Any travel agents or thrifty travellers?

[Beckibee]

Bailey, I'm not the OP but thanks for the advice. I'm flying to the UK & Ireland with a friend next year and it looks like we're going to fly out on March 31st. *L* We're looking at buying our fares in early November to try and get some early-bird specials.

Can I ask what airlines you recommend?

[carls888]

Hi I'm not sure if I can post a reccommendation for a travel forum on here, so sorry and delete it if it's not allowed.
But when we travel i always use tripadvisor
type in your destination and go the forum section, a wealth of knowledge awaits!
C

[Smoke Jaguar]

Earlybirds are out now and quite impressive for the April period. I went to Jetset in my local town with a printout from Webjet, and had also been browsing bestflights website. Jetset sponsors my fire brigade annual Art Show, and I was keen to ask for their business for as close to a web price as possible. We got flights for January at a pretty good price (considering I had missed earlybirds) flying Emirates for 2 adults and a 19month old (he will be) - $2165 each and $198 for DS. More than I've ever paid before, but I've never travelled there in Jan, always left in quieter periods.
Actually, that's not including the flight to Ireland, but that's not going to cost much.
Good luck!