Originally posted by deepete@Dec 22 2005, 12:34 AM
A friend of mine booked direct with Emirates yesterday, Lon Heathrow to Manilla on 4th Jan returning 12 th Jan for £690 including taxes, paying a bit of a premium for the time of year as we normally pay around £550.
Pete, getting that part was no problem, and I believe I paid about the same as your friend, but the one way MNL to UK ticket for the mom in law was going to be about the same price, unless we flew on the 5th, and then it was little more than £300.

I spent hours pounding dates and times into the various websites trying to get a compatible set of dates so we could both fly back on the same plane. (All done on a reeaal slow satellite 'net connection on my ship) Seems no travel agent wants to do the leg work any more; they just shove you at a web site and tell you to go do it yourself.