Tandemrotor,
I was referring to flights over the new year period. I never assume any particular airline (or alternative means of transport) will be the cheapest for any particular route, unless they are the only operator. BA have had offers of £39 to EDI & GLA all in, and £49 to CDG all in, so I know they are competitive. Free roll & drinks too.
John Walton,
Are you sure you can't check in anything in for the cheapest fare? I thought only Ryanair were talking about doing that.
Avman,
Faced with a choice between the backseat of a car and paying petrol money, or using the return portion and being home in a couple of hours, it is a fairly simple option, but I'm sure lots of people do waste those tickets. But surely FR have an even higher no show rate with all those £1 tickets - I still don't understand why they don't overbook?