have been mentioned above. The one not listed is One-Two-Go, based in Bangkok and serving China, Thailand and South Korea. Their website is www.fly12go.com
Oct 10, 2005, 12:31 pm
#41
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Oct 12, 2005, 3:41 pm
#42
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Originally Posted by Roger
Yup, that could be it, though perhaps a little odd that a new company would want a name so close to a bankrupt airline 
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Oct 18, 2005, 4:44 pm
#44
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When I finish at least one of my other projects I keep starting I'll look at what might work well in a wiki ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki ) for these forums. But in true blue peter style, here's something I did earlier:
http://insead.cluehaven.com/WeekendBreaks
The bottom of which was a list of useful travel links for travel around southeast asia. Here's a cut & paste (less ugly if you go to the webpage):
http://www.airfares.com.sg/ - sometimes shows a much cheaper price than you can get elsewhere as it lists promotions (including student fares) that the major airlines have on offer. When available, these often beat cheap flight airlinees as below.
http://zuji.com/ & http://sg.travel.yahoo.com/ - decent prices across most traditional airlines.
There are also a bunch of cheap flight airlines you have to book directly over the web:
Bankgkokair for Singapore to Samui++ -- http://www.bangkokair.com
AirAsia for Singapore to Bangkok or Phuket -- http://www.airasia.com/
TigerAirways for Singapore to Bangkok, Hat Yai, Phuket++ -- http://www.tigerairways.com
Valueair for Singapore to Bankgok, Hong Kong, Jakarta++ -- http://www.valuair.com.sg/
Silkair is the Singapore Air cheapish flight option - lots and lots of locations: http://www.silkair.com/
Jetstar Asia for Hong Kong, Pattaya, Taipei++ http://www.jetstarasia.com
Garuda -- http://www.garuda-indonesia.com/
Siem Reap Airways - http://www.siemreapairways.com/
Berjaya Airways for Tioman - http://www.berjaya-air.com/
Lion Air is good in Indonesia http://www.lionair.co.id/Network%20Dest.htm
Nok Air is good in Thailand http://www.nokair.co.th/html/traveltools/routemap.html
Select a city (worldwide) and see where from/to you can fly by budget airlines: http://www.whichbudget.com/ -- not yet complrehensive.
Recommended travel agent (organizer of the Great Indian Tour): [email protected]
Good maps can be found at http://www.se-asia.com/maps/maps.php
http://insead.cluehaven.com/WeekendBreaks
The bottom of which was a list of useful travel links for travel around southeast asia. Here's a cut & paste (less ugly if you go to the webpage):
http://www.airfares.com.sg/ - sometimes shows a much cheaper price than you can get elsewhere as it lists promotions (including student fares) that the major airlines have on offer. When available, these often beat cheap flight airlinees as below.
http://zuji.com/ & http://sg.travel.yahoo.com/ - decent prices across most traditional airlines.
There are also a bunch of cheap flight airlines you have to book directly over the web:
Bankgkokair for Singapore to Samui++ -- http://www.bangkokair.com
AirAsia for Singapore to Bangkok or Phuket -- http://www.airasia.com/
TigerAirways for Singapore to Bangkok, Hat Yai, Phuket++ -- http://www.tigerairways.com
Valueair for Singapore to Bankgok, Hong Kong, Jakarta++ -- http://www.valuair.com.sg/
Silkair is the Singapore Air cheapish flight option - lots and lots of locations: http://www.silkair.com/
Jetstar Asia for Hong Kong, Pattaya, Taipei++ http://www.jetstarasia.com
Garuda -- http://www.garuda-indonesia.com/
Siem Reap Airways - http://www.siemreapairways.com/
Berjaya Airways for Tioman - http://www.berjaya-air.com/
Lion Air is good in Indonesia http://www.lionair.co.id/Network%20Dest.htm
Nok Air is good in Thailand http://www.nokair.co.th/html/traveltools/routemap.html
Select a city (worldwide) and see where from/to you can fly by budget airlines: http://www.whichbudget.com/ -- not yet complrehensive.
Recommended travel agent (organizer of the Great Indian Tour): [email protected]
Good maps can be found at http://www.se-asia.com/maps/maps.php
Oct 21, 2005, 7:35 am
#45
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 57
What about LTU and Condor?
Great topic here!
I didn't see this German LCC / Charter Carrier which is IMHO good to know!
www.ltu.de
Cheap intra-european flights and some inter-continental destinations at very competetitive prices.
Similar to www.condor.de
Sorry, if this was mentioned before...
I didn't see this German LCC / Charter Carrier which is IMHO good to know!
www.ltu.de
Cheap intra-european flights and some inter-continental destinations at very competetitive prices.
Similar to www.condor.de
Sorry, if this was mentioned before...
Last edited by LH835; Oct 21, 2005 at 7:36 am Reason: Typo