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...rigmarole that you have to go through with some of their competitors. While I love Ryanair, I have to admit that they fall down badly in this regard, and you would nearly need a degree in Computer Science to work out some of their fares and schedules.
With “GO”, you simply fill in your airport of departure, and where you want to fly to in two drop down boxes. The same procedure is followed for the day of your departure, and when ... ...fare” button, and voila, all your options for the two days you choose are clearly and concisely displayed, with an all in inclusive price beside each flight.
You can hit the “back” button on your browser if you want to then compare prices for different days, in order to find your cheapest fare.
Be sure to compare some different options if your travel itinerary is flexible.
If I had returned home on the Sunday, ... more
~ ~ I got a bit of sad news this past week. An old aunt of mine in Scotland has died at the ripe old age of 78. So not too many tears, as she had a good, full life, and she’s now off to a better place. But sad never the less, as she was my last aunt or uncle from a grand total of sixteen from both my mother’s and father’s side of the family. So there is a real feeling on my part of a complete generation now having passed away. The funeral is this coming Thursday, so the beginning of the week saw me busy on the Web trying to find myself the best possible deal on both my airfare from Dublin to Edinburgh, and for car hire once I arrived.
~ ~ My normal airline of choice when flying to the UK is the indigenous Irish carrier, Ryanair, who advertise themselves as THE cheap fare airline. Not in this instance though, as they don’t fly into Edinburgh, and the nearest airport I could get to my destination was Prestwick south of Glasgow, which is on the other side of the country. Aer Lingus are the main carriers to Edinburgh, but to be frank, I had a dreadful experience with them a little over ten years ago, when I was trying to get to Scotland (for yet another funeral) quickly and cheaply, and the best offer they could come up with was an unbelievable £330 (old Irish Punts) return. So ever since then I have been disinclined to give them any of my business whatsoever, at least when there is any kind of option available. I wasn’t even aware that the Edinburgh route had opened up to competition, to be honest, and wasn’t relishing the prospect of either getting the ferry over with my own car, or driving to Belfast and flying over from there. So I was surprised to discover (using Google, the marvellous search engine) that another cheap airline, “GO”, have recently started up on this route. And I was even more pleasantly surprised when I logged onto their site and checked out their prices. A totally incredible price of only €49.95 return (£30.50 Sterling), including all airport taxes and an insurance surcharge.
~ ~ “GO” started out their existence as the cheap flight option from British Airways, but are now an independent carrier in their own right. The site is incredibly simple to navigate, with none of the complicated rigmarole that you have to go through with some of their competitors. While I love Ryanair, I have to admit that they fall down badly in this regard, and you would nearly need a degree in Computer Science to work out some of their fares and schedules. With “GO”, you simply fill in your airport of departure, and where you want to fly to in two drop down boxes. The same procedure is followed for the day of your departure, and when you wish to return. Then you hit “find the cheapest fare” button, and voila, all your options for the two days you choose are clearly and concisely displayed, with an all in inclusive price beside each flight. You can hit the “back” button on your browser if you want to then compare prices for different days, in order to find your cheapest fare. Be sure to compare some different options if your travel itinerary is flexible. If I had returned home on the Sunday, for example, which was my original intention, it would have cost me an extra €72.50 (£44.36 Sterling) as compared to flying on the Saturday, which is the option I went for. “GO” are based at London Stanstead, and within the UK they fly from Belfast International, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Newcastle. And, off course, from here in Dublin in the Irish Republic. They aren’t simply UK based though, and fly to a wide range of Continental airports as well. Here’s a wee list for you.
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Alicante Barcelona Belfast International Bilbao Bologna Copenhagen Edinburgh Faro Glasgow Ibiza Lyon Malaga Milan Linate Munich Naples Newcastle Nice Palma Mallorca Prague Rome Ciampino Venice Marco Polo
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So if you are after a cheap option to fly to Europe, then you are spoiled for choice with “GO”. You even get a further £5 (Sterling) discount for booking online with them, although this is already calculated into the fare quoted. One other thing to look out for. Even on an internal UK flight all passengers must carry some type of photo identification, such as a passport, photo driving licence, or student or ID Card. I presume that this is an extra precaution they have instigated in response to the atrocities of September, 11th. Once you have decided on what flights you want, then you are transferred to a secure server, where you do the usual with your name, address, telephone number, and credit card details. Your booking is confirmed within 5 minutes by email (at least, mine was), which you then print off, and present at the check in on the day of your flight. By the way, you don’t have to worry that you will be flying on an old World War Two Dakota, as “GO” have a fleet of 18 modern Boeing jets.
~ ~ So with my travel arrangements made, that only left me to find a cheap car hire. Guess what? I managed to do this through a link on the “GO” site as well. I’d been running a separate window to search for car hire, and had managed to come up with a Ford Fiesta for £111 (Sterling) for three days, when I spotted the link on the “GO” website. Again, simple and easy navigation and booking was the order of the day. At Edinburgh airport, they have an arrangement with a crew called “Holiday Autos”. Five minutes later I had a small Ford Ka booked at the incredibly low price of only £76 (Sterling) for three days, inclusive of everything other than my fuel. There is also a link for hotel and guesthouse accommodation, and it looks every bit as good, but I had no need of this on this trip, as I will be staying with relatives.
~ ~ If there are any hitches during the trip, then I’ll keep you all informed by updating this opinion on my return to Dublin. But on price and ease of booking alone, this cheap flight airline “GO” gets a very high recommendation from the “mad cabbie”.
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BTW, some of the boxes here don't apply yet, but I'll fill them in on my return.
Advantages: Very very cheap, still have allocated seats Disadvantages: Have been taken over by EasyJet, serious lack of leg-room
For anyone who doesn’t know, GO were bought out by EasyJet on 31st July 2002 consequently creating Europe's No 1 low cost airline. It was only yesterday that I realised that GO have far more European destinations than EasyJet and fly from a higher number of UK airports, including:
o London Stansted
o Belfast
o Bristol
o East Midlands
o Edinburgh
o Glasgow
o Newcastle
So there is a departure to suit most people in the UK, with the exception ... ...was Flybe from Birmingham or GO from Bristol.
THE BOOKING PROCESS
Flights can be booked over the telephone or on-line, the latter, in line with most of the competition, offering a £5 discount of each leg of the journey, all prices quoted are per single leg of your trip and include airport taxes.
Once you have selected your departure/arrival airports and dates of travel, you will be presented with a selection of flights (again the amounts will ...
sue.51 19.10.2002 (31.10.2002)
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Go Fly - GOE
Advantages: You get very good deals! Disadvantages: Leaves from Stansted
I have used Go on several occasions and have been more or less satisfied with their service every time. Last year I flew to Munich for £45 and to Madrid, also for only £45, both times for a weekend getaway! I doubt you’ll find a cheap deal like that anywhere else. A few weeks ago I decided to fly to Munich again, this time I paid £49. The offers Go have are generally good, however, when booking you must consider that all Go flights leave from ... ...any complications. The Go Check-In is very easy to find and since they have several counters, I didn’t have to wait very long. I booked the ticket online, so all I had to present at the counter was my passport, which helped them find my booking from the database. I had hoped to take my luggage as hand luggage, but had 1 kg too much. You are allowed to have 7 kg. So after having checked in, I bought myself something to eat and drink, since on ...
Melanie.Andres 21.02.2001
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Advantages: No nonsense Airline but inexpensive, if you know what you are doing. Disadvantages: No plastic meal in flight.
...times in four years with Go Airlines.
Flying with Go since they started their no-nonsense service is a pleasure after travelling all over the continent with Charters such as Caledonian, Britannia and Monarch. It is far easier to book, on-line with GO than the others but you must remember to try out various dates of departure and return as the fare can vary so much. I just tried to get particular dates in September and have had to compromise slightly ... ...usually is much cheaper.
Go Airlines is, as I mentioned above, no-nonsense. When you book on-line or on the telephone, you get a reference number and not a ticket. You present this at the booking in desk at Stansted or Bristol if you have booked from there and you get a boarding pass and return ticket.
One of the disadvantages for many people in UK is that GO only fly from Stansted or Bristol. I live in Essex and therefore only 35 minutes to the ...
Scorpio2 05.08.2001
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Advantages: Cheap professional outfit Disadvantages: Sometimes lateness is a problem
Go is the offshoot 'budget' airline from British Airways (although not for much longer as they are trying to find a buyer as I type!). Like Ryanair and Buzz, they operate out of Stansted, which has certainly come into its own as an base airport over the last few years. I've travelled with Go, well, quite a few times, on the London/Bologna, London/Rome routes, and London/Venice. (Gosh, I never realised I'd flown so much till I started writing these ... ...for Rome (I needed to go on a specific date etc). Again, they don't always fly into the larger airports, for example, they fly into Rome Ciampino, rather than Leonardo da Vinci, but the links are good, if not better in some ways, and they lay on their own bus for the passengers into the centre of Rome. For some reason, Go, always seemed to be one of the nicer 'budget' airlines, and is more expensive than Ryanair - but then, they are all more expensive ...
womble 05.06.2001
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Go Fly - GOE
Advantages: Friendly inflight staff, clean planes Disadvantages: Is very basic
...at £25 return I could go and visit an old school friend who had moved to Ireland after marrying a soldier. I bought my ticket on line after reading the terms and conditions (the only real condition being that you had to spend a Saturday night away and travel before Christmas to qualify for the special price).
I flew from Stansted airport (Essex) on the wednesday lunchtime and arrived in Belfast around 1 hour later. The inflight service wasn't brilliant ... ...was clean. I would recommend go to anyone on a budget that has to take a short flight. I'm not so sure about a long flight that would cover a meal time because I'm not certain if food is available on these flights but the flight to Belfast was certainly worth the money that I paid for it. If I found myself in a position to need a flight in the future I would certainly check out Go first. ...
sexygirl 14.12.2000
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