I don't think we got the cheapest deal around for our flights in June (£280 return) but we have chosed our leg room seats, have a 23kg luggage allowance, meals on board, on-line check-in, priority boarding. This also includes flying in the daytime from the local airport. This with Monarch and within a few pounds is what we paid in May last year. I would be interested to hear what others have had to pay for flights this summer. Sorry to go slightly off your topic Mercury, but the price quoted to you from Thompson sounds extortionate, I have never used them mainly because of negative comments from members of this forum, and also the flight times are dreadful for us.