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Travel and Accommodation => Flights and Travel => Topic started by: molly on August 05, 2008, 11:01:43 AM
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FTC have come up trumps again!!!!not as cheap as last year but we have managed to secure flights to the wonderful Kalkan!! in November!!!!! Mon-Fri cant wait the delightful Kalkan out of season!! which restaurants will be open this year in winter any one any idea!! cant wait!! log fires, LAL, rain, sunshine FAB
but double wammy I am out in October too!!
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Kaya,Aubergine,Akin to name a few.
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They now also offer a coach transfer to Kalkan from Dalaman when you have flown with them. I can''t remember the exact price but it was about £35 per person return. They only drop off at the hotels and apartments they use so you would have to get yourself from the nearest to your own accommodation. It''s useful for single travellers.
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Hi Molly, how much were the November flights please...if you don''t mind me asking and are flythomascook, 15 or 20kg for luggage allowance?...important info for a kitchen-sink packer like me :laugh:
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Hi Molly
Which airport are you flying from in November?
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Hello Kalkan regular
At what stage can you book the transfers? We have booked flights with flythomascook.com, but were not given the opportunity to book any transfers, but would certainly be interested.
Should i give them a call?
Thanks, Jane
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The ability to book transfers wasn''t there when I last booked with Thomas Cook but on Monday when I was booking flights for guests for October it came up at the point where you are offered the menu of add ons (meals, extra luggage, etc), before you have to put your credit card details. I suppose if you are already booked with them you may be able to add it on by ringing them up.
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Thanks, i''ll give them a call and let you know how i get on.
Jane
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Picking up the other thread relating to transfers4U, I went on their website and found they are a Thomas Cook company so just maybe the TC transfers are actually the Transfers4U
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have got a deal with the 15 kilo lugggage allowance but still a fair price, transfers we usually use Enes travel or hire a car especially in winter from Enes who leave it at the airport for us. It works out better value if you need one for the week. Then we use it to go back to the airport on our return.
We are flying from Manchester, so just cant wait!!!
So thats Lal, Aubergine, walk home, log fire, book and bed cant wait!!! and hopefully sunny days to explore in the car.
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We are flying from Manchester, so just cant wait!!!
I''m not surprised. That makes Kalkan all the better. ;D
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I too emailed transfers4U / flythomascook.com (same company) regarding their transfers, and got this response
"The maximum number of flights a coach waits for is 2. The shuttle would take you directly to your hotel and pick you up from there also. I’m afraid I can’t confirm how many drop offs there would be on the way as it would all depend on how many people were booked on the shuttle on the day"
Bearing that in mind, I think we will give it a go!
Jane
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That''s all very well, but none of it makes up for the fact that the legroom on Thomas Cook planes is non-existent. For us long-legged travellers, it makes for a pretty miserable four hours! >:(
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Martyn...you''ll just have to grin and bear it like us and pay £60 each return for extra leg room on the flight. :D
Honest, it doesn''t hurt that much when you end up sitting next to somone of 5ft who has got their extra legroom seat for free. ;)
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No, take your point but I refuse to do that... call me fussy, but we just use airlines that don''t treat their passengers like sardines (or mugs)! ;)
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Sounds like a good plan, Martyn. :)
We are in the difficult position (literally :o) of not being able to fit into standard legroom seats, so we haven''t any option.
I have been told by booking in staff in the past that i cannot fly if i can''t fit my legs into a standard legroom seat...so that definately rules out MrB who is two inches taller than me.
So the extra charge is always budgeted into any holiday plans we make, to ensure we actually are able to get on the flight.
Can''t say i pay it willingly though...its always arranged with a complaint for their files. :)
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I can see why they try to cut everything back, to make more money for extras and allegedly to try to reduce fares for the shoestring traveller, but I think charging for the added possibility of avoiding DVT is criminal. I am 6 foot 3, Mrs is 5 foot 2, but I resent paying this charge for two, just to be allowed not to sit in the childbirth position.
Are the circumferentially or gravitationally-challenged charged more for the extra weight they carry onto the plane? On the weight subject, there seemed to be much hilarity at Antalya last month when various punters turned up with 20-25kg suitcases and were allowed on without further payment. Surely rules is rules?
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Mrs B... sorry, got to ask... how tall are you?
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Lol, Martyn...i''m just over 6ft 4in and Mr B is just over 6ft 6in. :D
I have longer legs at 36.5in, and Mr B has a measly 34in leg...but he has a longer body than me!!
To get the pair of us sat in standard legroom seats is impossible....and extremely painful.
We have many tales to tell of numb kneecaps, lower back pain and headrests in your shoulder blades....but by far the most entertaining are when the folk in the seats in front are trying to recline their seats. ;)
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Hiya,I am 6ft 3 ins also,but I refuse to pay for extra legroom seats,for the reason people get them for free
anyway,flew to america a while back and two five year old kids had them.
I always ask at check in if any bulkhead or exit seats are available,sometimes it works sometimes it doesnt,
If you dont ask ,you dont get !
Neil. ;D
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I have spent many years asking, Neil, and many times i have had to stand all the way on the flight to my destination as i physically can''t fit into a standard legroom seat.
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Hiya Mrs B,
I know how you feel,I always fall asleep,then I dont seem to suffer as much,but saying that I can
sleep on a washing line.
good luck with future flights,Neil.
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Same to you too, Neil...emergency exit seats are our goal!! ;D
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Ah, yes...the person in front reclining, oblivious to the fact that there is someone in the seat behind whose knees will go up their backside if they go back any further!
I find that a violent rocking motion with the knees normally works a treat, especially if you have let them settle nicely into position first. This normally provokes some kind of reaction, such as "What do you think you are doing?" at which point I might say, "Oh, so you DO know I''m here... can I have my circulation back now please?"
It wouldn''t be so bad if they took the courtesy, before they recline, to enquire whether you actually mind them crushing your legs. Ignorance is bliss, I suppose. ::)
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Ive never worked out why airlines allow seats to recline in "steerage" as it only causes arguments! Anyone any idea why they do??
I remember flying with RyanAir once and they were fixed seats that didnt recline which I thought was brilliant!
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I dont care about leg room as long as I can get to Turkey in November! they can sit me in the hold! its only four hours 4 v&t''s and a bottle of wine! you could fold me up! Dont moan we need as many flights as possible all year round whatever the leg room!
best wishes
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EK, it baffles me - maybe they are trying to create the illusion that they want you to be comfortable? So you will feel incredibly grateful and buy lots of their lovely duty free stuff?
To be fair, most people wouldn''t dream of reclining their seat without at least looking behind them to check that the person behind hasn''t got the seat-back tray down with a drink on it. Unfortunately, I always seem to get stuck behind an ignorant moron. And I have the stained trousers to prove it. :o
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Tends to set of a bit of a chain reaction. If the person in front reclines then you feel you need to to compensate and so on and so on. Only thing worse than a reclined seat is siting behind a family with a young child who constantly kicks the back of your seat.Total nightmare!
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I''m only 5'' 8 and up until about 5 years ago would take pot luck and hope for an extra legroom seat, that is until I got jammed into my seat all the way back to Birmingham by a really selfish woman in front of me (who happened to be in the extra legroom seat so there was really no need to put her seat back). I asked her politely, I asked the stewardess (who said there was nothing she could do about it!) to put the seat back up as I was literally stuck in my seat unable to move! When I got off the plane in Birmingham I had trouble walking, people commented how bad my legs looked due to how swollen they were and I had deep dents in my knees from the pocket at the back of the seat (the ones with the metal rods)! I swore then I don''t care how much they cost I will never go on a plane again where I cannot get an extra legroom seat.
(oh and if that''s not bad enough she was a real fidgiter too so every so often she would bang the seat back) - though maybe because I''d complained that was on purpose >:(
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Best thing to do is continually push the seat with your knees....or keep pushing the tray back very firmly I found this works.....
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you gets what you pay for
Go Business class or private jet if comfort is paramount but at £165 return i was totally happy to put up with no room, a dribbling snoring co passenger, reclined seat in front, screaming kid behind .....and turbulence. (I am sure the expensive flights take a less bumpy route) :)
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I accept travelling ''stearage'' if I have a very cheap flight. I get cross however when I have paid a lot for the flight.
I have an added problem. I drink red wine and tend to travel in white trousers. You will recognise me in the arrival airport by my red and white abstract pattered trousers!!!!
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Have just found a promotion code for Thomas Cook '' welcome5'' supposed to get £10 off per seat. Haven''t tried it so can''t vouch that it''ll work.
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Hi
The "welcome5" code does work, I only used it last week for October flights. It applies to all people on one booking, and gives £5 off per person each way, so £10 return
caroline x
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Caroline,
Did you think of giving welcome10, 20, 30 etc a try.
Regards
Alan
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I thought "welcome5" meant that only 5ft tall people are welcome on a Thomas Cook flight. ;)
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Ha ha Alan
That would have been worth a try!!
Or welcome200+freechampagneandchocolates
Caroline