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[matcauthon]

Hi guys!!! I`m leaving Japan at the end of next month and I`m going home to England. I was just wondering, for those of you in the know, if it would make more financial sense for me to fly to Seoul from Japan and then book a flight to London as opposed to going directly to London from japan. I plan on leaving Japan from the 29th July or so. Would I be able to book a flight from a Seoul travel agency and casually just fly out the next day or so or is there a mad clamouring for tickets at this time of the year? Much oblidged.

[fidel]

I don't know, I wish I could help you regarding the prices but I'm not a travel agent. I suggest you do a search or look in the FAQs for some websites to check out. However I can tell you that there is a mad scramble for flights at that time of year, though you could strike it lucky!

[Pyongshin Sangja]

1. Ticket prices: www.freedom.co.kr for the largest chain of travel agents in the country (if you can figure out the Korean),

www.tourexpress.co.kr for best prices, online booking and best availability info (in Korean only),

www.xanadu.co.kr for all-English service. London is around USD $750-800.00 right now, I think.

2. Korean universities let out June 10th and don't re-open till September 1st. Korea has, essentially, one international airport. Hard to get a ticket? Maybe, yeah.

[tzechuk]

I don't think so.

Normally, in Korea, the cheapest flights they sugget is with JAL and the route is Seoul-Tokyo-Europe wherever. MAY BE you could get the ticket here in Korea but skip the Seoul-Tokyo part but I don't know how that will work.

[the saint]

[hypnotist]

Not a chance. The competition on the Tokyo-London route is fierce. Only KAL and Asiana fly direct from Seoul to London.

I hear Virgin do good deals and their economy seats are /nice/.

[the saint]

Actually I should add as a way of illustrating this that the cheapest quote for this Christmas back to the UK from my agency in Seoul was BA... via Tokyo!