Cheap flight from POP to UK

[Alex Hunt]

Does anyone know of cheap flights from DR POP to UK?
I wish to buy a ticket for a friend in DR to come over to London and visit.
Thanks
Alex

[Dolores]

Originally Posted by Alex Hunt

Does anyone know of cheap flights from DR POP to UK?
I wish to buy a ticket for a friend in DR to come over to London and visit.
Thanks
Alex

Your probable best bet is to get a discounted flight to Madrid (Air Plus, Air Madrid or Air Europa) and then a discounted flight from Madrid to London. Note that Dominicans have to get two visas if they go this way -- one Schengen to Madrid and another UK visa to London.

[aviastar]

The cheapest way from POP is with Condor Airlines, it is 965 USD
If you fly from SDQ it is 717 USD with Air France

[conor]

I dont think that the person would need the Schengen Visa as they would not be going into Spain and just using it as a connection and it is not your final destination. I maybe wrong about this, but you can find out for sure by just calling the airline and asking first.

[Alex Hunt]

Thanks for all your help, I'll get digging

[Lambada]

If the friend has a British passport you can use the tourist charters.

[Sharron]

You don´t need a British Passport to use the British Charter Airlines, but they are not that easy to get. They bring the planes over full with discounted last minute holidyaymakers which makes finding a spare seat almost impossible.

I´m going back for a holiday in September and the cheapest route for a dominican (ie not via the States) at the moment is with Air France but they fly from Punta Cana or Santo Domingo.

My sister in the UK spent a lot of time hunting for something cheaper for me in the UK, but no luck. Depending on when your friend wants to fly, you could checK out Thomson Fly on the internet and try to get two cheap returns and only use each on way of each ticket. Sometimes they have return tickets as low as 200 punds, but not often.

Good Luck

[Lambada]

Sharron,
I stand corrected, I should have said that a person with a Dominican passport would not be able to use the British charters...........unless this has changed & you know differently?

[BushBaby]

Originally Posted by Alex Hunt

Thanks for all your help, I'll get digging

Alex,
Is your friend Dominican? If so, has he/she started the visa application procedure already? You may find (if your friend IS Dominican) that getting this problem resolved first will save you a lot of time & effort with the airlines as your friend MIGHT not be able to get the visa to enter the UK!! They are (I am advised) extremely difficult to get these days!!

Answering this question here might help us give you more help/suggestions too - Grahame.

[Sharron]

A person holding a Dominican Passport can use the British Charter flights. There is no rule that they can´t and it is up to each airline to make a decision as to whether they will allow it or not.

The only thing about getting a seat on a charter flight is that a Dominican has to have a return ticket to the DR before the Charter Co will sell them a ticket to leave the DR, whereas I could get a single from here to the UK and then get a cheap flight back once in the UK.