Flights

[propertastic]

There's a lot of info here about getting from the UK to Hurghada and back, but what about Hurghada to the UK and back?

Thomas Cook's website only seems to work if you are departing from the UK as it doesn't give Hurghada as a startingpoint for a trip.

Ideally we're trying to get to Birmingham on KoralBlue for August Bank Holiday weekend, but haven't found out how to do it.

KoralBlue's website doesn't work, their office (a dirty apartment in Mubarek 2) is never open, the guy there who gave us his phone number never answers his phone and the travel agencies here only seem to handle inbound, so aren't much use at all.

If anyone has any tips on how to book trips back to the UK (on KoralBlue or any other airline) please let me know as it is starting to get very frustrating.

[Georgina]

I cannot fly from Hurghada until Easy Jet starts because I am over the time limit for leaving on charter flights so would have to go via Cairo with Egypt Air or British Airways or via Europe with a scheduled flight

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[danny]

Koral Blue are chartered by Thomas Cook so you cannot book a ticket directly with them. Again Thomas Cook have cornered the market, roll on easyjet arrival, that'll sort them out hopefully.

The best I have found was Cairo to Heathrow for £250 with Egyptair and it seems to be a daily service.

[propertastic]

Has anyone tried going to the Thomas Cook office in town and trying to book them through there?

The prices from Cairo don't sound too bad, but Cairo airport is something that I want to try and avoid if at all possible. It's complete bedlam.

I think the next strategy is to look at flying somewhere in to continental Europe and then RyanAiring it in from there. Has anyone tried looking at these options before?

[majicou]

Have you tried flying from Sharm - know it would be a hassle getting there but maybe a better option than Cairo? When we have previously been in Sharm we have seen cheap (one way) flights advertised at the airport. Was also talking to a british guy who works there and when returning to UK to see his wife etc. he gets a one way flight each time in order to get the cheapest deal - although he did say this was easier as he had some flexibility on when to travel. I have also noticed that some companies in UK offer one way flights to Hurghada and are usually recognised if they do not have a number of nights stated or show 00 nights.

[danny]

I got a oneway ticket from Thomas Cook here at BlueSky offices opposite the Esplanade. They do a standard ticket @ £195 including taxes and inflight meal. Their policy however is not to sell to anyone whose stay has exceeded 90 days.

[propertastic]

Thanks for the tip, Danny. I will pop down to their office later today to see what they have on offer.

[propertastic]

Originally Posted by majicou

Have you tried flying from Sharm - know it would be a hassle getting there but maybe a better option than Cairo? When we have previously been in Sharm we have seen cheap (one way) flights advertised at the airport. Was also talking to a british guy who works there and when returning to UK to see his wife etc. he gets a one way flight each time in order to get the cheapest deal - although he did say this was easier as he had some flexibility on when to travel. I have also noticed that some companies in UK offer one way flights to Hurghada and are usually recognised if they do not have a number of nights stated or show 00 nights.

I thought about flying from Sharm.

The problem is that there are not so many flights between Hurghada and Sharm as there are to Cairo. There's no way that I would trust the ferry either as currently it seems to be out of service more often than it is in.

[vix]

Originally Posted by propertastic

There's a lot of info here about getting from the UK to Hurghada and back, but what about Hurghada to the UK and back?

Thomas Cook's website only seems to work if you are departing from the UK as it doesn't give Hurghada as a startingpoint for a trip.

Ideally we're trying to get to Birmingham on KoralBlue for August Bank Holiday weekend, but haven't found out how to do it.

KoralBlue's website doesn't work, their office (a dirty apartment in Mubarek 2) is never open, the guy there who gave us his phone number never answers his phone and the travel agencies here only seem to handle inbound, so aren't much use at all.

If anyone has any tips on how to book trips back to the UK (on KoralBlue or any other airline) please let me know as it is starting to get very frustrating.

I looked at the easyjet website the other day and the 1st flight of the season appears to be Hurghada /Gatwick. Very cheap, only about £100 one way, all in.

[propertastic]

That will be great, but we're trying to get out in three weeks and so it's going to be too early for EasyJet :-(