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chipsbebo
Joined: 26 Apr 2009
Location: The Rainy Island
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 Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 7:08 am Post subject: Cheap flights to London |
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Hi guys,
I'm looking to fly back home in October for a wedding in Dublin! Just wondering what is the cheapest website/carrier from Seoul to London or anywhere in Western Europe? |
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the ireland
Joined: 11 May 2008
Location: korea
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| Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 10:56 am Post subject: |
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there are all the usual carriers, klm, air france, B.A etc
I have flown many many diff airlines from korea and japan to dublin via london / paris / amsterdam / frankfurt and British airways were the best to fly with however air france were also excellent too.
try expedia.com (not co.uk as they are more expensive) there are loads of other comparison websites around so have a good look around, you have loads of time,
If you want a nice comfortable flight i def recommend B.A. I'm going to St. Lucia in september and paid extra to fly with them over Virgin cos they are just so good to fly with!! |
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English Matt
Joined: 12 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 11:12 am Post subject: |
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Don't use an English language website to buy flights as you will be charged as much as double the price you will pay for the same flight on a Korean language website. You will need a coworker or friend who is fluent in Korean to help you do this.
I looked at flights on Expedia, Travelocity and the Korean Air websites and they all quoted around �1000 for return flights to London for this summer. My girlfriend went through www.onlinetour.co.kr and got me a return flight on Korean Air to Heathrow for around �500 (1083,000 won). |
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the ireland
Joined: 11 May 2008
Location: korea
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| Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 11:17 am Post subject: |
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| English Matt wrote: |
Don't use an English language website to buy flights as you will be charged as much as double the price you will pay for the same flight on a Korean language website. You will need a coworker or friend who is fluent in Korean to help you do this.
I looked at flights on Expedia, Travelocity and the Korean Air websites and they all quoted around �1000 for return flights to London for this summer. My girlfriend went through www.onlinetour.co.kr and got me a return flight on Korean Air to Heathrow for around �500 (1083,000 won). |
expedia have flights to dublin for various dates in october (i just tried a few differ ones) ranging between $1000 and $1040 depending if you want to stop in hong kong and london, or just london!!
that works out at around �710 or �615, to dublin I'm sure it's cheaper than this if you just wanna go to london!!! |
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andz22
Joined: 08 Jun 2008
Location: Wales
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| Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 1:35 pm Post subject: |
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| the ireland wrote: |
there are all the usual carriers, klm, air france, B.A etc
I have flown many many diff airlines from korea and japan to dublin via london / paris / amsterdam / frankfurt and British airways were the best to fly with however air france were also excellent too.
try expedia.com (not co.uk as they are more expensive) there are loads of other comparison websites around so have a good look around, you have loads of time,
If you want a nice comfortable flight i def recommend B.A. I'm going to St. Lucia in september and paid extra to fly with them over Virgin cos they are just so good to fly with!! |
Oh man, it's been a couple of weeks since I laughed so hard  man keep them jokes coming
BA/KLM/Air France are all a complete and utter joke I had better service when I flew Uzbekistan airways than those 3 combined! . Use Qatar or Emirates. But finnair are the cheapest from korea they also have very good connections too, and helsinki-vantaa airport is the most relaxed airport i've ever been too. |
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the ireland
Joined: 11 May 2008
Location: korea
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| Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 1:56 pm Post subject: |
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| the ireland wrote: |
there are all the usual carriers, klm, air france, B.A etc
I have flown many many diff airlines from korea and japan to dublin via london / paris / amsterdam / frankfurt and British airways were the best to fly with however air france were also excellent too.
try expedia.com (not co.uk as they are more expensive) there are loads of other comparison websites around so have a good look around, you have loads of time,
If you want a nice comfortable flight i def recommend B.A. I'm going to St. Lucia in september and paid extra to fly with them over Virgin cos they are just so good to fly with!! |
Oh man, it's been a couple of weeks since I laughed so hard man keep them jokes coming
BA/KLM/Air France are all a complete and utter joke I had better service when I flew Uzbekistan airways than those 3 combined! . Use Qatar or Emirates. But finnair are the cheapest from korea they also have very good connections too, and helsinki-vantaa airport is the most relaxed airport i've ever been too. |
KLM are a nightmare, terrbible seats, shared tvs between 4 or 5 rows of people etc, but i really can't complain about B.A. great service in Tokyo, they let us check in early and go over our 23kg baggage allowance, inflight entertainment was awesome, only prob was the fear of losin our bags in T5 in heathrow when we arrived in London.
Air france were good to us too, they allowed us to change our return flight and extend our trip home for a few extra days, didn't have to pay them a cent either. Guess it's all a matter of opinion, but I value mine over yours |
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chipsbebo
Joined: 26 Apr 2009
Location: The Rainy Island
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| Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 10:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks for the advice guys, I'll look into it! Go raibh math agat! |
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English Matt
Joined: 12 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 9:30 am Post subject: |
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| the ireland wrote: |
| English Matt wrote: |
Don't use an English language website to buy flights as you will be charged as much as double the price you will pay for the same flight on a Korean language website. You will need a coworker or friend who is fluent in Korean to help you do this.
I looked at flights on Expedia, Travelocity and the Korean Air websites and they all quoted around �1000 for return flights to London for this summer. My girlfriend went through www.onlinetour.co.kr and got me a return flight on Korean Air to Heathrow for around �500 (1083,000 won). |
expedia have flights to dublin for various dates in october (i just tried a few differ ones) ranging between $1000 and $1040 depending if you want to stop in hong kong and london, or just london!!
that works out at around �710 or �615, to dublin I'm sure it's cheaper than this if you just wanna go to london!!! |
I was just quoting the prices I saw when I wanted to travel in July and come back in August. Expedia may well have cheaper flights for travel in October as it is off season.....however, I guarantee you that you will find those same flights on www.onlinetour.co.kr for cheaper.....god I sound like I work for this website.  |
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the ireland
Joined: 11 May 2008
Location: korea
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| Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 2:33 pm Post subject: |
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| English Matt wrote: |
| the ireland wrote: |
| English Matt wrote: |
Don't use an English language website to buy flights as you will be charged as much as double the price you will pay for the same flight on a Korean language website. You will need a coworker or friend who is fluent in Korean to help you do this.
I looked at flights on Expedia, Travelocity and the Korean Air websites and they all quoted around �1000 for return flights to London for this summer. My girlfriend went through www.onlinetour.co.kr and got me a return flight on Korean Air to Heathrow for around �500 (1083,000 won). |
expedia have flights to dublin for various dates in october (i just tried a few differ ones) ranging between $1000 and $1040 depending if you want to stop in hong kong and london, or just london!!
that works out at around �710 or �615, to dublin I'm sure it's cheaper than this if you just wanna go to london!!! |
I was just quoting the prices I saw when I wanted to travel in July and come back in August. Expedia may well have cheaper flights for travel in October as it is off season.....however, I guarantee you that you will find those same flights on www.onlinetour.co.kr for cheaper.....god I sound like I work for this website. |
I have no doubt you were right for july and august, it's always best to try in the korean sites. I have no idea what a flight is on any of the korean sites, just providing information from expedia.
Thats's expedia.com folks, for all your flightly needs |
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lsrupert
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| I used http://cheapoair.com for my last flight to the US, and found that they offered a much better price than any of the Korean websites. Check it out. Right now, I did a search for a trip between Incheon and London, and found flights (October) for as cheap as $559. Worth a shot! |
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itaewonguy
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| Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 11:39 pm Post subject: |
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I flew to London on THAI for 900.000won in september..
Seoul, bkk, london - RT.. yes it takes longer.. but hey!
one night in bangkok is always fun.. or even better take two nights! |
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kg2095
Joined: 23 May 2009
Location: Hwaseong City
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| Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 7:45 pm Post subject: |
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| the ireland wrote: |
I was just quoting the prices I saw when I wanted to travel in July and come back in August. Expedia may well have cheaper flights for travel in October as it is off season.....however, I guarantee you that you will find those same flights on www.onlinetour.co.kr for cheaper.....god I sound like I work for this website. |
I can vouch for onlinetour.
I flew to Australia and back last month for 700,000 Won, which is about half what the English language sites were quoting. |
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chipsbebo
Joined: 26 Apr 2009
Location: The Rainy Island
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| Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 2:29 am Post subject: |
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| Done a bit of research guys, and it seems KLM are by far the cheapest! Can get flights from Seoul to Dublin for �580!!! Return... Bargain! |
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candyteacher
Joined: 08 Jan 2009
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| Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 7:04 am Post subject: |
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| Done a bit of research guys, and it seems KLM are by far the cheapest! Can get flights from Seoul to Dublin for �580!!! Return... Bargain! |
Just beware that while its cheap, this flight will be horribly uncomfortable!! But If its just low cost your after, then this is a good price. |
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bixlerscott
Joined: 27 Sep 2006
Location: Near Wonju, South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 11:42 pm Post subject: |
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Try Bing.com/travel
I got one way to London with 16 day stopover in Kuala Lumpur for 780K won or $610 US to leave in 3 weeks on Expedia.com. I find the new Bing rules as a search engine. Often Vayama.com comes up as the cheapest travel site in my many recent searches in putting a RTW trip together. London tends to be the cheapest European hub despite the city itself being expensive. |
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