If the RFL truly cares about the supporters of its' game it will act in an appropriate manner with the biggest corporate investor in it and if that means allowing them to change kick offs then so be it.

i had the same thing last year-booked train tickets from Grantham to Wakefield for the game against Trin, match tickets bought etc. Sunday afternoon. Then it got moved to a friday night as we had to play at the same time as Stains, for some reason best known to themselves. Trin were very good & refunded my tickets, but i lost £35 quid in train fares and got a snotty letter from the RFL when i complained.

Seems because i live down south I can't be a proper league fan 'keep up your interest in the game'. F**K the RFL is all i can say, and Sky along with them.

And then lump on how much extra to get to Stanstead ? (Say train+tube across London+coach to the airport ... I did exactly that journey after the Wigan play-off game and it cost me about £35 all in)

Your original post suggested that midweek flights were 'ten times' cheaper, but is the case on the likes of Ryanair ? They seem to use a quota system for cheap seats and then as the plane fills, the more expensive it gets. One of the most expensive flights I found on the route from a range of airports that are easily accessable from Yorkshire is the Friday flight from Leeds to Girona, because of all the fans (and a number of privately organised tours) using that flight to get people in to the region. Certainly far more expensive than I paid for a Saturday flight out from Doncaster in 2008.

I've just checked Girona to Doncaster next Sunday afternoon, so perfectly possible to get to after the game and it is coming in at Eur.15 plus tax. BTW, has anyone noticed how the Ryanair 'cheap' flights (1p seats etc.) seem to attract far more 'tax' that other similar flights ?

For the record, I booked my flights just after Christmas this year and got a deal I was happy with. I don't think around £50 per leg for the flights down to Spain is too unreasonable given the distance and given the tax element included in that fare. I'd be very suprised if anyone has done it for significantly less than this weekdays or not.

Is it actually being changed for Sky or Channel Orange (whatever it is called over there) ?

We got a similar deal the year before with Jet2 from Leeds

Of course Ryanair use a quota system, on the Stanstead deal we picked up a 5p flight on the Friday and a £19.90 one on the Monday, if we'd waited until Tuesday we could have returned for 5p too but that was booking in the November, I don't think anyone would be stupid enough to expect all the seats on the plane to be 5p right up until departure.

Fact is I wouldn't consider anything less than a four day trip to Perpignan and if you do then "let the buyer beware", its happened before to Cas fans when they thought their game was to be in Spain so they all booked a package deal there only to find it moved back to France I'd understand it if the Celtic supporters didn't know this but Quins have been around long enough to learn surely ?

I think it's called 'integrity', not something a Union follower has to be concerned with following a code where Dan Morrino could play at outside half.

Besides which, if you're going to go to that abroad place you may as well take a few days to see the sights rather than fork out virtually the same money for a few beers and a rugby match.

Bet you live nearer to Stanstead than we do

Sometimes you have to think outside the box a little, I can spit on Leeds Bradford Airport from my bedroom window and yet have only flown from there on a handful of occasions in my life, with Ryanair using Stanstead as a major hub then its the obvious shoice for the cheapest flights and a night in any of the hotels there usually gives you several days free parking too, its probably cheaper than flying from Manchester and paying for parking fees there.

Using Southampton is like using Leeds/Bradford, no choice, no special offers and nothing in reserve when your one flight a week is cancelled.


Who do I think I am, Judith Chalmers ?
I don't think I even have a valid passport now

Flying from Leeds is great though - £5 taxi fare and set off just as check in opens. Did that for Paris earlier this year and doing the summer holidays from there too.

I'm thinking of buying a tent.

It'll pi[iss[/i it down for the rest of the summer if I do.

b@$t@rd SKY!!!!

Hope my beach rugby tournament in Canet is still on the sunday though!


TRANSLATION:

I booke for the same weekend last week, I go Friday night and come back Monday - £64.99 all in!

The reality is that unless somebody else can suggest an alternative source of several million pounds, the has to pander to the demands of Sky.

This isn't the only sport in which this happens. Football supporters from the Premier League right through to the Conference have put up with it for years and IIRC, it has happened in the past in the RU Heineken Cup.

We are following a sport that is bankrolled by television and, I dare say, we need Sky more than Sky need us.

Yes thats true but their was no need for the derision the OP received by some who imagine they are some kind of comic.

I missed the Leeds Hull match when it was switched and was pretty peeed off at that so to have the missing of the Quins match foisted on himhaving spent so much is grossly unfair and i am sure he is pleased with the reaction of the Southstander family.