South Korea, 2024

When I found these flights on an error fair website we had originally booked with “Saudi Airlines” for the cost of £200. It included return flights from Vienna to Seoul with a stop in Jeddah.

Five weeks after booking I received an email to say that our return segment of the flights had been cancelled and that our flights to S.Korea would now take 38 hours.

After a surprisingly quick phone call to Saudi customer services they rebooked us on to a different airline… Emirates. The new flights were quicker, and allowed us to spend more time in Korea. Not to mention the fact we’d bagged €1,400 flights for just £200.

Bargain!

The other perk was that we’d now be flying on the largest passenger plane in the world the A380. As a child I’d seen the factory where they made the wings for this plane but this was the first opportunity I’d had to fly on it. Both Hannah and I were very excited.Read more