Has anyone booked their air tickets UK to the Philippines early (six months or greater) and, if so, how did you find the cost?
It's hard Mike, I would have liked to book a couple of months ago because the price was great. There is only one way to do this and that is you have to decide what you feel is a good price and then decide how flexible you are going to be. Three months ago I could have got my next flight for £400 and with an airline I wanted to fly with, now the same flight is £500 with an airline I don't want to fly with and £550 with one that I would have flown with, that for me is still within acceptable boundaries. The problem was and is that I don't have spare cash (root canal dentist misery ) but I am 5 full months from when I would want to travel, generally you will probably get a better price this far out, 9 months out was better 5 months out is ok it could be cheaper closer to the time but it could be a lot worse. Buy when you can afford it and when the price is inside your criteria is my motto.
That is good advice, Jim The four of us will be going next Summer as it is time for us as her grandparents need to see the kids and I haven't had a holiday since we went last time five years ago (I think!). Have you been mostly looking at the airline web pages?
Singapore Airline. Manchester-Manila and back. Really pleased with it coz Manchester is nearer to me and I was trying to avoid Heathrow. Booked it January this year for January 2019.
Wait for the sale. I always fly emirates - just because they fly to cebu and its more direct from glasgow. No luggage worry or connection etc. There is always a sale around end of december/january and their priced very well. For example, uk to sydney was priced at £550 - travel time is also between jan to june (before summer holidays).
I check the airlines own prices, then SkyScanner, I really only check SkyScanner to get the overall range then I check direct with each carrier sometimes the deals are only on SkyScanner but usually the airlines are about the same or a fraction cheaper. I would always check both.
It always puzzles me why carriers don't promote lower prices a long time before flight times and make interest on the money in their bank account.
If they can sell the same ticket at a high price a long time before the flight time they can make even more interest on the money in their bank account.
The thing is Jim you don't know if it is expensive or not It might be the cheap one and you just missed it
True, I paid 820 quid one year then later the same flight was 460 quid. Common sense wins, Price of tickets go up and down more times than a prostitute's pants.
