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Title: Thomas Cook flight change
Post by: Karen/Colin on February 13, 2009, 03:00:31 PM
I have just had aphone call from a Thomas Cook rep  informing me that our departure flight time has changed, we now depart at 11pm instead of mid afternoon. We land in Newcastle at 12.50am. Not very convenient when i am back at work at 8am that morning. We wont get home before 3am.
I suppose on the plus side we do get a few more hours in Arillas but I will now have to take another half day holiday!

karen
Title: Re: Thomas Cook flight change
Post by: Erja on February 13, 2009, 04:09:23 PM
How annoying! But like you said, few more hours in Arillas :)
Title: Re: Thomas Cook flight change
Post by: riggers on February 13, 2009, 05:31:18 PM
The bad news is you lose a few hours on the day of arrival :( sorry to but a dampener on it.


riggers......
Title: Re: Thomas Cook flight change
Post by: Nan on February 21, 2009, 05:53:23 PM
That's not nice Karen/Colin you will have to hang around just waiting to go. Can you work instead on your departure day and shift the day off to the end of your holiday?

I'd rather get there in the daytime and you'd think having booked a mid afternoon flight that you would be "safe". It's quite a bit of an alteration to be put back to nearly midnight!!  Do you think this will be a common thing this year as companies try to fill up flights and cut back? It must be a nightmare with little ones... 

Look forward to your hols anyway

Cheers Nan x
Title: Re: Thomas Cook flight change
Post by: justphil on February 21, 2009, 06:53:57 PM
That's exactly it nan. Spend your time and money getting on a child-friendly flight, doing your best for your little ones, and then getting told you are going overnight is disgraceful.

Our little ones are 27, so for us it is annoying but not such an issue. There may be reasons, but they should never downgrade their flights like that.
Title: Re: Thomas Cook flight change
Post by: Karen/Colin on February 23, 2009, 03:02:44 PM
Our departure flight has (so far) remained unchanged thankfully so we still arrive mid afternoon.
As for our little ones-we only have one little one coming with us this year (age 17) & she is looking forward to a night flight & an extended holiday! It is all a great adventure for her as she is doing cabin crew training at college.
It is us old ones that are inconvenienced.
Still i am not going to let it upset the holiday-19 weeks & we will be almost there.

Karen
Title: Re: Thomas Cook flight change
Post by: kerkyra on February 23, 2009, 06:02:39 PM
Our outward flight from Newcastle unchanged so far.
In bound flight has changed to get us back late at night,so had to put in extra day off work.
On the plus side more time in Corfu.

Andy.
Title: Re: Thomas Cook flight change
Post by: tonynglenda on May 16, 2009, 07:10:14 PM
Just picked up our tickets today. Our flight was 5.45.am, now changed to 5.25am. Getting earlier. We're not bothered though as its a nice time to get into corfu airport. Whats 20mins, we'll not sleep anyway the night before. 9 more shifts at work. Countdown underway, the call of the mythos is getting louder.
Title: Re: Thomas Cook flight change
Post by: kevin.g on May 16, 2009, 09:26:11 PM
hi tony ,,same picked up tickets 2day..actually feels like im going on hols.....yammas
Title: Re: Thomas Cook flight change
Post by: riggers on May 16, 2009, 09:40:17 PM
Great news. Ours must be due to drop through the letterbox soon, i hope.

yammas.
Title: Re: Thomas Cook flight change
Post by: kevin.g on May 16, 2009, 09:48:51 PM
riggs ..give em a bell and let the exitement start........yammas
Title: Re: Thomas Cook flight change
Post by: riggers on May 16, 2009, 09:58:08 PM
If not here Monday Kev will do. Not long now................yammas.
Title: Re: Thomas Cook flight change
Post by: kevin.g on May 16, 2009, 10:24:31 PM
yep mate
looking forward to meeting you and sue..p/s got offered 109e in firstchoice today..but im holding out for my bank manager mate ot get a bit better..........yammas riggs
Title: Re: Thomas Cook flight change
Post by: justlynn on May 16, 2009, 11:14:30 PM
Our tickets arrived in the post on Thursday!  :)

23 days and counting...

lynn xx
Title: Re: Thomas Cook flight change
Post by: Paul D on May 17, 2009, 12:31:28 AM
Hi Lynn .   You`re making me nervous now.  We`ve not yet had our tickets, and we go before you.  We were told 10 to 14 days tho. Fingers crossed........

                Paul D
Title: Re: Thomas Cook flight change
Post by: riggers on May 17, 2009, 12:36:16 AM
I'm sure we will get them next week Paul, Thomson always seem to leave till last minute. I know from previous experience's.

riggers..
Title: Re: Thomas Cook flight change
Post by: Paul D on May 17, 2009, 12:43:56 AM
As soon as we get them I`ll let you know.   See how late they leave it!

       Paul D
Title: Re: Thomas Cook flight change
Post by: riggers on May 17, 2009, 12:46:47 AM
Forgot to mention Paul, it doesn't look like tickets. You a get a little book with your tickets in the middle somewhere. I nearly threw them away last year. "new thing" maybe changed again this year.

riggers...
Title: Re: Thomas Cook flight change
Post by: justlynn on May 17, 2009, 12:51:06 AM
I shouldn't worry too much, Paul, I was surprised to get ours this early!  :)
Title: Re: Thomas Cook flight change
Post by: kevin.g on May 17, 2009, 12:55:58 PM
paul .
my tickets were in the shop and i only found out when i phoned them!..so give em a bell ..see you there yammasssssssssssssss
Title: Re: Thomas Cook flight change
Post by: Paul D on May 23, 2009, 11:58:11 PM
Hi, Kevin.g, riggers, Lynn.   Picked up tickets from agent this morning - no changes thankfully.   6am out of Gatwick North.  B an B plus parking all sorted.
     
      See you there.
                                 Paul D
Title: Re: Thomas Cook flight change
Post by: riggers on May 24, 2009, 12:21:06 AM
Yayyyyyyy well i must now chase mine up again. Why do they leave it till last minute. ??

riggers.
Title: Re: Thomas Cook flight change
Post by: justlynn on May 24, 2009, 12:29:49 AM
Great news, Paul!  :)

Looking forward to meeting you and Heather.

lynn xx
Title: Re: Thomas Cook flight change
Post by: kevin.g on May 25, 2009, 05:36:54 PM
great news paul ..
we fly from gatwick north as well ..no changes in our times either.........car-park booked ,and nouila emailed for taxi  collection at corfu then turbo to atki ..see you,s there ,and justlynn and of course riggs and sue,and any one else............yammas
Title: Re: Thomas Cook flight change
Post by: justphil on May 25, 2009, 05:48:22 PM
Be quiet kev. Jen and me will be stuck here in Blighty... Mind you, we just sat dreaming about it all in the local. We didn't win the lottery this week, so one more try and we might be there with yous all. I b****y hope so.

But anyway, we will be (jealously) thinking of all yous while you are home. Hope someone posts something, if you aren't all to Arillased (rhymes with p***ed lynn luvver......) My imagination will run wild otherwise....

Just don't drink it dry....

love to all of yous
justphil
and from just jen - her shade of green is deeper than mine
Title: Re: Thomas Cook flight change
Post by: kevin.g on May 25, 2009, 06:05:51 PM
phil/jen .yammas
your turn will soon come around and it will as good as when we were there ,but we will now be sitiing in blighty dreaming of our return..yammas luvvers..............xx