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Old November 9th, 2004, 04:39 AM
Ross Clement
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Hi. My young (5yo) son would like to fly on an airplane. What is the
cheapest way of getting a flight. I live in London (UK), so it would
make sense to fly from somewhere around London to go ... somewhere
else and come back again. Returning by train or coach would not be a
problem.

What do people recommend?

Cheers,

Ross-c
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Old November 9th, 2004, 04:52 AM
Jim Ley
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On 8 Nov 2004 19:39:34 -0800, (Ross Clement) wrote:

Hi. My young (5yo) son would like to fly on an airplane. What is the
cheapest way of getting a flight. I live in London (UK), so it would
make sense to fly from somewhere around London to go ... somewhere
else and come back again. Returning by train or coach would not be a
problem.


if you keep an eye on
www.ryanair.com you could probably fly the two
of you to just about anywhere and straight back for under 75 UKP.
(cheapest I've ever taken 2 UKP, but they're probably not stuck in the
same situation anymore )

For example a week today, the 2 of you could go to glasgow and back
with most of the day in Glasgow for 41 all told (and the cost to get
to Stansted of course, depending on where you're from - day return
train fare is something like 13 for an adult IIRC from Central London.
)

Or you could almost certainly go up in a small plane for about 100
pounds and just circle round london for half an hour, this is probably
more interesting to both of you, but may not be the full airport
experience he wants.

Jim.
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Old November 9th, 2004, 04:52 AM
Jim Ley
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On 8 Nov 2004 19:39:34 -0800, (Ross Clement) wrote:

Hi. My young (5yo) son would like to fly on an airplane. What is the
cheapest way of getting a flight. I live in London (UK), so it would
make sense to fly from somewhere around London to go ... somewhere
else and come back again. Returning by train or coach would not be a
problem.


if you keep an eye on
www.ryanair.com you could probably fly the two
of you to just about anywhere and straight back for under 75 UKP.
(cheapest I've ever taken 2 UKP, but they're probably not stuck in the
same situation anymore )

For example a week today, the 2 of you could go to glasgow and back
with most of the day in Glasgow for 41 all told (and the cost to get
to Stansted of course, depending on where you're from - day return
train fare is something like 13 for an adult IIRC from Central London.
)

Or you could almost certainly go up in a small plane for about 100
pounds and just circle round london for half an hour, this is probably
more interesting to both of you, but may not be the full airport
experience he wants.

Jim.
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Old November 9th, 2004, 05:22 AM
Ajanta
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: Hi. My young (5yo) son would like to fly on an airplane. What is the
: cheapest way of getting a flight. I live in London (UK), so it would
: make sense to fly from somewhere around London to go ... somewhere
: else and come back again. Returning by train or coach would not be a
: problem.
:
: if you keep an eye on www.ryanair.com you could probably fly the two
: of you to just about anywhere and straight back for under 75 UKP.
: (cheapest I've ever taken 2 UKP, but they're probably not stuck in the
: same situation anymore )
:
: For example a week today, the 2 of you could go to glasgow and back
: with most of the day in Glasgow for 41 all told (and the cost to get
: to Stansted of course, depending on where you're from - day return
: train fare is something like 13 for an adult IIRC from Central London.
: )
:
: Or you could almost certainly go up in a small plane for about 100
: pounds and just circle round london for half an hour, this is probably
: more interesting to both of you, but may not be the full airport
: experience he wants.

Give him a sight-seeing ride in aplane or chopper this year as
Christmas gift, and promise him a normal airport flight next year. Then
he has something to look forward to for one entire year.
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Old November 11th, 2004, 01:12 PM
Ross Clement
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Ajanta wrote in message ...
: Or you could almost certainly go up in a small plane for about 100
: pounds and just circle round london for half an hour, this is probably
: more interesting to both of you, but may not be the full airport
: experience he wants.

Give him a sight-seeing ride in aplane or chopper this year as
Christmas gift, and promise him a normal airport flight next year. Then
he has something to look forward to for one entire year.


The sight-seeing ride might be an idea. My first ever flight was a
sight-seeing ride around Auckland New Zealand in a very old (WWII era)
flying boat.

Cheers,

Ross-c
 




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