wanderer Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 A number of flights have been released this week and know a number of folk booked up. I have booked Friday (28th August) until the Saturday/Sunday after the game. Friday, British Airways Glasgow-Heathrow-Kyiv. Going with the Mrs and daughter to visit the in-laws, so will either be straight through to Ternopil or a couple of days in Kyiv. On the Tuesday I am on the evening Ukrainian Airlines flight from Kyiv to Yerevan (Armenia), where I am arranging hotel and a private transfer to Tbilisi the next day after doing some sightseeing (setting off late afternoon and into Tbilisi for 10pm-ish). Saturday on the Qatar Airlines flight out of Tbilisi at 8pm, into Doha for midnight, night in a near by hotel, before the 8am Doha-Edinburgh flight the next morning. Got all this for £370 (minus cost of transfer from Yerevan to Tbilisi.... but from research this route can be done for buttons) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Aberdeen-St. Petersburg-Yerevan-Tbilisi-Baku-Glasgow (ish) I'd also like to guarantee Azerbaijan or Armenia & Russia in our next qualifying group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanderer Posted September 19, 2014 Author Share Posted September 19, 2014 Good route Unofficially I get Baku also, as my Qatar Airlines flight picks up passengers at Baku airport, but we do not get off the plane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malky24 Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 With the current political climate are you ok with Kiev. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanderer Posted September 20, 2014 Author Share Posted September 20, 2014 With the current political climate are you ok with Kiev. Wife is Ukrainian and just back from a month there with our 1 year old daughter, so no major concern, as she said life just goes on there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ketch1973 Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 A number of flights have been released this week and know a number of folk booked up. I have booked Friday (28th August) until the Saturday/Sunday after the game. Friday, British Airways Glasgow-Heathrow-Kyiv. Going with the Mrs and daughter to visit the in-laws, so will either be straight through to Ternopil or a couple of days in Kyiv. On the Tuesday I am on the evening Ukrainian Airlines flight from Kyiv to Yerevan (Armenia), where I am arranging hotel and a private transfer to Tbilisi the next day after doing some sightseeing (setting off late afternoon and into Tbilisi for 10pm-ish). Saturday on the Qatar Airlines flight out of Tbilisi at 8pm, into Doha for midnight, night in a near by hotel, before the 8am Doha-Edinburgh flight the next morning. Got all this for £370 (minus cost of transfer from Yerevan to Tbilisi.... but from research this route can be done for buttons) Don't forget the cost of a tourist visa which you will all have to get on arrival into Doha. Used to be 100qr (16quid) per person paid by card only at immigration but may have gone up to 55usd each. With the new airport now in operation the hotels are now a bit further away but if it's a hotel near the old airport (oryx rotana) shouldn't be much more than a tenner each way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
washboarder Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 edin- stanstead wed 2nd sept dep 10.40 ari 11.55 Ryanair £20 stanstead -riga wed 2nd sept 17.15 ari 21.50 Ryanair £28 riga - tbisli wed 2nd sept 23.10- ari 3rd sept 03.40am air baltic tbilsi- riga sat 5th 04.15 ari 06.50air Baltic £208 rtn (through Tripsta) all day in riga flight back to Glasgow 22.15- ari 23.05 ryanaiir £54 all in £312 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinM Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Dont think ill be going to this one but just had a look on skyscanner can get return flights to kutaisi for 120 glasgow-warsaw return tuesday to tuesday £56 warsaw-kutaisi returnwednesday to monday £64 then would just need to get the train to tbilisi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 All booked up! Driving Aberdeen to Glasgow on Tuesday 1st. Flying BA Glasgow to London, overnight stay at Heathrow. Flying BA Heathrow to Kiev on Wednesday 2nd, 24 hour stay there. Flying Ukrainian Airlines Kiev to Tbilisi on Thursday 3rd. Then doing it all in reverse on the 7th, taking in the Germany game at Hampden before driving back to Aberdeen. All in, £376 each including flights (some air miles used to bring prices down), hotels and airport parking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom1172 Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Hopefully on the WESTA charter. Nice & simple. Got to say I really admire some of the routes above!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malky24 Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Edinburgh to Istanbul for three nights then on to Tiblisi for three nights. Fly home to Edinburgh via Istanbul morning after the game. £270. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanderer Posted October 5, 2014 Author Share Posted October 5, 2014 Don't forget the cost of a tourist visa which you will all have to get on arrival into Doha. Used to be 100qr (16quid) per person paid by card only at immigration but may have gone up to 55usd each. With the new airport now in operation the hotels are now a bit further away but if it's a hotel near the old airport (oryx rotana) shouldn't be much more than a tenner each way Taken into account already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanderer Posted October 7, 2014 Author Share Posted October 7, 2014 (edited) Don't forget the cost of a tourist visa which you will all have to get on arrival into Doha. Used to be 100qr (16quid) per person paid by card only at immigration but may have gone up to 55usd each. With the new airport now in operation the hotels are now a bit further away but if it's a hotel near the old airport (oryx rotana) shouldn't be much more than a tenner each way Still £16 if you do it online. It is the new airport I fly into, and my hotel is only 5 minutes drive away (also operates a free shuttle service to and from the airport). Shame a Azerbaijan visa is so expensive, as was pretty tempted to go via Baku to get home, but price to go back via Qatar was great I thought (and gets me my extra country LOL) Edited October 7, 2014 by wanderer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottcross Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Booked up Turkish Airlines out from Gatwick 31st 14-25 -20-15 Istanbul 21-30 - 00-25 Tbilisi,return 6th Tbilisi 08-25 -09-50 Istanbul 11-20-13-50 Gatwick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nelbo009 Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 I'm looking at the following: Heathrow-Moscow 3 nights in Moscow Moscow-Tbilisi 3 nights in Tbilisi Tbilisi-Baku Overnight in Baku Baku-Heathrow All using Avios so cheap as chips. Just waiting on flight schedules to be confirmed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dundeelad88 Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 looking at. thurs - Edin-Gatwick-Istanbul-Tbilisi sun - Tbilisi-Istanbul-Gatwick-Edin 3 nights in Tbilisi £400 for all flights Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanderer Posted October 8, 2014 Author Share Posted October 8, 2014 I'm looking at the following: Heathrow-Moscow 3 nights in Moscow Moscow-Tbilisi 3 nights in Tbilisi Tbilisi-Baku Overnight in Baku Baku-Heathrow All using Avios so cheap as chips. Just waiting on flight schedules to be confirmed. Good route, though remember Russian and Azerbaijan visa's are ridiculously expensive (though you will probably get away with a cheaper transit visa for Azerbaijan) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nelbo009 Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Good route, though remember Russian and Azerbaijan visa's are ridiculously expensive (though you will probably get away with a cheaper transit visa for Azerbaijan) Aye, £32.40 for Russia isn't bad; but £100 for Azerbaijan Might give that a miss... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dundeelad88 Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 £32.40 for Russia? you sure mate? they charged over £100 in 2012 when i went Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanderer Posted October 8, 2014 Author Share Posted October 8, 2014 Aye, £32.40 for Russia isn't bad; but £100 for Azerbaijan Might give that a miss... Sure? I thought that was the price of he admin fee alone, and was closer to £100. Armenia is visa free though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nelbo009 Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 You're right, £125. FFS. Still, Moscow is high on my to-do list so I'll probably stump that up - easily saving that in flights cos of Avios. Not that fussed about Azerbaijan - Armenia could be a shout though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanderer Posted October 9, 2014 Author Share Posted October 9, 2014 You're right, £125. FFS. Still, Moscow is high on my to-do list so I'll probably stump that up - easily saving that in flights cos of Avios. Not that fussed about Azerbaijan - Armenia could be a shout though! TBH Moscow is well worth doing, and if you are going to make the most of it and be there a number of days, you actually do forget the hit for the visa, as it is a amazing city Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 How long you recommend for Moscow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanderer Posted October 9, 2014 Author Share Posted October 9, 2014 (edited) How long you recommend for Moscow? I went for 5 days in 2002 and probably was only the last night and 7 hours the next day before heading to the airport where I started to kick my heels about feeling fed up, as every day there was just something more to see and do. Red Square, Kremlin, St Basil Cathedral etc (main tourist stuff)... that is a good half to 3/4's of a day to do, but there is a lot of good hidden and out of the way stuff to see. Nelbo says 3 days he is planning.... if he makes the most of every day, then that should be enough. Edited October 9, 2014 by wanderer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nelbo009 Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 I went for 5 days in 2002 and probably was only the last night and 7 hours the next day before heading to the airport where I started to kick my heels about feeling fed up, as every day there was just something more to see and do. Red Square, Kremlin, St Basil Cathedral etc (main tourist stuff)... that is a good half to 3/4's of a day to do, but there is a lot of good hidden and out of the way stuff to see. Nelbo says 3 days he is planning.... if he makes the most of every day, then that should be enough. Aye, I had a look at a few websites, and most have said that if you make the most of it, 3 days will allow you to see/do everything you want to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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