Cheap flights to Edinburgh

Its hard to see sometimes where the cheap flights are coming from. For instance today i was reading a piece in the Times about how virgin are effectively offering flights to New York for just £15! Alas its not just as good a deal as it sounds as this deal as so often will prove to be does not include taxes. The final price of the trip was £215 which is a still a great deal is a far cry from the £15 they are quoting. Where do all of these extra charges come from? Most of the problem comes from the fact you are entering America which has some of the highest airport taxes in the world. You have to pay everything from immigration fees to security charges to protect against the increased security risk as US airports.

The other big factor is the fuel surcharge which i don’t really understand in some respects. Ie i know this is the price the airline has to pay for jet fuel but its not like its an optional extra is it? I mean are we supposed to book the flight without any petrol? You could say the same about the whole breakdown of the price structure since its not like you can opt out of any of it, but at the same time it is interesting to see where the final price of the flight actually comes from. Its amazing to think though that for this virgin flight that they are actually only getting £15 per passenger! Maybe they should think about running it on diesel instead.

Ever wonder how the major airlines such as easyet and others manage to fly so cheaply in to Edinburgh and other major cities? If you look at the prices many of the deals don’t actually make sense. Ie how can the airline make a profit on a seat the costs just £10. The simple answer is that not all the seats cost the same and if you looked at the average price of the seat compared to the lowest there could be a really big difference in price. In a way this makes perfect sense, the more expensive seats substitute the cheaper ones.

So how do you get the cheapest flights to Edinburgh possible? Well its actually not that complicated, you need to book as soon as possible. The airlines make their money on the expensive seats as someone who is booking at the last minute is probably desperate and will be willing to pay over the odds for a seat even if the person next to the paid 10% of what they did. Yes thats right i said 10%. This is especially true of easyjet and ryanair as the most people who have had to book late have found out. So what are you waiting for? Book now.

I keep turning on the tv these days to see new ads hoping to get people to visit Scotland. Its a great scheme but i am quite worried if people are unable to find cheap flights to Edinburgh and other major cities then it is unlikely people are going to want to visit if even for a short stay. Many people coming from the south of England to visit Edinburgh would prefer to fly rather than take the car or even the train. This is mainly because it is always faster and in most cases alot cheaper than other methods. There are also alot of people visiting Scotland from Ireland these days, i think mainly because of the close link between the two countries and the similarities between the landscapes of the two places.

Ive found that most people coming from Northern Ireland are taking one of the main ferry services such as P&O or Stenaline which run from Larne to Ken Ryan. I think the main reason for this is that people want to take the car with them so they can drive around the main scenic highlands of Scotland. What i would say to people is that they should work out what it is really costing them in terms of the ferry price versus the cost of a flight to Edinburgh and then renting a car once in the country. On the whole i have found that it can often be cheaper and almost always less stressful to fly and then rent as the price of car hire country wide has gone down considerably. So as mentioned before i hope people work out all the costs before they book so they can have the best holiday possible.