Cheap Flight Tips

Yesterday I took a flight using Brussels Airlines from Malta through to Manchester as they came up as the cheaper option. Overall to be honest the flight was not too bad and what happened was not their fault. This was an airline when it was Sabena I vowed never to fly again as they lost my luggage every time I flow with them. The chance of this happening again was near none as every other airline I have flown with including ones with extremely short connections they have never lost my luggage. The only airline I have lost luggage with 100% of the time from several flights is Sabena/Brussels Airlines. This journey allowed me to retain my 100% luggage loss rate!

Firstly I took off using Air Malta which was delayed by an hour due to problems with flights leaving Brussels put down to weather. Once we departed the overall flight to Brussels was fine and landed an hour late leaving less than an hour for me to change terminals and get my connection. The information Brussels Airlines provided to me was limited and I had to dash through the airport with little to no information on how to get my connecting flight. Through sheer fluke I made my connection but my luggage did not. They put down the blame to Air Malta although it was their airline and their airport that my luggage did not make it through.

Upon landing in Manchester we were left sitting on the plane for another 20 minutes because they could not power down the engine. This did not come as a surprise and something which I expected from this airline. My advice to you is use a different airline to Brussels Airlines even if it works out more expensive as avoiding the headaches is well worth it.

Manchester Airport is experiencing knock on effects from yesterday’s severe weather conditions, but from 11.00pm last night Runway 1 has been operating as normal.

We are continuing to clear the backlog of flights. Some flights from yesterday are still to leave. The majority of these flights will be leaving today, however some airlines have re-booked passengers onto flights later in the week.

We are working with our airlines to arrange overnight accommodation for passengers whose flights have been delayed, however some passengers stayed in the terminals overnight where they were given food, water and blankets to make them as comfortable as possible.

The safety of our passengers is our main priority and our staff are working incredibly hard to clear the ice and snow from our 750 hectare site.

We are urging all passengers to check with their airline before they travel to the airport as bad weather in Europe and USA means some airlines have cancelled flights.

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Yesterday I booked a ticket on Emirates flying to Bangkok from Manchester. Been hunting the ticket for a month now and Emirates and other airlines have had the price at over £600 roundtrip. Not bad, but also not great! Yesterday I went to the website and found they introduced discounted fares and I got my trip to bangkok for March for just under £500! Saved £100!

They also offer deep discounts for this month on many other destinations and it is well worth visiting emirates.com