MyTravel

*NOTE: MyTravel has merged with THomas Cook.* I and friends and family have now flown with Mytravel half a dozen times to and from Canada. I have just booked my 84-year-old mother to come to the UK next June. We always book through Canadian Affair online. The first thing to say is that the fares are incredibly low, as little as £199 or less return in economy. However, we always travel in their "Premiair Gold" cabin, because the economy seats are ...
...summer, with a few flights around Christmas and Easter. The planes are used on winter sun routes at other times. I would certainly recommend Mytravel Premiair Gold on transatlantic flights, and probably anywhere else they fly, although I think comfort would be an issue for many people in economy. ...

Quakerman 19.11.2003 (05.10.2008) · Read full review
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After making the decision to go to Las Vegas for our summer holiday, my boyfriend and I set about looking for the best (and most convenient) flights available. To travel for a week in June we were looking the region of £500-£600 for direct flights with Virgin, BA et al, and even flights which included lengthy transfers were around £450. It's easy to seen then, why we were so impressed when we stumbled across My Travel Airways, who were offering ...
...Las Vegas for the bargain basement price of £264 including all taxes. We'd heard of My Travel (formerly Airtours) before and had flown with their budget-airline arm, My Travel Lite on a couple of occasions before, so were happy to book with them. We read the small print looking for the 'catch', but couldn't find one, other than the fact that that this flight-only arrangement didn't provide a meal. That said, however, on booking, we found that we ...

richardsonjones 31.05.2005 · Read full review
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MyTravel Airlines used to be called Airtours (and British Airtours before that), but was rebranded in 2002 after Airtours group was taken over by the MyTravel group. They are a charter airline that operate out of the UK, mainly to European and other short haul destinations. In January my partner and I travelled with them from London Gatwick to Las Palmas (Gran Canaria). We booked a late deal over the phone through Airtours and got our entire holiday ...
...opt out of flying with MyTravel again! All in all, the seats were cheap and cheerful, with drinks and snacks sold on board at good prices. Both flights left on time. The service, however, was minimal and unfriendly, more like a budget airline service than a leading charter company. The safety procedures video was a joke... ...

Den101 24.07.2003 · Read full review
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Ended up on MyTravel Airlines as a result of booking through Canadian Affair from Toronto to London. Checkin was not advertised ... had to march up and down the hall a couple times to find who was checking them in. Checkin was straightforward and as a seasoned air traveller, it was as it should be, even if the agents weren't the friendliest people in the world. Departure was delayed due to late arriving aircraft on the inbound flight from London. ...
...by rows, people just swarmed the boarding area. The aircraft, an A330 was bright modern and clean. That's where the advantages ended. In the configuration chosen by MyTravel, it was 3 - 3 - 3 across ... that's 9 seats where most airlines use 2-4-2 i.e. 8 across. So, unless you are fortunate and sit beside two very skinny people, you are going to feel cramped sideways. On this flight, I had an average male sitting next to me who had his elbow in ...

freenobrook 01.10.2006 · Read full review
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MyTravel Airways (MYT) is the new name for Airtours, a Manchester-based company that has provided holidays for many years. However now they're going bankrupt as they've found that by expanding, they've got too big for their own good by taking over any company they see fit. MYT was our choice to fly to Orlando, Florida last year. It was a lovely July day when we arrived at Manchester Airport, fresh from a stay at the Manchester Holiday Inn. We had ...
...before to Orlando with the company, and economy is too much for a long flight. As we walked into the dedicated check-in area at manchester for MYT, there were massive queues for MYT051 (Our flight). 5 desks were open, and full of people sorting out their details. we joined the queue at the back, and a MYT rep came by, offering free drinks for people in the queues as they'd had a technical fault and were only just getting back to speed. She then ...

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My in-laws live abroad (I know - lucky me) so I'm a seasoned Internet trawler when it comes to finding the best value flights. Lordy Lord did I get it wrong this year!! I spend considerable time looking for the best bargain and use several websites as standard which I compare daily, as well as looking for new sites to try. I thought I'd got a good deal this year, opting for My Travel flights via the cheapestflights website. It started off badly when ...
...incorrectly onto all the travel agents' websites. Your confirmation read one date and not until the tickets arrvied did it become clear that you were actually coming home the following day. The flaw of waiting till the last minute to book is that there's little you can do to get out of the arrangement as you don't have time. I was very restricted with dates this year and it mattered a lot whether we arrived back in the UK on the Friday or the Saturday ...

Sherbert 06.08.2004 · Read full review
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...boyfriend and I flew with MyTravel airlines. Overall, the experience was similar to most other airlines. IN my opinion, most airlines are much of a muchness (with the exception of the serious budget airlines). The check-in staff were friendly and helpful. The plane itself was standard; seats were not too comfortable, but for such low prices, what do you expect? Other reviews I have read suggested that the safety demonstration was inadequate on this ...
...just an incident requiring following protocol. I believe that the standard of service was what enabled me to eventually calm down, get my breath back and survive the flight (albeit in a lot of pain). I would wholeheartedly recommend MyTravel as a budget airline for anyone travelling short distances. ...

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For one who has travelled throughout Europe by coach, including a 26 hour journey to former Yugoslavia, I was expecting my four and a half hour flight to Tenerife to be much more comfortable journey. How wrong I was! The tickets were booked by my partner's parents, so although I am not aware of the exact price that was paid for the tickets I know that they were fairly cheap in comparison to other airlines, although still more expensive than budget ...
...certainly not cheerful! The seats were extremely cramped, with even less leg room than on most coaches that I had travelled on. The air conditioning system was poor, so I spent most of the journey trying to fan myself down with the in-flight brochure whilst trying to avoid hitting the person sitting next to me (or should I say, on top of me?!) in the face. The in-flight 'entertainment ' was also poor. On the outbound journey, half of the radio stations ...

steph0184 26.05.2005 · Read full review
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...fortunate enough to fly on MyTravel Airlines from Gatwick to Rhodes in June. I have to say it was among one of the best airline experiences I have had. Check-in was efficient and moved quickly, even though it was a full flight. The flights were on time - both inbound and outbound - and we even arrived at our destination early both ways! I was in Economy Class, and the legroom may not have been extremely generous but was better than other Economy ...
...on the airplane, with 5 toilets and a seating area to wait for a vacant toilet. I believe that this airline is the first to have such a facility. Overall I'd have to give MyTravel airways an excellent review, and I'd definitely fly with them in the future. ...

meowmix 18.07.2005 · Read full review
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Excellent value for money. I liked the real time travel information on your personal screen in economy class. You also got to see the view from two cameras - front view and bottom view. The aerial views from the bottom cameara were excellent. The food was acceptable, but in my opinion all airlines offer rubbish inflight meals. The plane is big and spacious, but the legroom was limited for the cheapest seats. The inflight entertainment was good, service was fine and the flight was punctual. ...

Agandhi 02.06.2007
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Just got back from Protaras on an Airtours package holiday, Flights in both direction were with My travel airlines (MYT) which is the in house airline and was formerlly known as Airtours international. I noticed two very different standards of service, On the outbound flight from Manchester to Larnaca the plane was delayed by approximately 1 hour no word of apology off the crew. The crew just didn't seem bothered about the passengers, one stewardess ...
...had checked in late and their child hadn't got a window seat although they were sat together, The stewardess asked if anyone was willing to move seats and when no one obliged she said "oh the passengers aren't very generous today", Then came the safety demo which was the video version and like a programme made for the Cbeebies channel. The first officer and captain didn't give much info on route or location, one thing that did surprise me was that ...

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I went to my local Going Places to book a holiday for my girlfriend and myself to the Dominican Republic. This was our first trip away together and i wanted it to be special. The sales assistant was wonderful and did a great job of selling My Travel's 'upgrade' for both flights. As the day approached i became more excited about the prospect of 'being provided with first class facilities and service' which i supposed made the fall all that more painful. ...
...am 6 foot 4 and when i usually fly i book in advance an exit seat or the seat near the seperaters to provide me with adequate leg room. With My Travel's 'gold section' i had less room than i did flying to Sweden with a budget airline. Next the service.. As the elite cusomters we were served first with regards to food and drink, but we not fortunate enough to have our own Air Hostesses. So by the time the returned we had been sat in our own dirt ...

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I TRAVELLED WITH MYTRAVEL JUNE 2007 FROM MANCHESTER TO SANFORD ORLANDO, ECONOMY I AM SIX FEET TALL THE SEATS WERE CRAMPED NO LEG ROOM AND THE FLIGHT WAS DELAYED FOR UP TO AN HOUR DUE TO A BACK LOG OF DELAYED FLIGHTS. THE FLIGHT WAS GOOD THE SERVICE EXCELLENT EXCEPT FOR THE PERSON BEHIND ME WHO KEPT ADJUSTING HER SEAT EVERY TWO HOURS WE ALSO HAD SEAT BACK TV SCREENS TO KEEP US ENTERTAINED IF YOU ARE TALL MY ADVISE IS TO UPGRADE TO PREMIUM ECONOMY WHICH WE DID ON OUR RETURN JOURNEY WHEN YOU GET TO SANFORD EXPECT LONG QUEUES AT IMMIGRATION WE WAITED OVER AN HOUR. ...

tedyea 27.01.2008
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As we were travelling long haul and with no guarantee of seat back tv's or extra legroom in economy we decided to upgrade to Premiar Gold - and we were so glad we did. We felt like VIP's! On arrival at our departure airport it was great going to the dedicated check in with no queue at all. The staff were friendly and efficient and in no time at all we were in the departure loung. When it was time to board, we boarded the plane first and were given ...
...had ample legroom and it was great having our own seat back tv complete with camera viewing and map. The staff were very friendly and our meal was really good. Drinks were plentiful and the staff kept coming round with magazines and newspapers and also informing us that they had plenty of snacks on board including packets of biscuits, pot noodles, crispts and nuts and all we had to do was ask. They also brought ice cream to have during the films. ...

Dopeygirl 22.06.2007 · Read full review
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I was hearing a lot of bad things about My Travel before we eventually booked to fly with them. We were quite pleasently surprised. Compared to other airlines, we had more leg room and the seats were more comfortable than we had experienced before. The food was okay and the staff were constantly on their feet pushing trolleys up and down which seemed to pass the time. I am a very nervous flyer, but I felt a lot safer due to the regular updates by ...
...was very quick and we made up time on the flight so we landed early. I have recommended them to other friends and family already. The inflight entertainment was also good if you wanted it. The reason we booked our flight with them in the first place, was due to departure times, local airport availability and price. They were the cheapest but I don't think we got any less for our money than if we had used anyone else. ...

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