alice_rach,

Welcome onboard
MAN-TFS-MAN (TOM2560/2203) are operated by a Boeing 767-304/ER (short haul / winglets) / Boeing 757-200 respectively. This is assuming you're flying after 13th May. You'll find extensive aircraft information on our What Aircraft? guide (link below).

Darren

Hi Can you tell me what plane the TOM022/TOM023 flights will be? I have selected seats 33A+B and 31A+B respectively but looking at the flight plans I can find none of these seats seem to exist? Its flying out on the 5/6 and returning 19/6 Gatwick to Cancun.

Thankyou!

bluesocks,

Welcome onboard
LGW-CUN-LGW (TOM022/3) are operated by a former First Choice Boeing 767-300/ER. You'll find extensive aircraft information on our What Aircraft? guide (link below). Row 31A/B and 33A/B are 2/3 the way down the aircraft on the port side, by the window.

Darren

Nothing really suitable for young children in that list, think Scooby Doo is about the best but think that's more for 5/6+? Taking our portable DVD player with us with In The Night Garden, Chuggington and Roary DVD's.

Not the cheapest of options, but we've found the iPad invaluable for our 2 year old - he'll watch Toy Story or Ice Age or Up again and again throughout the flight!!

Budget wouldn't stretch to an ipad. Planning to get a tablet device when iTunes release a new version that won't work with my iPod Classic bought in 2007. Price of iPads will have to come down for me to consider one of them.

Thomson/FC holidays for Summer 2012 are now available to book online but flight only is only up to April - anyone know when they release Summer 2012 flights for booking??

Could you tell me what plane will be used birmingham to dalaman 4th Aug Tom 648 returning 15 aug tom 723. I have not booked seats but am thinking of using night before check in. Does this make a difference or will my seats already be pre allocated. I have not booked meals are they worth the price in your opinion. Thankyou for your assistance
debs

debsp,

BHX-DLM-BHX (TOM648/723) are operated by Boeing 757-200. As seating is allocated the day before, it makes no difference if you arrive 4 hours before your flight or 2 as seating is already assigned. Day before check-in isn't always much of a time saver as you have to make two trips to the airport and you don't have access to your luggage if you're staying in a nearby hotel. Meals are worth it to you if you want to eat inflight as it's about 4 hours plus up to a couple of hours transfer when you arrive depending on where you are staying. As far as airline meals go, TOM aren't too bad.

Darren

Hi, I'm flying on TOM118 from Manchester on 14th May and although I know it will be an ex-first choice plane I was wondering if you could tell me specifically which plane will be operating this flight please.

Also, I've had a look at the Spring 2011 inflight magazine - will this still be the one that is issued on the planes this weekend?

Thanks Darren appreciate advice I am staying at hotel and arriving by train into airport. It would be a bit inconvenient doing day before check in (luggage wise), but was hoping I might get good seats, this is not going to be the case and i have to pay at Birmingham. Do you know what the charge is??
I have 7am flight will the fact that i have already checked in make a difference waiting in queue. Was hoping I could arrive a bit later?
Do many people book seats??

if I book seats which are best for seeing ife and will the system allow me to book 2 seats infront and behind??

Sorry haven't flown from Birmingham before and not with thomsons for a long while...well when I did everything was included meals etc
debs

pigletliz,

I wont know the registration until the day before the flight as aircraft are rotated regularly. It makes little difference as 5 of the 6 are identical inside. G-OOAN, the V1 aircraft is operating TOM158 (MAN-SFB-MAN) today so is in MAN, all the others are V2. Your aircraft should be coming in from Canun (TOM392/3) or Punta Cana (TOM126/7) so I'll know which it is on Friday.

Darren

debsp,

The charge for day before check-in you mean? It's £5 per person as far as I know. Details are on Thomsons website. Desks should be relatively quiet at that time of day (5am for a 7am flight). If you've checked-in the day before, as long as you aren't flying to the US, you'll have your boarding card issed so don't need to check-in on the morning of the flight, you can go straight through to the departure lounge. Regardless of whether you've pre-booked seating or not, the recommended time to arrive at the airport for check-in is 3 hours before departure for a long haul and 2 hours for a short / medium haul. Providing seating is available, you can choose whichever seat you like with 'select your seat'. Seating is personaly preference with screens located above the isle every 4-5 rows startng at row 1. All seats have a view of the screen, but I prefer 2 or 3 rows behind the sceen so you aren't looking up too much.

Darren

How long before flight does check in open for 7am flight if you haven't paid extra for day before check in or choosing seats in advance? I'm hoping that my family will be able to get seats together even if there can only be one infant on each row, I don't mind being one row behind hubby but if we're so far apart that girls can't see each other by looking through the gap between the seats, H is likely to be unhappy at not being able to see S.

cate_taylor,

Check-in opens 3-4 hours before the scheduled departure time. Seating is pre-allocated the day before your flight so it doesn't matter how early you check-in, your seats will have been allocated and can't be changed. The allocation model takes in to account pasengers travelling with children. The recommended check-in time for a short-medium flight is 2 hours before. There's not really any point arriving much earlier than that.

Darren

Can anyone tell me whether TOM7304 BHX to VRN departed this morning and which particular aircraft was used?
Thanks

Hi,

I'm planning a trip to Cancun (exiting Gatwick) in April 2012 and because of Thomas Cook's mishandling of their Premium Cabin I'm now going to book with Thomson. But before I commit, I wondered if someone could tell me how many seats there are in Thomson's Premium Cabin and, what is the seat configuration? If it's a small cabin I'll book now but, if it's sizable I might wait and see if the prices fall.

Thanks

John

There are 2 types of plane that Thomson and First Choice use with Thomsonfly. They use ex-first choice and ex-tomson planes. Thomson planes have about 30 seats or there abouts and First Choice planes have about 60 premium seats. There is no way of knowing exactly what plane you will get only just the knowledge of what normally leaves frm a certain airport. Ex-First Choice aircraft I feel are better but only for the reasons that the seats I feel are more comfortable (i'm not saying Thomson aren't!) and that you get a remote control to play your games and to flick through films etc. (Thomson planes the person behind you has to "tap" the screen to do everything. From my experience the person behind you punches the screen which leads to your chair rocking! lol) Both are great value an it's all about what you feel is an aceptable cost. With Cancun flights I've not really seen the price ever come down just really Florida and Dom Rep. But at this stge I can't see a huge demand for bookings never mind a sell out of seats butcloser hand the time you never know!

P.S the seating arangements are 2-3-2

Graeme

Graeme

Thanks for the info.

Would the knowledge that we'd be leaving from Gatwick point to a specific craft?

The Thomson site sells Premium as:-
More space with a least a 36" seat pitch
9" seatback TV you can pause, play and rewind
Four-course meal and snack
Free drinks (excluding champagne)
Extra baggage allowance - check in up to 23kg

Does that help narrow it down?

Finally, if they don't know which airliner would be used, how do they know how many Premium seats they have to sell?

John