Aer Lingus new USA sale from €249 one-way incl T+C

discostu1

Hi lads am using Cheapticket.com for the above, am flying Cork London with Aerlingus and London ,Washigton, Tampa with United Airlines. Does anyone know what luggage allowance I am allowed on the Cork London leg and in particular on the return leg London Cork as I will be doing a lot of shopping I hope. Is it the standard 1x20 kg or do they take into account that you are flying internationally.
Also if anyone has used cheaptickets can you book in your luggage online
Many thanks

:P

madmoe

Good to see that some people are getting good deals. I still have not benn charged the full amount on the credit card.....why would they only charge a small amount and then nothing more....

With the fuel surcharge thing, I hope to feck they do no try and charge that later :mad:

corkie5

Great deal this, i also availed of New york flights in November. Anyone been before, or have any ideas whats a good but reasonable hotel. The few i looked at were $300 + per night.

Ed54

corkie5 wrote: »

Great deal this, i also availed of New york flights in November. Anyone been before, or have any ideas whats a good but reasonable hotel. The few i looked at were $300 + per night.

Do some research on using priceline.com, on this site you can bid for hotel rooms, there are some forums dedicated to the subject. For example last December I got a room in a four star Hilton in San Francisco for $85 per night!

DingDong

When you get the "Your Travel Document" does that mean your confirmed. I only got an AerLingus record locator should that do for all the flights? even though most of the trip is with BA.
Cheers
And thanks teresasaunt for pointing this great bargain out for everyone.

iggy82

Ed54 wrote: »

Do some research on using priceline.com, on this site you can bid for hotel rooms, there are some forums dedicated to the subject. For example last December I got a room in a four star Hilton in San Francisco for $85 per night!

Ed can I ask how you bid for the hotel on priceline? When i try to bid it is insisting on a US or Canada address.

Thanks.

ablelocks

do ye think there'll be a further sale between now and Nov/December?

teresasaunt

This isn't really a sale... and you'll never get cheaper than €200 for a TATL

madmoe

Make sure to always click right through as you do not see the reduction\cheaper fares until you do that.

M

The_Hustler

ablelocks wrote: »

do ye think there'll be a further sale between now and Nov/December?

You obviously haven't read the thread, it hasn't been about the Aer Lingus sale in ages, it's now about a better deal that seems to be ongoing.

rgfuller

teresasaunt wrote: »

I've been seeing these fares for the last few weeks - dunno why I didn't post it here until this week!

It seems on some of these fares the fuel surcharge isn't included... don't know why BA haven't noticed this yet.

I just checked the cheaptickets.com FAQ and it states: https://faq.cheaptickets.com/cgi-bin/cheaptickets_faq.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=334&p_sid=RsySio9j&search=1

"CheapTickets Package prices include taxes and service fees, but additional fuel and security surcharges may be charged by the Travel Supplier at time of check-in/pick-up. These additional charges, even on paid reservations, are your responsibility."

So anyone who has booked really cheap tickets should check with their Airline(s) that they won't face additional fees on check-in (or at least be aware of it).

I also note: https://faq.cheaptickets.com/cgi-bin/cheaptickets_faq.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_sid=RsySio9j&search=1&p_faqid=255

"All of our prices are listed with the taxes, fees and service charges listed. By doing this, you can have the most accurate pricing information up front to help make well-informed decisions.
We also add most fees into our pricing, including airport access fees and customer facility charges.

Our prices do not include extra options you request, such as upgrades and special equipment, fees charged by the travel supplier when you arrive at your destination, like resort fees and energy surcharges; or airline baggage charges."

madmoe

WOW...must go and check with BA now....

DingDong

madmoe wrote: »

WOW...must go and check with BA now....

Hope you come back with good news!

Glos

But also see this:

http://www.cheaptickets.com/pagedef/content/legal/airTaxesFees.jsp?popupsDisabled=false

"Flight Cost Summary: On the Flight Cost Summary page, and all subsequent pages leading to a booking, all taxes, charges (including fuel surcharges), service fees, and government and airport authority fees are either included in the fare or itemized separately to provide a total trip cost "

madmoe

Guys, just checked the credit card account and the full cost has now showed up, one flight was €275 (DUB->LHR->LAX, SFO->LHR->DUB) the other €415 (DUB->LHR->LAX, SFO->LHR->DUB) a week later.

corkie5

Just tried booking to NY for end of October, and offer seems to be gone on cheapflights.com.
Also, I hope there isnt a fuel charge coming at us at the airport, interrested to hear from BA.

lynchie

corkie5 wrote: »

Just tried booking to NY for end of October, and offer seems to be gone on cheapflights.com.
Also, I hope there isnt a fuel charge coming at us at the airport, interrested to hear from BA.

Thats cause both Aerlingus and BA had sales on which ended on Monday evening.

madmoe

Guys, just aclled BA there, gave them my BA reference number and the girl confirmed that there would definiatley be no extra fuel surcharge r anything of the like added on later. The price we got them for those tickets is the final price.....thank fook!

M

corkie5

Any feedback from BA or Aer Lingus. Will we get hit for extra fuel charges etc with the cheap fares? Someone was checking with BA yesterday. Thanks.

corkie5

Thanks for update, good news, now need to get a hotel and look forward to November. Damn hotels are expensive though!

madmoe

corkie5 wrote: »

Any feedback from BA or Aer Lingus. Will we get hit for extra fuel charges etc with the cheap fares? Someone was checking with BA yesterday. Thanks.

Guys, just aclled BA there, gave them my BA reference number and the girl confirmed that there would definiatley be no extra fuel surcharge r anything of the like added on later. The price we got them for those tickets is the final price.....thank fook!

M

DingDong

Cheers moe was getting a bit worried I was going to get a shock at check in.

codan

THanks everyone who has contributed to this thread. I send my thanks out. Have fun everyone who got tickets:-)

Ed54

iggy82 wrote: »

Ed can I ask how you bid for the hotel on priceline? When i try to bid it is insisting on a US or Canada address.

Thanks.

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you, I got around the problem by inserting most of my address plus a Canadian State and postal code. I have used the service twice and have had no problems, the booking is valid once the payment is accepted. Check out http://biddingfortravel.yuku.com/ for good tips etc. Good Luck

DingDong

Ed54 wrote: »

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you, I got around the problem by inserting most of my address plus a Canadian State and postal code. I have used the service twice and have had no problems, the booking is valid once the payment is accepted. Check out http://biddingfortravel.yuku.com/ for good tips etc. Good Luck

Thanks for the link to the forum on priceline always thought about using but got a bit worried about getting stuck with a dump. Do you have the option to turn down a hotel they offer?

crushproof

Well folks there it goes, the offer of the century has passed.

I highly doubt that you'll ever see trans Atlantic fares at that price ever again!
Well done to everyone who booked this great deal, unforunately for me I had already booked too many holidays before Christmas!

snubbleste

There are still pretty good deals to be had to NYC from €330 and other parts in the States in September which is far better than the traditional booking sites.

Corholio

On the verge of booking of a trip to NY from the 2-14 September on Cheaptickets.com, i get a price of 540 dollars which is about 346 Euro. Have people on here got a similiar low price to the US and had no problems??

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

askU

snubbleste wrote: »

There are still pretty good deals to be had to NYC from €330 and other parts in the States in September which is far better than the traditional booking sites.

Is that to JFK?

snubbleste

askU wrote: »

Is that to JFK?

It's with AerLingus/Virgin via LHR to JFK

Corholio

snubbleste wrote: »

It's with AerLingus/Virgin via LHR to JFK

Ya thats the one im hoping to book as well, will i manually have to get codes from both Aerlingus and Virgin if i book it?

snubbleste

Corholio wrote: »

Ya thats the one im hoping to book as well, will i manually have to get codes from both Aerlingus and Virgin if i book it?

I don't know!

sunny2004

Corholio wrote: »

Ya thats the one im hoping to book as well, will i manually have to get codes from both Aerlingus and Virgin if i book it?

I am booked with air fungus and virgin... to NY... in sept....

lynchie

madmoe wrote: »

Just found this amazing deal on www.cheaptickets.com, the best part is that your flying with Virgin Atlantic!! Have never flown with them but have heard great things about them. Simply cannot believe the price, only €371!

M

Should have removed your gmail email address from the screenshot before posting!

madmoe

Thanx for pointing that out mate.

M

kazzer

For those flying with Aer Lingus/BA.....can you verify your itinery online with BA and Aer Lingus? I have the Aer Lingus reference number but not sure what email address to use.

Glos

Kazzer,
Ring Aer Lingus, quote your EI locator number number and they will be able to give you the BA locator number.
With that number, you can use the online BA 'Manage your Booking' service.

gLos

kazzer

Cheers, thanks alot.

gally74

folks,

does this really work? are their any snags?

sunny2004

gally74 wrote: »

folks,

does this really work? are their any snags?

Worked for me..

Dublin to heathrow and onto JFK new york return...
Just got the visa bill 310 euros.. sept for 2 weeks..

DingDong

No Snag so far although my flight isn't for another month and a bit.

I did get a hotel cheap from priceline is another thing for people to check out I got the hotel for half price saving me 800 euros using priceline.

corkie5

What type pf hotel did u get, an what sort of money. Wanted to look f0r a 3 star in nw york in november, in the time square area. What type of bid is likely to be successful. Never used priceline before, so a bit nervous about giving cr card details etc without knowingwhat hotel i am getting.

DingDong

corkie5 wrote: »

What type pf hotel did u get, an what sort of money. Wanted to look f0r a 3 star in nw york in november, in the time square area. What type of bid is likely to be successful. Never used priceline before, so a bit nervous about giving cr card details etc without knowingwhat hotel i am getting.

I was like yourself but have a read of this site below and it should tell you everything you need to know. They only have a set number of hotels in each area so you can kinda know which one you may be getting.
http://biddingfortravel.yuku.com/directory

I got a 4 star(or 5 star depending where you read) in Orlando for around 800 euros for 12 nights(normal price was 1600+ euro). I bid $92 a night
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g34515-d85438-Reviews-Renaissance_Orlando_Resort_at_SeaWorld-Orlando_Florida.html

Its well worth looking into corkie.

lon45

davton wrote: »

USA Sale - Book by Midnight Monday 21 July

Got a price for Dub-NY for a total of €478.66

Fly: 16 August - 15 December
Book by: Midnight Monday 21 July

Dublin to
New York € 249
Boston € 249
Washington € 249
Chicago € 259
Orlando € 289
San Francisco € 309
Los Angeles € 309

Boston, New York & Chicago fares also valid from Shannon
One-way fares including taxes and charges

Hi,

Does anyone know when the next Aer Lingus sale is ? how often do they do U.S. seat sales.

Thanks for any info.

gary the great

I was going to book a flight to Toronto through cheapflights.com, but then did a bit of research on the net and everyone has nothing but really bad things to say about them etc

Has anyoen actually used them yet or in the past?

sunny2004

gary the great wrote: »

I was going to book a flight to Toronto through cheapflights.com, but then did a bit of research on the net and everyone has nothing but really bad things to say about them etc

Has anyoen actually used them yet or in the past?

I have without problems. you have to remember you are not in fact paying them, you only pay them a small handling fee,,
and you can confirm your bookings directly with the carriers..
in my case aer fungus took the full amount and then pass on the money to Virgin. its standard practice for this type of thing..

DingDong

gary the great wrote: »

I was going to book a flight to Toronto through cheapflights.com, but then did a bit of research on the net and everyone has nothing but really bad things to say about them etc

Has anyoen actually used them yet or in the past?

Its cheaptickets.com not cheapflights.com everyone been using in this thread

killbillvol2

gary the great wrote: »

I was going to book a flight to Toronto through cheapflights.com, but then did a bit of research on the net and everyone has nothing but really bad things to say about them etc

Has anyoen actually used them yet or in the past?

As DingDong said it's cheaptickets.com.

All they're doing is taking your money and passing it on to the airlines (with a small commission). You don't have any dealings with them after that, you deal with the airline.

You should also look at orbitz.com, kayak.com etc as they all provide the same service and prices vary.

sweetie

aah, why didn't I check this thread earlier. Thought it was the usual Aer Lingus BS sale. Had a quick look but no cheapos for my date. Is it a random thing?

Glos

FYI for anyone already booked through Cheaptickets

British Airways have changed some of their winter schedule for flights after November 2nd.
In particular, LAX flights, but others may be affected.
As a result your previously booked flight may have been cancelled or re-scheduled or both.
You may or may not get notified by Cheaptickets.com so it's well worth checking with your BA locator number on BA web site.

Cheaptickets eventually got me moved onto an earlier Aer Lingus flight to accomodate the BA schedule change but it took a lot of 'discussion' with them.
However, is my understanding that they are obliged to reschedule/accomodate you on other flights, free of any charge, as the result of any schedule changes causing you missed connections.