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UK - US flight and US internal flights
As an internet-travel-booking-novice I would appreciate some suggestions on
how to go about booking both UK - US return flight and internal US flights. Early December, four of us need to travel to New York, on to Tampa, then North Carolina and maybe Buffalo before returning via New York after 10 - 14 days. Is it best doing it all with the same airline? Any carrier recommended? Or should I let some agent (eg: Airline Network?) take the strain and do it for me? Similarly, any tips on booking (3*?) hotels at these places please? I guess this all sounds elementary to seasoned keyboard travellers, but we all have to start somewhere........! Thanks B |
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BAH wrote:
Early December, four of us need to travel to New York, on to Tampa, then North Carolina and maybe Buffalo before returning via New York after 10 - 14 days. Southwest does Tampa, North Carolina, and Buffalo. Jetblue does NYC-Tampa and Buffalo-NYC. Both of these sell cheap one-way tickets, so for a trip like yours it may be the best combination. miguel -- Hit The Road! Photos and tales from around the world: http://travel.u.nu Site remodeled 10-Sept-2003: Hundreds of new photos, easier navigation. |
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"BAH" wrote in message ... As an internet-travel-booking-novice I would appreciate some suggestions on how to go about booking both UK - US return flight and internal US flights. Early December, four of us need to travel to New York, on to Tampa, then North Carolina and maybe Buffalo before returning via New York after 10 - 14 days. Is it best doing it all with the same airline? Any carrier recommended? Or should I let some agent (eg: Airline Network?) take the strain and do it for me? Similarly, any tips on booking (3*?) hotels at these places please? I guess this all sounds elementary to seasoned keyboard travellers, but we all have to start somewhere........! At the very least get some prices from a reputable travel agent as a sanity check. Personally I usually book my flights to the US and my internal flights with trailfinders www.trailfinders.com Keith |
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"Keith Willshaw" wrote in message ... "BAH" wrote in message ... As an internet-travel-booking-novice I would appreciate some suggestions on how to go about booking both UK - US return flight and internal US flights. Early December, four of us need to travel to New York, on to Tampa, then North Carolina and maybe Buffalo before returning via New York after 10 - 14 days. Is it best doing it all with the same airline? Any carrier recommended? Or should I let some agent (eg: Airline Network?) take the strain and do it for me? Similarly, any tips on booking (3*?) hotels at these places please? I guess this all sounds elementary to seasoned keyboard travellers, but we all have to start somewhere........! At the very least get some prices from a reputable travel agent as a sanity check. Personally I usually book my flights to the US and my internal flights with trailfinders www.trailfinders.com Keith We used Jetblue when we went to USA for internal flights. Good, cheap air transport. Always on time. www.jetblue.com |
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UK - US flight and US internal flights
On Tue, 7 Oct 2003 20:59:24 +1300, "Sandy" wrote:
"Keith Willshaw" wrote in message ... "BAH" wrote in message ... As an internet-travel-booking-novice I would appreciate some suggestions on how to go about booking both UK - US return flight and internal US flights. Early December, four of us need to travel to New York, on to Tampa, then North Carolina and maybe Buffalo before returning via New York after 10 - 14 days. Is it best doing it all with the same airline? Any carrier recommended? Or should I let some agent (eg: Airline Network?) take the strain and do it for me? Similarly, any tips on booking (3*?) hotels at these places please? I guess this all sounds elementary to seasoned keyboard travellers, but we all have to start somewhere........! At the very least get some prices from a reputable travel agent as a sanity check. Personally I usually book my flights to the US and my internal flights with trailfinders www.trailfinders.com Keith We used Jetblue when we went to USA for internal flights. Good, cheap air transport. Always on time. www.jetblue.com For the UK-US leg try all of the following for price comparisons www.airnet.co.uk www.ebookers.com www.opodo.co.uk www.a2btravel.co.uk www.majortravel.co.uk I usually book with the cheapest of the above - and there can be quite a difference between them. Once you decide on a booking, they may be able to help with the internal flights at a favourable price. Gary |
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UK - US flight and US internal flights
On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 23:02:21 GMT, "BAH"
wrote: As an internet-travel-booking-novice I would appreciate some suggestions on how to go about booking both UK - US return flight and internal US flights. Early December, four of us need to travel to New York, on to Tampa, then North Carolina and maybe Buffalo before returning via New York after 10 - 14 days. Is it best doing it all with the same airline? Any carrier recommended? Or should I let some agent (eg: Airline Network?) take the strain and do it for me? Hi Personally, I would recommend Trailfinders - I have no connection whatever with them other than as a customer. To give an example of their "expertise", a few years ago, we booked the following flights through them - into LAX, then an internal flight from San Francisco to Albuquerque (we drove up the coast to SF) and eventually home to the UK from Albuquerque. We were quoted all sorts of horrendous fares by other companies for the internal flight from San Francisco to Albuquerque; however with Trailfinders, the internal flight was FREE - yes, no charge; They treated the whole itinerary as an open jaw flight into LAX and out of San Francisco with a free (2 week) stopover in Albuquerque. I pointed out that the flight back to the UK from San Francisco didn't go anywhere near Albuquerque, but they just said, "We realize that, but it is no problem to route you that way - and you can have a free stopover en route." I doubt such helpful service could be achieved online and I doubt that it would be any cheaper. Incidentally, on that trip I tried to book a hotel in San Francisco online - contacting the hotel directly by email. They replied that they had no vacancies for the nights we wanted but if they had, the cost would have been around £140 per night (converting from $ to £). Trailfinders got me the same hotel for the same nights at £70 per night, so they obviously have block bookings and pass the savings on to the customer. Regards KGB My email address needs "altering" before use |
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kokopelli (A.T) u (D.O.T) genie (D.O.T) co (D.O.T) uk (KGB) wrote in message ... On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 23:02:21 GMT, "BAH" wrote: As an internet-travel-booking-novice I would appreciate some suggestions on how to go about booking both UK - US return flight and internal US flights. Early December, four of us need to travel to New York, on to Tampa, then North Carolina and maybe Buffalo before returning via New York after 10 - 14 days. Is it best doing it all with the same airline? Any carrier recommended? Or should I let some agent (eg: Airline Network?) take the strain and do it for me? Hi Personally, I would recommend Trailfinders - I have no connection whatever with them other than as a customer. I'd second that and add another reason In June I made a trip to the US which involved a number of internal flights, there was a aproblem with the E-ticket on one of them and Trailfinders sorted it out over the phone with the gate agent by re-issuing the ticket there and then. Keith |
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UK - US flight and US internal flights
"BAH" wrote in message
As an internet-travel-booking-novice I would appreciate some suggestions on how to go about booking both UK - US return flight and internal US flights. Early December, four of us need to travel to New York, on to Tampa, then North Carolina and maybe Buffalo before returning via New York after 10 - 14 days. Is it best doing it all with the same airline? Any carrier recommended? Or should I let some agent (eg: Airline Network?) take the strain and do it for me? IMHO, If you mean that you are going to fly London-New York, stay a few days; then fly New York-Tampa, stay a few days; then fly Tampa-North Carolina (which is a state, not a city and about 440 miles long by 150 miles wide, with several major cities, stay a few days; then North Carolina-Buffalo and then Buffalo-New York, then New York-London, then what you have there is a series of one-way flights. One way flights cost more than round trips (don't know why). You could book it as one long flight, but I doubt you will find savings that way, or convienent flights. I strongly recomend you figure out what you realy want to do, and also consider cars for some of your trip. |
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