 Poster: A snowHead
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I can't seem to find weekend flights on Easyjet, they did them last year, but finished 19th April 2009, and now only seem to do Tues and Thurs???
Cheers,
greg
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I phoned First Choice to get my boys flights booked from Edinburgh to Innsbruck, but essentially Crystal do same but not on website - you need to call. Think Thomas Cook do from Manchaster. Also look at Lufthansa. Don't know if you would consider driving to Stanstead but Ryanair do go to Friedrichshafen and have good flight times - if you were thinking of heading to Arlberg. Crystal's flight from Newcastle has excellent flight times too but you'll pay around £240 per flight with Crystal. I'm paying £500 all in to fly into Munich (easyJet) then back via Memmingen (Ryanair) for 5 of us with 4 bags in hold plus ski carriage etc - doing that as flight times were good from Edinburgh and saves me £700 compared with Crystal. Also look at Zurich for Arlberg - very good train links.
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Cheers will need to get on the phones! Nowt online, Swiss quote of £769 to Zurich! Swings the balance back in favour of France!
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I guess it depends a little on which direction you're heading after you've arrived in Innsbruck, is Munich an option worth looking into?
EasyJet fly on a Sunday from Manchester to Munich, at the moment they're advertising flights for £30 one way. Also, look at Lufthansa - Manchester/Munich. If you have to land in Innsbruck, Lufthansa also have indirect flights from Manchester to Innsbruck, usually via Frankfurt.
Enjoy searching  Finding flights always takes longer than you would ever believe!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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SaraJ, cheers, I was aiming for the Alberg which is 330km from Munich according to the Stuben webpage 
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kitenski, bmi do a flight to Zurich from Edinburgh anyway, so would presume doable from down south too. BA do Innsbruck too.
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boabski, cheers but I am in Leeds, so trying to avoid Edinburgh or going down south!!
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kitenski, Try syscanner.net to find the best flights. It lists most of the airlines that operate in Europe and is quite easy to find flights. It should save you a lot of time searching all the individual airlines websites.
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kitenski, My Austrian geography is not all it could be, but don't forget the LBA to Salzburg flights on a saturday (I've no idea what sort of a drive that would leave you with).
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google says 60km Salzburg to St Anton, but the flight is pricing up at £180-£200!
Jet2 prices are about 20% up on last year for LBA to GVA (about 5% of this is tax rises and the rest is fair inceases), and there are fewer flights also.
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kitenski, I would class Leeds as 'down south' from where I am  Salzburg is do-able too for Arlberg. Have done it on way back from Oberlech one year. Train from Langen (if going to Stuben) to Innsbruck, change platform then all the way to Salzburg. Took 3 hours and cost something like €35 a head - very comfortable and pleasant journey I hasten to add.
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| midgetbiker wrote: |
| google says 60km Salzburg to St Anton |
Actually I don't think that's the St Anton I was wanting it to direct me to - seems too close to me (even with my geography).
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You know it makes sense.
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Of course you could try changing for Innsbruck at Frankfurt or some other German/Austrian hub
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275km Salzburg airport to St Anton am Arlberg
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Poster: A snowHead
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Isn't there a Manchester Zurich flight with one of the budgets? Edit - actually just checked and no there isn't.
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| rayscoops wrote: |
| Of course you could try changing for Innsbruck at Frankfurt or some other German/Austrian hub |
yup that is a possibilty, looked at KLM and a few others but the price ain't cheap!
Good old Easyjet when I asked about Liverpool to Innsbruck on a Sunday have replied:
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| I am sorry we are unable at the moment to give you an answer, but I would suggest that you register for email updates on the easyJet web site |
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| Frosty the Snowman wrote: |
| 275km Salzburg airport to St Anton am Arlberg |
..which isn't going to be cheap or quick!!
Starting to realise why France is so popular now, lots more options to get there and back!!
Cheers,
greg
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Looks like Stansted is going to be your best bet - did it the year before last and the flight times are good for max ski time. Still bloody frustrating to have to drive south when LBA is so close, lets hope Ryanair widen the choice of destinations they now offer as an alternative to Jet2.
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midgetbiker, yeh very annoying really, I have Liverpool, Manchester, LBA all within 1hr 30mins away and no options under £700 for a family of 4!!
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kitenski, If I've got this right, you want to fly from the North to Austria for the 2nd week of the Easter holidays wheer you want ski-in ski-out accommodation for a family .... and you want it to be cheap as chips ?
Gotta admit, I admire your optimism !
One of those criteria may have to give a little, which one ?
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masmith, Well not cheap as chips, let say under £3k for family of 4 inc flights, HB, lift passes, kiddie ski hire.
Cheers,
Greg
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FWIW I did £300 Man->Geneva last Easter inc 2 lots of ski carriage
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| kitenski wrote: |
| FWIW I did £300 Man->Geneva last Easter inc 2 lots of ski carriage |
that's for 4 people yeah ?
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maybe it's back to your thoughts on driving again - 600miles Rotterdam to StAnton, should be quicker than my drive to Chamonix, 8-10 hrs in a decent car maybe £180 in fuel and £300 on the boat.
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| midgetbiker wrote: |
| maybe it's back to your thoughts on driving again - 600miles Rotterdam to StAnton, should be quicker than my drive to Chamonix, 8-10 hrs in a decent car maybe £180 in fuel and £300 on the boat. |
yeh that's an option, even considered stopping off at Disney on the way down, which all sounds good, until I start to think about the drive home (which then puts me off!)
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Fairly sure there's a charter from Birminghham to Innsbruck, was on the arrivals board last month as I transited in an Edinburgh like direction.
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You know it makes sense.
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kitenski, Some people may disagree, but imho 2nd week of easter next year (w/c/ 10 Apr) is getting a bit late for a lot of Austrian lower altitude resorts. In a good year you'll get away with it, but going by the resorts scheduled closing dates the choice is narrowed, i.e. Kappl closes 11/4 as does Nassfeld (where we are off to the week before).
So you would need to head the the higher resorts, which tend to be pricier. Couple this with trying to find decent flights from the North and I don't envy your challenge.
Can't recall why you wanted to go to Austria, was it just to go smoewhere different to France ? If so is Saas Fee or Zermatt out of the question ? Flights with flybe.com from East Mids to Milan Malpensa less than £90 return (+bags) and then a couple of hours drive ? We did the drive a couple of years ago and found it easy and pleasant. Saas Fee has accomodation on or near to the slopes and it is high enough to ensure decent snow. I reckon this could be done within your budget ?
Zermatt I think has free lift passes for kids under 9 (or 10, can't remember) so while it may be a bit more expensive to stay there it may get cancelled out. Just some thoughts .... ? 
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masmith, cheers, yes it was for somewhere different to France! I think Stuben has a good snow record, I've not found any *good* deals at Saas Fee or Zermat, but will have another look see.....
I've almost got to the 'had enough of looking' stage now
From what I remember Zermatt isn't ski in/out, have to trudge thru town is that a correct memory??
Regards,
Greg
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Poster: A snowHead
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| masmith wrote: |
| kitenski, Some people may disagree, but imho 2nd week of easter next year (w/c/ 10 Apr) is getting a bit late for a lot of Austrian lower altitude resorts. |
It is getting a bit late for lower resorts any where but as long as the skiing is 1500m and above Austria should be ok as much as anywhere really, but expect the pistes to be very chopped up by 11 am for 'morning' sun facing slopes. Actually quite a few resorts might be closing at the end of that week !
easyjet from Bristol has been my normal route to Innsbruck, so a fews hours drive from up north would not be too bad in comparison with the alternatives
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