Thomas Cook - who would fly with them

[Cuddles]

Maryjane,

Would have loved to have been 'a fly on the wall' at Stanstead during the filming of the series, the mind boggles ........................

Did you not see "Come fly on the wall" last night or on BBC iPlayer.

Further to what Molly has said about the various airlines, I'm walking next year.

[itstime]

DOH guess what eejit googled Flylow thinking it was a low cost airline I'd not heard of

[tortoise lady]

With TC you can now book your actual seat on-line at time of buying the tickets.     However much money I want to save for food and drink in Kalkan I think I will continue with airlines where I have a seat allocated at check-in at the latest.    I guess otherwise you have to be fleet of foot to race on to the plane and scramble to find a seat and it sounds as if it is no better if you pay extra for "speedy boarding".
If in a moment of madness anyone wanted to upgrade in the smallest possible way (other than exit seats) have any forum members heard of an airline going direct to Dalaman or even Antalya offering this possibility??    I shouldn't really dream of such a thing when money is needed for all important things once in Kalkan.

[maryjane]

Itstime - I hope you are pulling my long, luscious leg

[turkeyfan]

Tortoise Lady, Have a look at Exclusive Escapes, although its primarily a tour operator they also offer some flight only, flying with BMI (I think).  From what I can remember you can upgrade to business class with them but they only fly from Heathrow or Manchester.

[itstime]

Itstime - I hope you are pulling my long, luscious leg

I'm ashamed to say that I'm not!!!!!!! Had no idea who the company was but always looking for a bargain flight decided to check them out! Oh dear what a numpty

[tortoise lady]

turkey fan - thank you for mentioning Exclusive Escapes.    In a moment of blue sky thinking I did look at their website re upgrades but they are only available if you are having the complete holiday package, not just a flight, and with a house in Kalkan it means there is no point in using them.   Some years ago I booked with Tapestry a few times (before buying in Kalkan) and did splash out on what I think they called Premium Seats.   It was a real extravagance but have to confess I enjoyed it and get a bit nostalgic from time to time.

[turkeyfan]

What a shame.    Was worth a try.   

[samson]

  some friends of mine who have a villa in kalkan and were due to fly home to manchester  with kibris but lost the flight as kibris went bancrupt,  managed to get the last two seats on a bmi flight that was for exclusive escapes passengers. it was premium class and it cost them almost 1k !!!. they said they had a nice private lounge at dalaman though!!!!!!!!!

[DRBD]

Itstime ---------you have just brightened up a very dull morning for us

TT lady -- re TC & pre-booking your seat, just bear in mind that should they change the size of the aircraft etc., your pre-booked seat may not be the one of your original choice.