Finding a good fare to India -- 2005

kalbarri · Jan 24th, 2008, 11:53

tiger air are doing cheap flights to india, to chennai and kochi from australia and i was real excited about it but when i want to return, there are no flights so that bursts my bubble a bit! so i can get there at a really good price but i would have to fly back with another airline.

Linda_Ishtar · May 1st, 2008, 13:16

HI,

I m from Chile and I'll be going to Delhi in the next few months.
I was wondering if you know any cheap flights from Chile (SCL) or at least from Southamerica, but NOT via US, as the transit visa procedure is expensive and takes ages.

Any ideas will be appreciated

Linda_Ishtar

cyhiraeth · May 11th, 2008, 02:49

So I got everything approved for my internship in Chennai!

Now it's time to book a flight...

Anyway, I'm on a college student's budget, so right now it looks like my options via Orbitz are Delta/Kingfisher, or Jet. The latter seems like my best option: $1250

AirIndia is cheap, but it seems like people here have had bad experiences.

Opinions?

Anne F Gorrissen · Jul 15th, 2008, 07:37

Going from NYC to Chennai the end of January and have found a wide range of round trip prices. Air India is the cheapest at $1070. Luftansa quotes $2032. However, there is a site called Make My Trip - Your India Specialist -- they quote $1562. Has anyone done bussiness with them? I am helping to organize a group to go for about two weeks and am nervous about being responsible should anythng go wrong. If it were just me I could wing it.

Thanks,

Anne

english_tom · Jul 18th, 2008, 12:15

Just booked flights from Heathrow, UK

to Delhi return with Finnair 1725 GB pounds for family of 5 return. Thought that was very good

puchoo · Jul 18th, 2008, 13:45

That is good, works out , if i covert it into INR, to about 30,000 return per person!

Quote:

Originally Posted by english_tom

Just booked flights from Heathrow, UK

to Delhi return with Finnair 1725 GB pounds for family of 5 return. Thought that was very good

emmaindarj · Jan 8th, 2009, 11:26

As well as FinnAir (via Helsinki), BA, Jet Airways or Kingfisher are now offering direct flights at this price (about 350 sterling0 from LHR to Delhi, Bombay and a few other places.

From Delhi to UK is about 24,000 return, including all taxes and charges.

palerider · Jan 11th, 2009, 11:53

Mine was 45,000 rupees return to Australia.
A lot cheaper than last year.

kalbarri · Jan 11th, 2009, 18:00

palerider, what part of oz are you flying from? tiger airways, from perth or darwin has flights around $800 return. did last year.
bit of a leg squeeze on their flights, though.

palerider · Jan 11th, 2009, 18:17

I have to travel to sydney. From there to Dehli or Mumbai.
I checked out tiger , but they aren't any cheaper from the east coast.
My friends from Ireland got a flight from Sri lanka to darwin for 85 english pounds last year, but they didn't realise how far darwin is from anywhere.
I told 'em to go to Perth, but they thought Darwin was close to Sydney!!.

nthGlas_Scotland · Feb 27th, 2009, 22:16

I did a search last night(Midnight GMT) & found a return from Glasgow(Scotland) to Delhi via Amsterdam for £304. 21,280Rps(roughly), including medium haul carbon offset payment. Is this normal for this time of year folks? For x1 pax with KLM both legs.

costaguana · Feb 28th, 2009, 00:43

Just wanted to put in a good word for http://flightcentre.ca for flights from Canada. I did a fair bit of searching for our trip to India in April and Flightcentre offered the cheapest airfares from Vancouver by far (and on Cathay Pacific to boot!) Granted, we are flying one-way, so I didn't do a RT search, but no other travel website came close to matching what we ended up paying.

Nei1-M · May 16th, 2009, 00:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by nthGlas_Scotland

I did a search last night(Midnight GMT) & found a return from Glasgow(Scotland) to Delhi via Amsterdam for £304. 21,280Rps(roughly), including medium haul carbon offset payment. Is this normal for this time of year folks? For x1 pax with KLM both legs.

Emirates are a better airline than KLM in my experiences. They're great for going to Asia as it divides the journey up nicely rather than a short flight to Europe and looonngggg flight to India.

3 of us booked from Glasgow to Chennai for £1149(£383 each) inc of fees and taxes. Short stops in Dubai both ways. Pretty decent fare and hassle free booking.

palerider · May 16th, 2009, 05:17

Australia has always suffered from the tyranny of distance.
We're just a long way from anything except S.E Asia.
We pay a lot more for airfares. India is a fifteen hour flight from Sydney, without stops.
Coming back it's 23 hours.
But the fares are plummeting in price.
I got a fare yesterday, incl. of taxes and all for 1200 aus. dollars.
That's about 590 pounds.This is pretty cheap, and with qantas, which is okay.

gw5458 · Jun 19th, 2009, 02:53

Booked return flights for two adults with Gulf Air yesterday. London-Delhi via Bahrain. Fly out late July, return late August. Long transfer (6 hours) but very cheap at £287 per person. Found the same prices through Travelocity and kayak.co.uk

May 1st, 2008, 13:16	#182
Linda_Ishtar Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Gurgaon Posts: 16	flights to delhi from southamerica?? HI, I m from Chile and I'll be going to Delhi in the next few months. I was wondering if you know any cheap flights from Chile (SCL) or at least from Southamerica, but NOT via US, as the transit visa procedure is expensive and takes ages. Any ideas will be appreciated Linda_Ishtar

May 11th, 2008, 02:49	#183
cyhiraeth Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: New York Posts: 34	Best Airline? So I got everything approved for my internship in Chennai! Now it's time to book a flight... Anyway, I'm on a college student's budget, so right now it looks like my options via Orbitz are Delta/Kingfisher, or Jet. The latter seems like my best option: $1250 AirIndia is cheap, but it seems like people here have had bad experiences. Opinions? Last edited by cyhiraeth : May 11th, 2008 at 03:52.

Jul 15th, 2008, 07:37	#184
Anne F Gorrissen Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New York City Posts: 27	International Flights Going from NYC to Chennai the end of January and have found a wide range of round trip prices. Air India is the cheapest at $1070. Luftansa quotes $2032. However, there is a site called Make My Trip - Your India Specialist -- they quote $1562. Has anyone done bussiness with them? I am helping to organize a group to go for about two weeks and am nervous about being responsible should anythng go wrong. If it were just me I could wing it. Thanks, Anne

Jan 11th, 2009, 11:53	#188
palerider this is Brad. He's cute Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Armidale, N.S.W., Australia Posts: 2,226	Mine was 45,000 rupees return to Australia. A lot cheaper than last year. __________________ I always wanted to be someone when I grew up, I realise now that I should have been more specific.

Feb 28th, 2009, 00:43	#192
costaguana a vagabond of sorts Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Bombay Posts: 205	flightcentre.ca (for flights from Canada) Just wanted to put in a good word for http://flightcentre.ca for flights from Canada. I did a fair bit of searching for our trip to India in April and Flightcentre offered the cheapest airfares from Vancouver by far (and on Cathay Pacific to boot!) Granted, we are flying one-way, so I didn't do a RT search, but no other travel website came close to matching what we ended up paying.

Jan 24th, 2008, 11:53	#181
kalbarri kalbarri Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: WESTERN australia Posts: 604	tiger air are doing cheap flights to india, to chennai and kochi from australia and i was real excited about it but when i want to return, there are no flights so that bursts my bubble a bit! so i can get there at a really good price but i would have to fly back with another airline.

Jul 18th, 2008, 12:15	#185
english_tom Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: wiltshire UK Posts: 5	Just booked flights from Heathrow, UK to Delhi return with Finnair 1725 GB pounds for family of 5 return. Thought that was very good

Jan 8th, 2009, 11:26	#187
emmaindarj Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Darjeeling Posts: 30	As well as FinnAir (via Helsinki), BA, Jet Airways or Kingfisher are now offering direct flights at this price (about 350 sterling0 from LHR to Delhi, Bombay and a few other places. From Delhi to UK is about 24,000 return, including all taxes and charges.

Jan 11th, 2009, 18:00	#189
kalbarri kalbarri Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: WESTERN australia Posts: 604	palerider, what part of oz are you flying from? tiger airways, from perth or darwin has flights around $800 return. did last year. bit of a leg squeeze on their flights, though.

Jan 11th, 2009, 18:17	#190
palerider this is Brad. He's cute Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Armidale, N.S.W., Australia Posts: 2,226	I have to travel to sydney. From there to Dehli or Mumbai. I checked out tiger , but they aren't any cheaper from the east coast. My friends from Ireland got a flight from Sri lanka to darwin for 85 english pounds last year, but they didn't realise how far darwin is from anywhere. I told 'em to go to Perth, but they thought Darwin was close to Sydney!!.

Feb 27th, 2009, 22:16	#191
nthGlas_Scotland Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Glasgow Cit, Scotland. Posts: 64	I did a search last night(Midnight GMT) & found a return from Glasgow(Scotland) to Delhi via Amsterdam for £304. 21,280Rps(roughly), including medium haul carbon offset payment. Is this normal for this time of year folks? For x1 pax with KLM both legs.

May 16th, 2009, 05:17	#194
palerider this is Brad. He's cute Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Armidale, N.S.W., Australia Posts: 2,226	Australia has always suffered from the tyranny of distance. We're just a long way from anything except S.E Asia. We pay a lot more for airfares. India is a fifteen hour flight from Sydney, without stops. Coming back it's 23 hours. But the fares are plummeting in price. I got a fare yesterday, incl. of taxes and all for 1200 aus. dollars. That's about 590 pounds.This is pretty cheap, and with qantas, which is okay.

Jun 19th, 2009, 02:53	#195
gw5458 Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Wales Posts: 73	Booked return flights for two adults with Gulf Air yesterday. London-Delhi via Bahrain. Fly out late July, return late August. Long transfer (6 hours) but very cheap at £287 per person. Found the same prices through Travelocity and kayak.co.uk

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