mikeandnat,

The IFE is a looped based system. The films are on channels, you simply choose which channel you want to watch but have to wait until the system loops to watch it from the beginning. I linked screen shots from our What Aircraft? guide (link below). You probably won't have the additional movies.

Darren

Hi mikeandnat.
When we flew to Dom Rep in July/Aug the flight crew played all the extra films on the flights both ways which was a bonus. Have a great holiday

hi can anybody tell me what aircraft TCX4932/4933 BHX-BJL-BHX?? THANKS...

Jonouk1211,

Boeing 757-200.

Darren

Hi Darren or anyone else who can help, I'm flying a week tomorrow on TCX244 to Holguin from Manchester with Thomas Cook. It says on the website I can check in online as we've paid for seats, I think from 3 days before you can fly. If I choose to do this, will I have to print off the boarding pass off then drop my bags off the night before at the airport or would I still have to go to check in to get my boarding pass and bags weighed? I've never done it before so not sure how it works. Thanks:)

Hi Mdollar
If you want to check in online you have to have selected your seats and submitted API. Check in opens 7 days before departure and close 3 working days (not incl. Sat and Sun) prior. You print your boarding passes, and take your luggage to the bag drop desk on the day of departure to be weighed and tagged.

Ok thanks, yes I've submitted API and selected my seats already. I was just wondering would it really save me much time checking in online as opposed to doing it when I get to the airport as long as I get there early enough. My flight's at 11.50 so need to be there around 7.30am. Cheers.

Hi
4.5 hours before your flight is a long time to be there. Check in won't even be open.

Thanks Sunaddict, yes I agree it is a bit early. We just figured as we're staying in the hotel right on the airport and we'll probably up early through excitement, we'd get there as early as possible so we can get in the VIP lounge and drink it dry before we fly lol.

Lol. I think landside at Manchester is completely naff now there's nothing there but check in desks. I used to like it when it had shops and restaurants! Not a lot to do if you have to wait a long time for check in to open.

I didn't realise there were no shops or restaurants landside. We also flew from there 2 years ago but I can't remember to be honest. Do you know if there's anywhere to smoke airside in T1? I'm sure I read somewhere Manchester airport had a little smoking area airside but I could be wrong.

Yes there is a smoking area. When you are airside, go straight through the shops towards the viewing window, go upstairs to the food hall and it is signposted. I've no idea what it's like though.

Ok thanks Sunaddict, that will make hubs a very happy bunny when I tell him.

Mdollar,

I would agree with Sunaddict. There's not a lot of point getting there that early and even with online check-in, you still have to drop your bags off that morning so it might not be much of a time saver to just regular check-in. If you're there 3-3.5 hours before your departure time, it should be quiet anyway and 3 hours is the recommended time for long haull. The desk numbers are 1-13 in T1 (far left corner) with desk 1 normally assigned to baggage drop-off. Have a great holiday.

Darren

Thomas Cook cabin crew to vote on industrial action

Thomas Cook cabin crew are considering taking industrial action following the breakdown of talks with management over the company's redundancy plans.

Unite the Union said 498 jobs face the axe but it has been unable to agree redundancy terms with management.

Some 1,300 of Thomas Cook's 1,800 cabin crew will be balloted within the next week, it said.

The cabin crews fly from Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, East Midlands Gatwick, Glasgow, Manchester, Newcastle, and Stansted.

In a statement issued today, the union said it has asked the company to put a "realistic" voluntary severance package on the table, but that the management had "point blank refused" its offer of two weeks per year redundancy pay.

Unite had requested a minimum of three weeks per year, plus a lump sum payment of £5,000. The average cabin crew pay is £15,000-a-year.

Unite regional officer, Mick Whitley said: "The company was only interested in putting in place the building blocks for voluntary and compulsory redundancies.

"This has left Unite with no other alternative but to suspend the consultation talks and hold a consultative ballot with the Unite membership at Thomas Cook. The ballot will be conducted within the next week to gauge the feeling of our members.

"We are completely against the redundancy terms and any compulsory redundancies purely to make more profit. The group has made £320m this year and is paying out a fortune in bonuses and dividends, as well as sponsoring the Olympics."

Thomas Cook will reduce the size of its fleet by from this winter as part of a cost-cutting drive. It has announced plans remove six long-haul aircraft by the end of the year and has confirmed publicly that it plans to shed 250 jobs. It also plans to eradicate the rank of assistant cabin manager, said the union.

With permission from Travelmole

Mdollar,

I would agree with Sunaddict. There's not a lot of point getting there that early and even with online check-in, you still have to drop your bags off that morning so it might not be much of a time saver to just regular check-in. If you're there 3-3.5 hours before your departure time, it should be quiet anyway and 3 hours is the recommended time for long haull. The desk numbers are 1-13 in T1 (far left corner) with desk 1 normally assigned to baggage drop-off. Have a great holiday.

Darren

Thanks Darren! I've decided as we'll be up early any way we'll just do the regular check in. Never had any prob's queuing in the past as we always get there early and don't have to wait long.

Hi dazbo,

Might be a bit early but could you tell me what our aircraft will be......? Fri, 21 Sep 12 18:55 Depart Manchester TCX 2882 at 18:55 to Dalaman..... Then Sat , 06 Oct 12 Depart Dalaman TCX 2823 at 02:25 to Manchester. I know it's an early ask , but we are a familly of three and would prefer a 3-3 configuration. Any other flights on that day in 3-3 format would be greatly appreciated......!

Cheers Ash........!

barjiash,

It's too early to know but the Friday evening fligth is normally a Boeing 767-300/ER rather than a Boeing 757-200. That could change though as I won't have the aircraft schedule for a while yet.

Darren

I've just seen that Thomas Cook appear to stop their Sunday flights from Stansted to Enfidha towards the end of April next year and Thomson start Wednesday flights just after this. If I want a holiday late April/early May would I be able to book out on TC and back on Thomsons?