booking flights?

Just wondered how many people are leaving it for disney to book your flights or are booking them yourselfs?

 

I don't know where u are coming from but I'm from Vancouver,BC & I'm pretty sure all us Canadians are booking ourselves. Don't really think we had the option of having them book for us... but regardless, I think anywhere you fly from, you would be able to find cheaper deals booking yourself!

 

Yeah, i agree..Usually either STA or Travel supermarket are the cheapest..

 

Yes Disney could have booked your flight coming from the US -

Besides the Point!

Disney just grabs any flight from your closest departure City to Orlando, regardless of Price. They do Reimburse your train/bus to airports and your flight here. SO KEEP ALL RECEIPTS

They will reimburse MILEAGE for those driving down so keep track!

They will only do these reimbusements if you complete the program (basically so you can buy a ticket home)

Hope this helps!

 

Thats just for the cultural representative program tho..Im not sure if danny who's asking us about the flights is doing that..

Wish they did that for my program :'(

 

yeah, im from the uk and i am doing the 1 year cultural rep program, thanks for the info, i think your right, it will be cheaper to find a flight myself, cheers.

 

Give STA a call, I paid just over £300, that's the cheapest I could find for the 19th June and it's direct to Orlando

 

Finally!i thought i was the only one worrying bout flights- i have been asking around in as many of the other chat rooms as i cud to find out wot ppl are doing but everyone else seems so prepared and im not so iv just kinda been hovering waiting if anything useful comes up. I tried STA but it wudnt let me book the flight at the last moment because i needed to put in sum sort of code to let me get the flight and i didnt have one so woz quite confused bout that. So i still havnt booked. i had originally asked disney to book 4 me but found most ppl were arranging their own and didnt want to be flying alone- im afraid of flying!but if you do book wiv disney it will be after all ur visa etc is sorted out and they will just get the best flight price wise for u so u cud have a couple stop overs on ur way and u will be knackered by the time u get there!hope this helps- ne one has any help for me much appreciated!

 

tink just call sta travel up the number will be in ya packet form disney or pop into one of their offices if ur at a uni city they will have one - i know cardiff has one in the city centre - they will be able to sort you out no problem

 

Give STA a call, I paid just over £300, that's the cheapest I could find for the 19th June and it's direct to Orlando
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Sara, where are you flying from and what time and do you know anyone else on your flight, it'll just be good to meet someone on the same flight before we get there you know.

 

ive just had a look on the sta website and found a flight lon - dallas - orlando with american airlines for £279.20, thats the cheapest. Virgin from Manchester direct to Orando is £295.60. It seems like most people are flying with virgin direct ???

 

Yeah mate, fly with virgin direct..The extra bit of money is worth it..

I did a change last year and it was so much of a piss around...You can't beat flying with virgin either, there the kings of customer service..

 

Sara, where are you flying from and what time and do you know anyone else on your flight, it'll just be good to meet someone on the same flight before we get there you know.
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I'm flying from Manchester direct to Orlando International at 10:25am with Virgin, the flight no is VS75 I think, I don't know of anyone else going on this flight. If you do book onto this flight, let me know and we could meet up at the airport

 

What day are you both flying?

Im going out on that flight on August 19th..

 

June 19th

 

Ah rite, fair enough..Oh well..Was guna say, there's me and two of my mates goin then..

But oh well, haha..

Definetly book the flight direct tho!

 

yeah cheers for that info mate i will do, so what part of the pavillion are you?

 

Im on the J1 Academic Program..So im not in the pavillion..Im doing outdoor foods and vacation planner..

What are you doing?

 

I'll be working in the uk pavillioin in the historical research centre, for 1 year, not many people work there, its to find anyone who has worked there to give me an insight.

 

I know what you mean, i worked there for all of last summer and i haven't heard of it! haha..