Poker Forum > General Discussion

Vegas query - peoples booking experience BA & LHR for 2013

(1/3) > >>

poker_jason:
Flight/hotel Pricing Query.

Booking from LHR on fixed dates for Wife and I for next May. Flying BA.

Does anyone have any idea on how much flight prices will fluctuate between Now and Next May (24th)?

Does anyone know at which point I can probably expect the lowest price? (e.g. is there likely/typically/usually a drop around Nov/Jan time?

I"m familiar with Virgin, i.e. I know they will offers discounted flights at some point and roughly how much I can expect to pay. Unfortunately I"m tied to LHR & BA. I"m flying direct.

I know the prices for hotels fluctuate daily. But how low could I get the Bellagio/Venetian for? I have a cover booking for the Mirage at ~£80 pn.

Also, will I get Harrahs for less than £50 pn? (Move there when wife goes home).

All responses appreciated.

Cheers J.

Paulie_D:
BA/VS prices really don"t fluctuate a great deal. They have an established market that isn"t going anywhere so they don"t feel the need to cut prices on that route very often.

Expect around £400/500 p.p. in Economy or £850/900 in PE.

You"re planning a LOOONG way out but I would expect a VS sale around November but, as I said, don"t pin your hopes on huge savings.

I have no experience of the B but the Venetian is usually around $139 for weekdays going up to c.$179 for weekends. I think you can reduce this somewhat by getting their poker room rate or, if available, playing in the Deepstack series. For the poker room rate i think the qualifying period is quite long (5 - 6 hours cash play p/d) so you are stuck there for quite a while.

£80 a night at Mirage seems like a lot to me...that"s $120 a night...I"m sure you could do better. (see my comment for SmarterVegas)

Or perhaps try TI (I am) as it"s even closer. I got TI for $45 a night with an offer through SmarterVegas.

Harrahs is usually available for c.$35 - 50 a night for their cheapest room, cheaper if you have some play on a Total Rewards card. Nowhere near £50 a night....I wouldn"t pay that for Harrahs.

KarmaDope:
Good god Jase, cancel that Mirage booking!

Book direct with Harrahs when you can spot a decent offer. Prices are in the range of what Paulie said.

Flights...now this is my area of "expertise". BA only though.

You might just get lucky. Last year, BA had a sale which began on August 24th - and they generally hold their sales around the same time each year. Sadly, I can"t predict what the prices are going to be. Last year"s were bad = £550/£1100 but then they only ran one flight a day. You might get lucky as BA are starting a second plane to Vegas next year. Then again, you might not as it"s flying ex-LGW, NOT ex-LHR.  

The other option you might have, apart from Virgin, is to fly from LHR to LAX and drive up to Vegas after a few hrs kip/the next day. As BA have 4/5 flights direct to LAX, the price (despite being further away) is definitely cheaper - looking at £450/£900.

mylesfdo:

--- Quote from: sharplea on August 13, 2012, 21:53:22 PM ---
Good god Jase, cancel that Mirage booking!

Book direct with Harrahs when you can spot a decent offer. Prices are in the range of what Paulie said.

Flights...now this is my area of "expertise". BA only though.

You might just get lucky. Last year, BA had a sale which began on August 24th - and they generally hold their sales around the same time each year. Sadly, I can"t predict what the prices are going to be. Last year"s were bad = £550/£1100 but then they only ran one flight a day. You might get lucky as BA are starting a second plane to Vegas next year. Then again, you might not as it"s flying ex-LGW, NOT ex-LHR.  

The other option you might have, apart from Virgin, is to fly from LHR to LAX and drive up to Vegas after a few hrs kip/the next day. As BA have 4/5 flights direct to LAX, the price (despite being further away) is definitely cheaper - looking at £450/£900.

--- End quote ---


Adam......u involved in travel industry?.....looking to book for SF around Christmas time or vicd versa for gf to visit and could do with someone decent looking into it for me.....pm me if u can help and will let know dates

duke3016:
Myles - put your trust in the official Travel Guru - Mr PaulieD - he da man  ;D ;D ;D

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page