New Order live @ Ejekt Festival, Athens, Greece - 2006.06.03
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GlasVegas sent me a text earlier and I've just checked meself and the prices for this are indeed getting a wee bit silly now, alas.
Don't suppose many will bother now?
It's up to about £250 for flights now I think - accommodation will be floors and 24/7 partying I think - cheaper!
I will be doing this one now for defo, flying out Friday morning and back on the Sunday or Monday, depending on best price.
Just sent you a text, defo going too. Off to Sverige first thing in morning, will have a quick squizz at flights now.
Wherabouts in Sweden you off to? Mate of mine lives in Ystad, right at the bottom. Says it's always cold and wet, just like Manchester but colder!
If you fancy a few hours in Budapest on the way back Al, there's Hungarian airways doing a cracking price!
oldmonkey wrote: If you fancy a few hours in Budapest on the way back Al, there's Hungarian airways doing a cracking price!
Fcuk me, prices have gone silly, ain't they? The Air Italia ones look good as well though.
I'm in a place called Kungsbakka tomorrow, somewhere outside Gothenberg.
KLM doing an Amsterdam change for £230, flying out 08.40 on 2nd from Heathrow, only a few mins in Amsterdam, then gets to Athens 16.25 on 2nd, then back at 05.35 from Athens on the 4th, gets back to Heathrow 10.40 on the Sunday morning. Short, sharp and reasonable!
Czech airlines also doing decent ones at around £250 via Prague.
oldmonkey wrote: KLM doing an Amsterdam change for £230, flying out 08.40 on 2nd from Heathrow, only a few mins in Amsterdam, then gets to Athens 16.25 on 2nd, then back at 05.35 from Athens on the 4th, gets back to Heathrow 10.40 on the Sunday morning. Short, sharp and reasonable!
Czech airlines also doing decent ones at around £250 via Prague.
Air Italia going around 180 notes. Out Thursday eve, back Monday arvo. Go via Rome.
EDIT: 90% certain of going out on the 1640 AlItalia out of Heathrow on the Thursday, back some time Monday arvo.
Almost certainly gonna stop in the Blue Sky hotel in Gilfada as well.
Me, Johnny Giles and H.
Just waiting on another mate, Geordie, who's got his moby turned off at the mo'. Probably been watching the Boro. Will doubtless book this up over the weekend whilst I'm away.
Spent ages trying to work out a cheap option. There's very little out there. However......For once it appears cheaper to fly out of Scotland! You need to book two one way tickets with two separate airlines (flyglobespan.com on the way out and Air Scotland on the way back). They're both direct flights so no messing about with connections. The cost right now is £151 inc all taxes.
GLASGOW - ATHENS Thursday 01 June at 07.00 with Globespan ATHENS - GLASGOW Monday 05 June at 14.00 with Air Scotland
Might be worth considering for anyone near Stansted or Luton as you'll probably pick up a return to Glasgow with easyjet or Ryanair for pennies.
Another good hotel in Gylfada this time WITH A POOL. £46 a night for a double.
GlasVegas wrote: Spent ages trying to work out a cheap option. There's very little out there. However......For once it appears cheaper to fly out of Scotland! You need to book two one way tickets with two separate airlines (flyglobespan.com on the way out and Air Scotland on the way back). They're both direct flights so no messing about with connections. The cost right now is £151 inc all taxes.
Typical. flyglobespan don't start flying out of London till three weeks later!
Al Jarvis wrote:
GlasVegas wrote: Spent ages trying to work out a cheap option. There's very little out there. However......For once it appears cheaper to fly out of Scotland! You need to book two one way tickets with two separate airlines (flyglobespan.com on the way out and Air Scotland on the way back). They're both direct flights so no messing about with connections. The cost right now is £151 inc all taxes.
Typical. flyglobespan don't start flying out of London till three weeks later!
As the best options out of London involve a connection anyway I reckon peeps should give serious consideration to the LUTON-GLASGOW-ATHENS option.
Booked on expedia with AlItalia via Rome, 1640hrs on the Thursday from Heathrow, back on the Monday landing around 9pm: me, JG and H.
200 notes. Had a 20-quid cheaper flight but it gets back at 11pm so fcut to get back into London.
Will worry about accomodation next week.
oldmonkey wrote: KLM doing an Amsterdam change for £230, flying out 08.40 on 2nd from Heathrow, only a few mins in Amsterdam, then gets to Athens 16.25 on 2nd, then back at 05.35 from Athens on the 4th, gets back to Heathrow 10.40 on the Sunday morning. Short, sharp and reasonable!
Arse to KLM, I've got the holiday, why not use it in the sun!
Couldn't get onto Alitalia website to book ticket, so opted for Olympic Airlines on the way there:
Thursday 1st June:
London --> Athens : Olympic Airlines
Sunday 4th June:
Athens --> Birmingham (via Amsterdam) : KLM
Having to return on the 4th as I'm due in Hinckley on that night for a 2-day conference... Swines... Of all the days in the year to book a conference, and it's when I would have loved to spend an extra day in Athens... 
Spotnick wrote: Now I feel cheap booking my train tickets from Montreal to New York, thanks guys...
Yup, it's costing me a grand total of 360 quid on flights alone - thank God for credit cards! :p
Thanx guys 4 coming here!!
I'm addicted 
to ur music and i'm not gonna miss my chance seeing such an amazing band 
here in Greece..
can't wait for the 3th of June 2 come!
it'll b amazing!!
thanx again! 
ps: is there any chance 4 me to get any pass 4 going backstage? only 4 a couple of mins..
i'm not gonna c n.o. again here.. 
Nick King wrote:
Spotnick wrote: Now I feel cheap booking my train tickets from Montreal to New York, thanks guys...
Yup, it's costing me a grand total of 360 quid on flights alone - thank God for credit cards! :p
Ouch, this is more than the 550$ I spent on plane tickets for Montreal->Chicago->New York->Montreal last year! And I thought that was expensive!
Nick King wrote: Couldn't get onto Alitalia website to book ticket, so opted for Olympic Airlines on the way there:
Bit late now, but I actually went via Expedia. AlItalia had flights quoted a good 50 quid more for the same route!
Al Jarvis wrote:
Nick King wrote: Couldn't get onto Alitalia website to book ticket, so opted for Olympic Airlines on the way there:
Bit late now, but I actually went via Expedia. AlItalia had flights quoted a good 50 quid more for the same route!
What are your flight numbers Al? I may have booked on the same flights! Sorted hotel yet?
GlasVegas wrote: Another good hotel in Gylfada this time WITH A POOL. £46 a night for a double.
Now this looks nice! Sorted the flights, on same as Jarvo/JG, so now need the hottle. Any local recommendations guys?
oldmonkey wrote:
GlasVegas wrote: Another good hotel in Gylfada this time WITH A POOL. £46 a night for a double.
Now this looks nice! Sorted the flights, on same as Jarvo/JG, so now need the hottle. Any local recommendations guys?
Weren't we looking at Blue Day, or whatever?
Blue Sky, yes. That one will be fine. This other one looks a bit better, and has its own pool, but is 50% more expensive. Makes no odds to me though, doubt we'll be spending much time there!
Still doing the research, there's bound to be several nice and well-priced hotels between Glyfada and the venue. Good news is that there's an excellent beach at Glyfada, and there's a tram straight into the centre of Athens for €0.60. Gig venue is a couple of miles from Glyfada centre.
GlasVegas wrote: Spent ages trying to work out a cheap option. There's very little out there. However......For once it appears cheaper to fly out of Scotland! You need to book two one way tickets with two separate airlines (flyglobespan.com on the way out and Air Scotland on the way back). They're both direct flights so no messing about with connections. The cost right now is £151 inc all taxes.
GLASGOW - ATHENS Thursday 01 June at 07.00 with Globespan ATHENS - GLASGOW Monday 05 June at 14.00 with Air Scotland
Might be worth considering for anyone near Stansted or Luton as you'll probably pick up a return to Glasgow with easyjet or Ryanair for pennies.
Anybody looking to book this flight might wanna check out the front page of today's Daily Record!
Air Scotland have the worst punctuality record for ANY airline in the UK (not surprising as they only operate with one plane) and it would appear that their closure may be imminent. Pain in the arse cos that's a great fare.
GlasVegas wrote: Another good hotel in Gylfada this time WITH A POOL. £46 a night for a double.
Should've tried this first time around. Everywhere else seems to be fully booked. Got twins in here for me & JG then H and Geordie.
EDIT: Nah, scratch that. This one's booked as well. Not very 21st Century on the booking front, are they? Even gave CC details for this one, cos they've got vacancies, only for them to come back and say they don't actually have any rooms, sorry. Ridiculous.
Looks like Glyfada is fully booked, even via expedia.
Where's the next best place to book round those parts then?!
Vouliagmeni, Voula, Kalamaki or Alimos, Elliniko, Argyroupoli are all near the venue (and Glyfada). I've mailed Elias for some advice on these, maybe the other locals could chip in as well and help us out. If you do find somewhere (and I'll keep looking as well) let me know and I will cancel the Blue Sky - makes sense for us all to be in the same area really as it's a confusing place at the best of times!
Actually, this entire area is a bit of a parochial backwater, isn't it? Especially the afore-mentioned towns you've listed. Might be better to book in Athens itself?
