Review of Flybe.com
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I don’t know much about Flybe.com so I decided to have a look at their site. I concentrated on the flights that were of most interest to me i.e flights from Edinburgh or Newcastle as I live between these 2 cities. The majority of their flights are to UK destinations, which are not of interest to me for leisure trips, as I’d prefer to either take my car for more flexibility and mobility at my destination or take the train to avoid the hassle of getting to and from the airport and all the hanging around.
Flybe do have flights to some unusual destinations in France, quite in keeping with the focus of my travel business of “getting off the beaten track” in Europe. You can fly from Edinburgh to Bergerac. There are flights from Newcastle to Limoges and Rennes.
Bergerac by el31
I ‘m not so sure about Flybe’s claim to be a low cost airline. I tried several searches, outwith peak season during May and September and the cheapest return flight I could find was around £90 and many were over £150.
There are flights once a week, on Saturday, to Limoges and Rennes. I would have liked to see more frequent flights to make these destinations feasible as short break options. Bergerac fares slightly better with twice weekly flights on Saturdays and Wednesdays.
As I’m flexible about dates I’d like to see a cheapest flights finder, as it takes far too long to enter every possible date of travel into a search.
Flybe offer a loyalty scheme but with 2 points earned for an economy return flight, you’d need to take 8 return flights to be eligible for one “free” return economy flight. However it’s only the basic flight that’s free you still have to pay all taxes and charges.
Have you flown with Flybe, how would you rate their website and flights?
December 17th, 2007 at 10:00 pm
thank you for visiting the Kango blog - travel in Europe is fascinating to me, with all the discount airlines and focus on rail travel. I look forward to reading more about the options on your site, as I plan my family trip to London in March.
Cheers!
December 17th, 2007 at 10:36 pm
Gudrun I’m sure that you’ll enjoy your trip to London.