Hi All!
My cousin has been trying to get a cheap flight for 2nd-16th. October to join me in Arillas. She lives in Yorkshire and has been to all the local travel agents and failed miserably. She has hit the same 'brick wall' as I do. If you try to book on line for a 'single' return seat, it keeps coming up with 'no flights available for these dates'. If you input 'two adults' there are seats available. All the flights she has found to date have been well over £300 as late bookings seem to be charged at a 'premium' rate for some reason at that time. I booked my flight from Cardiff CWL some time ago, at the local Tui (Thomson) shop for the above reason, and was surprised to get it for £178 plus taxes etc. about £209 all in. I was told at the time it was because the dates I had chosen were the two weeks BEFORE the half term 'rush'. There does not seem to be any consistency in the way flights are priced at the moment, and the 'last minute' trail of bargains seems to have been replaced with the higher prices. Single seats, seem to be mostly available through a travel agency, and subject to a 'booking fee' which to me seems like another 'rip off', like the 'single supplement' when it comes to booking rooms via an agent! Last week there were 19 seats left on my flight at this very high rate. It would be interesting to know what they will eventually go for!
Yammas,
Martin.