Extortionate Visa Increase!!

[Felicity]

I didn't think it cost that much to fly there? Or at least not particularly more than it costs to fly to spain? Just never go in July/August when the price tends to be double the normal cost.

Also it does say on the website that you need to have photocopies of every page in the passport (I always apply by post so I double-triple check). Upsettingly for me - they spelt my very common Algerian surname wrong in my visa so I'm a bit peeved about that but don't have enough time to get it fixed. I just hope the Algerian border control don't really care that much.

[jellybee]

The cheapest I managed to find this year is with BA and that was a special offer costing us around £250 return each for November. Over the last 5 years it's never cost us less than this for anytime of year We went to Portugal for under £200 all together in May.

Sorry, stand corrected about the passport Have you found doing it through the post reliable (apart from spelling mistakes)? I'm a bit wary to do it through the post as hubby waited for a very long time to get his passport extended.

Anyway hope you have an enjoyable trip Felicity

[Felicity]

We fly from Edinburgh which costs about £330 each, unless its the peak months in which case its over £500 each return. When I used to go to Malaga I think the flights were about £250 so not a great difference.

I don't really have much of a choice with using post, but I have found it to be fairly reliable. When they produced my daughters first passport it only took about a month applying by post, so the extension must be one of those slightly odd things which involve enormous amounts of pointless (as far as I'm concerned) paperwork.