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Just to let you know lads. Aer Lingus are flying direct from Dublin-Sofia from next year.
They only fly on Tuesday/saturday so it may not suit but at the moment if you fly out tuesday come back tuesday it works out at €237 (not incl. baggage) which is reasonable.
noticed that flight zenokelly. steep enough but handy for those wanting to go direct
€237 ,,i doubt ya will be doing better for flights than that in fairness direct or not
7 nights in the city of sofia is about 5 too much!!!
Yeah 237 is not bad value but you have 7 nights to stay so what you save on aircosts you lose out on hotel and spending money and Annual Leave etc. However if you are a layabout like Green Tribe you are grand.
You're a brave man for someone with only one decent leg!:eek:........that said I would have to agree!:DQuote:
Originally Posted by NeilMcD
ryanair dub-luton return and luton-sofia return with wizzair, works out €150 return altogether.. wizzair have obviously not kopped onto the game being on. booked the outward journey last night:)
€150 is a great price couple of warnings though
1. Hopefully there is a good bit of time in between the flights cos if you miss the connection your screwed
2. Any chance of Wizzair going belly up before the match?
Yeah booked the one back. Gets you into Luton, about 12.10 and flight to Dublin is 16.10.
No real way of doing heading over thought without waiting around for ages.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wizz_Air
have booked the friday going over, 3 hour wait in luton but not in sofia til 1150pm:(Quote:
Originally Posted by NeilMcD
Don't worry Cobra......There are NO licencing laws in Sofia.....so everything will still be open:).......except the Art Galleries;)Quote:
Originally Posted by cobra
Know all about it, manies a hangover i have had over there, as for no licencing laws, if ye ask me, there are no laws of any description over there:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sligo Hornet
Aer Fungus are flying Dublin-Bucharest as well, so if you could twin it with Sofia, it would be a great trip. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by aidz1
Lads, You can fly ryanair to Milan and Wizz air to Sofia with a little stopover to sample the finest Italian beer for €110 on June 4th.Anyone found a reasonable hotel? Avoid the Rodina at all costs I have been told...
It would want to be nice beer for €110
Ryanair - €75 return (http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/)
Friday, June 05, 2009
Dublin (DUB) to Manchester (MAN)
Depart 06:30
Arrive 07:30
Bulgaria air - €180 return (http://www.bulgaria-air.co.uk/)
Manchester (MAN) to Sofia (SOF)
Depart 10:15
Arrive 15:40
Sunday, June 07, 2009
Sofia (SOF) to Manchester (MAN)
Depart 14:00
Arrive 15:35
Manchester (MAN) to Dublin (DUB)
Depart 21:55
Arrive 22:45
Hotel Rotasar 4 bed VIP (?) appartment - €70 (http://www.rotasar.com/)
Circa €270 all in. Ain't bad methinks. Nice to have it sorted. Now to find out where the team'll be boozing after the match. Eclipse nightclub anyone?
Ta for the tip on the flights.
We've booked Dublin to Luton with Ryanair, and Luton to Sofia with Wizzair.
Out Thursday, back Sunday. €210 all in. Doesn't get in until 01.20 Thursday night, but the you've all day Friday in Sofia. Tight 1 hour 20 minute turnaround in Luton Airport outbound.
Oh dear!!:eek:......I'll pray for you!Quote:
Originally Posted by Paddser
http://www.ukdecay.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=290
http://i38.tinypic.com/2s98195.jpg
I could be missing something Sligo Hornet, but is there something in particular to be worried about?? We arrive at Luton Airport at 7, and the flights on to Sofia is at 8.20. I cant imagine Luton Airport is massive?? We dont plan on leaving the airport, so the state of Luton itself doesn't bother me :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sligo Hornet
Sligo Hornet is a Watford fan. Watford and Luton are rivals so its just a little dig against his rivals. Its meant to be a kip and Sligo's picture was meant to be funny :)
Ah right!! :) Was beginning to panic!Quote:
Originally Posted by NeilMcD
Booked into the Rodina Hotel in Sofia. Anyone else staying here? 500+ rooms!! Seems to be very central though and an air-conditioned twin room is €85 a night.
Didn't mean to scare you Paddser about Luton:p......but it really is a kip!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Paddser
There are some others booked into your Hotel (look further back on this thread).....the bad news AidoM (he who goes to bed with the Foot.ie Flag ) and Beareleven:eek: are amongst them!
I dont doubt it Hornet, and I promise not to set foot outside the Airport door on the strength of your recommendation! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Sligo Hornet
AidoM and Beareleven...lookin forward to a few in the Hotel Bar. We'll be there from Thursday night.
I think you'd be wise not to go anywhere near that place. The airport is bad enough!!
Ever wondered where SARS came from...:D
did you check out trip advisor before you booked the Rodina. Apparently the sell rooms by the Hour! Quality place.
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Originally Posted by Paddser
:D Compared to some of the places iv stayed in, and considering its central location, i'd say it'll be grand. id rather take my chances with a hotel, rather than take my chances in a taxi to get me to a hotel 8km from Town after a day of "sight-seeing".
Myself and Green Tribe got a bargain today on flights. We are booked with Easy Jet Gatwick - Sofia (They released the flights today), going on the Thursday coming back on the Sunday €70 return inc all taxes.:D
Green Tribe may have already mentioned but we got booked into an apartment for €20 per night. :)
fooking TRAMP!!:mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by NeilMcD
ah we got a great bargain with greasyjet. And booked into allabin apartments, 20 € pp per night sweet!!!!!!!!!!
bang in centre!
whoop!! whoop!!
k spain don't blank me this time in yer interview:eek::D
you should not have told me where you are staying girls.
For anybody who is travelling on Czech Air to Sofia, they are pulling out of Dublin in early to mid January. I rang them this morning after one of the lads in our group read about it in the paper over the weekend. They told me that the options I had were to either accept a full refund or they would find an alternative route. We are now flying on Air france via Paris. The only bad thing about it is that we now get in to Sofia quite late (about 10pm), so the first day of the trip is pretty much gone. Other than that the flight times are fine with no long stop overs and no early morning starts. All in all, it could have ended up much worse. For anybody who is in a similar situation you can get the Czech Air helpdesk at 0818 200 014 (I don't know what rate this line is charged at, so be careful). They were very helpful and it was a pretty painless process to change the flights. I think that the Air france flights, were you to go in and buy them now, would cost you about 320 Euros. If you were one of the people (thankfully I wasn't) that paid the guts of 600 Euros for the flights, I don't know if you have any chance of getting the difference back. If you were one of these people, you could just accept the offer of the refund and so get your full amount back, and then just go on to the Air France website and book the new flights yourself while they are still at 320 Euros.
Ah no worries, we wont be wearing green wigs this time, it will be a different disguise, you will only know its us if we ask you "Sheep or Dog?":DQuote:
Originally Posted by NeilMcD
Don't be so harsh on yourself, I would never say you were a sheep and GT was a dog.:)
Problem with the new Czech Air flights is it's now three flights each way rather than two and first day is a waste as you don't get in to airport until 10.55pm (click on image below to see itinerary) so it'll be after midnight by time you get to hotel. Did they offer you any alternatives Paulie? They told us it was pretty much this or a refund so think we're going to look at going via London instead.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulie
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Just realised its three flights rather than two. I think I will go for the full refund.
So is it the other way round?.......wouldn't want to upset anyone next time I meet them?Quote:
Originally Posted by NeilMcD
Czech Air will not be flying out from Dublin after January. They have put us on to an Air France flight from Dublin to Sofia via Paris. Two flights going over and two flights coming back.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulie
The flight times are:
Depart Dublin on June 4th at 14:20, arrive Paris at 17:20
Depart Paris at 18:30, arrive Sofia at 22:15
Depart Sofia on June 7th at 14:45, arrive Paris at 16:40
Depart Paris at 18:45, arrive Dublin at 19:45
I know the connection time in Paris on the way over is short but the booking is on the one airline so that means you're covered in the eventuality of your first flight being delayed.
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Originally Posted by Paulie
Thanks Paulie. We asked them if we could fly all the way with Air France but they said it wasn't an option! Going to ring again and try and sort this out.
Bad news in general not just for this particular game, they seemed consistantly lower than most national carriers out of Dublin.:( and a halfway house between the budget carriers and the expensive carriersQuote:
Originally Posted by Paulie
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Originally Posted by eaststand85
No bother. Let me know how you get on. It seems odd that they did it for me but not for you.
We got caught the same with the flights, now flying via paris and on to sofia. But we had also booked Cyprus via prague and now have to fly Dublin - Paris - Paris - Prague - Prague - Larnaca. Disaster will spend all day flying there and all day getting back