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Air Travel Ticket Information

For long distance travel in Britain, air travel is worth considering.

Travel agents can give more information. British Airways offer a 'Europe Airpass', but only to BA travellers from certain countries outside Europe.
British Midland offer a 'Discover Europe Pass' giving unlimited flights. It is only available to residents outside Europe (except Iceland and Greece).

You may find cheap 'standby' tickets available for certain flights.

Arriving by air

There are good transport links from all airports to city centres.

Do not take a taxi unless you are sure how much it will cost.: To take a taxi from London airports will be expensive, unless you are a large group!
London Heathrow to central London would be about £35!
Go by train or bus if possible!: London Heathrow has frequent electric underground trains to the centre of London, as well as buses.; London Gatwick has Gatwick Express and other trains directly to London or the South Coast.; 'Thameslink' trains from the south coast also stop at Gatwick, and go non-stop across London to Luton and Bedford.; This saves changing trains in London, if you are travelling to parts of the North of England.

Cheap flights

Britain (and London in particular) is known as one of the best places to buy cheap air tickets, and they can be much cheaper than buying them in your own country. But there are difficulties! It may not be so easy to use a credit card across frontiers to buy a cheap ticket. And some agents may not be prepared to give the cheapest tickets to overseas buyers.

If you have friends or contacts in Britain, it may be possible for them to help you, and buy tickets for you.

You must however be very careful when buying air tickets. With cheap tickets, you may not be able to change dates or times later, or receive a refund if you cannot travel for any reason. And not all ticket agents are reliable. An agent might go out of business, or cheat you! Dealing with an agent in a different country adds to the difficulties. Of course, you may find that tickets are cheaper from an agent in your country anyway. Payment by credit card may give you protection against non-delivery of tickets for any reason - check with your credit card company.

There is however a good honest travel agent in Britain that we recommend. He may be able to help you to obtain cheap air flights to Britain.

Mike Coles Travel
29 Sydney Road
Exeter
EX2 9AH
England.
phone: (+44) 1392 219499
fax: (+44) 1392 275296
email:sales@mike-coles-travel.co.uk

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Cheap flights

The Cheap flights website also lists cheap flight options from Britain, and agents. We give it so that you can have a picture of some of the cheapest prices available. We do not know any of the agents listed, and so cannot give any recommendation. Many cheap flights are also advertised in British daily newspapers, particularly the Saturday issues of THE TIMES and THE DAILY TELEGRAPH.

Compare Cheap Flights

Offer Flight comparisons.

Budget Travel
Lots of information on cheap travel offers around the world.

AirNinja.com

shows budget airlines that are not found on most booking engines (about 100 exist). It also allows the user to check several booking engines with only a few clicks. Basically, it provides a more complete picture of available flight options. AirNinja.com does not sell tickets. It only provides information on where to find the best flight.

There are other websites based in USA which deal in worldwide travel, including cheap flights, to various destinations, which you may also like to look at:

1) Travelcom

2) Expedia

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More information on visiting Britain

Britain Home page
Where to go
Students and young people under 26
How to find more information
Where to stay
Car travel, car hire, and British roads
Rail and bus travel
Visiting London where to go and how to travel
Money exchange and currency
Visa requirements
Maps
Theatre, music and ballet
Cheap ways to visit historic houses, castles etc.

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