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As opposed to spending the rest of the year on the internet trying to find cheap flights from Argentina to the UK I'm going to dip into the vast amount of all round knowledge available on here and ask if anybody can recomend any websites that offer cheap flights. The slight catch is that I am looking for flights from Argentina to London as booking them through an Argentinean agent here would mean I would have to pay 20% plus many other hidden taxes. I've checked on actual flight operators sites such as B.A. and LAN but the best price I have at the moment is with expedia.co.uk. It's utterly depressing looking for flights because the initial price quoted normally turns out to be about only 50% of the final actual cost "thanks" to taxes, surcharges, fuel charges, taxes etc etc. So if anyone can recomend a cheap yet reliable site that comes recomended where maybe I could better the expedia price (heaven forbid I was ever lucky enough to actually lock in on a promotion) then it would be really appreciated. Cheers.
No idea about cheap flights between Argentina and London, I'm afraid, but skyscanner.net is always a good place to start looking for flights and in my experience, will find you the best available price. Good luck with it.
One tip with skyscanner : dont buy the first cheap flight you see as usually a week later you'll find another one as flights become available. Set yourself a ceiling of what you want to pay then work backwards. I booked flights early in the year at decent prices then a week later I found a cheaper one going via a different route.
Is this a one-way flight Argentina to London or return?
I found that flying with Iberia via Madrid (it doesn't add much to the flight time) was a LOT cheaper than flying direct with BA - ridiculous when you consider that BA & Iberia are part of the same company (IAG).
FYI, airlines do not give agents deal/special rates in this country for flights that originate outside the UK (unless you're looking at Marine but that's a different issue!).
Therefore, unfortunately, any price you get in this country for Argentina-UK will just be the published airline fares that you have already found.
Any cheaper rates will have to be done locally in the country of departure.
FYI, airlines do not give agents deal/special rates in this country for flights that originate outside the UK (unless you're looking at Marine but that's a different issue!).
Therefore, unfortunately, any price you get in this country for Argentina-UK will just be the published airline fares that you have already found.
Any cheaper rates will have to be done locally in the country of departure.
In my experience anything which lands at Heathrow from abroad has a ridiculous airport tax. I suspect that Heathrow is the only airport which would do direct flights (if anywhere does) but if you're getting a connection (say via Spain) then worth checking out the other London airports, might save a few hundred quid.
There's been a longstanding accusation that cheap flight websites track you with cookies and recognise you when you return, so that cheap flight you found first time round magically goes up next time as you're obviously interested.
FYI, airlines do not give agents deal/special rates in this country for flights that originate outside the UK (unless you're looking at Marine but that's a different issue!).
Therefore, unfortunately, any price you get in this country for Argentina-UK will just be the published airline fares that you have already found.
Any cheaper rates will have to be done locally in the country of departure.
Thanks for the replies. Skyscanner is neck and neck with Expedia atm.
Initially I would have agreed with you Albranger but today after yet more exhaustive research the best price via Skyscanner is quite a bit cheaper than the best price I've been able to find here using local agents. The ironic thing is that I may have to go with the more expensive flights booked here as I can pay in the local currency with the balance being paid over 12 months on interesst free credit. If I go with the "cheaper" flights and pay for them on my GBP credit card I can't then get my money out of the country to pay the credit card bill. And the new tax is rumoured to be increasing by an extra 10% the day after the next elections - Sunday week. It's a long story but it's what you get for living and working in Argentina.
Feck me it's time consuming and extremely feckin frustrating trying to sort all this expensive shite out. Still the www make it almost worthwhile.
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