Do flights have to be paid in one lump sum?

[Chris221273]

Hey everyone, and happy new year to you all.
Just curious, as have never booked flights seperately before, but do they have to be paid off in one lump sum or do you get to pay for them like you would a package holiday, ie pay a deposit and then the full balance 8 weeks before departure.
Might be a silly question, but having never done it before it's virgin terroritary for us.
And seeing as its a party of 9 of us coming to icmeler this year, and apart from anita and myself, the others are 3 x 15yr old girls, 2 x 18yr old lads and a 21 and 24 year old couple, who certainly don't have savings for that sort of outlay, and nor do we!!!!
The best i have found so far for all of us is looking to be close to £4,000 just for flights!!!
So any info would be greatly appreciated.
Chris & Anita

[dodge]

Hi, you have to pay the full amount at the time of booking if you do go ahead please ensure you book by credit card as you are then fully covered by section 75 of the 1974 credit act we have found Easyjet the cheapest option this year for flights from Manchester .There is also a flight checker on this website Good Luck

[Chris221273]

Just looked on monarchs website, 9 flights, including 20kg's for each person and holiday insurance for each person, in August was £2,800 in total........£1,200 cheaper than easy jet, and easy jets wasn't including baggage or insurance!!!!
Monarch is certainly looking good at the moment, I just don't have £2,800 spare
Anita & Chris

[sue6259]

hi there, we have booked with monarch for august they were cheapest for us with better deals on luggage etc sue

[Eatock08]

Unfortuately if you booked flights seperately you would have to pay the full amount, it used to really annoy me because i would never have the savings for them or have a credit card.

If anyone has a credit card this would be the best way to book them. Hope you manage to sort something out and glad to hear you are returning to Icmeler.

Have you looked for flights using the search engine to sky scanner at the top of the page?

[JT]

Just a point here

It does not matter what crazy deal is offered in a travel agents window in the UK.

Pay a low deposit or pay on the drip YOU ARE NOT COVERED BY THE ATOL BOND UNTIL THE FLIGHT IS PAID FOR IN FULL.

If you do a low deposit and pay on the drip and the company goes bust then where is the cover

You do not get your ATOL receipt in your hand until the flight part of the booking is paid in full

[dragon]

Dodge
just a quickie you can claim section 75 on debit card but as you say credit card gives you peace of mind with minimum hassle

You're not covered by Section 75 of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 with a debit card but you will be able to use chargeback. Section 75 is a legal requirement so you are definitely covered when using your credit card but Chargeback, when you use a debit card isn't guaranteed. Have a look at http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/shoppi ... chargeback and on this website it even lists the differences between section 75 and Chargeback. Also have a look at http://www.which.co.uk/consumer-rights/ ... bit-cards/

We always book using a credit card with 0% interest so you can just pay off a certain amount each month until it's paid off without getting any extra charges and you're also getting the Section 75 protection. It works for us anyway and in 2011 we had a number of claims paid in full really quickly

[Chris]

We re booked our flights with thomascook when aegeanflights went bust,we had to pay in full and our cost for using credit card was £32 !! for 4 of us,rip off charges ,but peace of mind if anything went wrong and we could claim a refund under section 75 of the consumer credit act.

[JT]

Chris

You could have claimed a refund from the CAA under the ATOL scheme as when you booked the flight and paid in full with thomas cook, the ticket they send also has the Atol receipt attached so you are covered by that

[Jeanette]

Hi
Was in same position as you with paying for flights in one go so looked around. Although not quite seperate have just booked with Co-Op...tive travel where you choose your flight - and they search all different ones then picked hotel/apartment which has quite a wide choice and they asked for a £120 deposit the rest to be paid by 9th April - we are going 16th August. So we are going from Stansted on 16th July for 2 weeks staying at the Eda hotel b&b with 20k luggage (will book transfer seperately) cost £410 each which I think is very reasonable. The did have other accomodation which was even cheaper.
Found doing this was was about the same as booking flight then hotel on different site and maybe a bit cheaper. They were really helpful when I called and gave me cheaper on the phone than the website did.
Maybe worth a look. There are a couple with similar name the one I used has cartoon kids on the sand at the top of the site. Was going to put link on here but dont think that would be allowed.
Good luck
Jeanette

[skippy]

Hi Chris
If you go to travel republic web site they do let you pay a deposit on some flights & some dates all depends when your going, maybe worth a try ? good luck.

[JT]

Hahaha I know it may look like I am repeating myself but you are not covered by Atol, If tcook/co op or whoever the flight was with goes bust before you pay the balance in April or THEY decide to actually make the payment for you after you give them the balance then you will lose your money

[adewolves]

I was going to ask the same question today until I sa this topic. The best prices for flights I can find for August at the moment are Monarch. They work out at 1349.00 for 4 of us inc baggage for 3 of us. I'm just going to have to save and book them at the end of may, I'd imagine the prices will drop quite a bit as well over the next few months as I'm sure their won't be anywhere near as many people going away this year as last, and last year was quiet...airlines will have to get money in even if the profits aren't as much has they'd like them to be. A little profit is better than none.

[JT]

Ade you would be surprised

I have been quiete busy and from my stroll through the city the other day the other agencies also looked busy.

Don't forget there are now less companies out there and we have now gone back to the days before the "cheap" companies jumped in and if you didn't get in quick for high season then all the seats were taken

[adewolves]

I don't mind paying upto 1400 for the 4 of us it's just that aint possible at the moment and won't be until the end of May...I'd imagine I may well be not alone in that scenario. Just hope to god I can still get flights then...what you reckon of my chances John?

[JT]

Well if there are lots of people in the same boat then yes

You should be ok end of May anyway as I was thinkig more last minute

[adewolves]

Oh good, I never leave anything until the last minute mate, except...that belongs on another forum. Cheers John.

[kirky]

ade you probably get flight day before you go,the euro countries are in financial mess ,normally I go twice year but once this year.i nearly booked a flight with t*******k flying onur air in August 17 th 2 weeks from Cardiff £180 next day went upto £280 .im waiting hope t*****k sell onur air flights from Bristol Birmingham

[janeypoos]

Just looked on monarchs website, 9 flights, including 20kg's for each person and holiday insurance for each person, in August was £2,800 in total........£1,200 cheaper than easy jet, and easy jets wasn't including baggage or insurance!!!!

Chris just a thought, I'm sure you'd get insurance cheaper elsewhere. Whenever I book flights or a holiday I never buy the travel co/airlines insurance as it is too expensive.

I used http://www.insureandgo.com last August and November as they were the cheapest (£11 pp).

I have just looked on http://www.moneysupermarket.com and searched for a policy for March/April and the cheapest policy for us is with http://www.cheapertravelinsurance.co.uk coming in at £12 pp. This is for 1 adult and 1 child (14) for a total of 18 days.

I'm not sure how much you would pay with Monarch but it certainly pays to look around. You do not have to take their insurance, you are quite entitled to arrange it yourself.

I hope this helps you all save a few pennies, it all helps towards the Efes bill lol!

[Chris221273]

Hi janey,
Monarchs insurance was £18pp, so yeah, think I might have a look around.
As you say, gotta think of those extra efes
Chris