Originally Posted by
mollypb
I am flying my aunt into Cleveland from London via Continental (it must be Continental) on 9/10/09 with a return flight on 9/17/09 and really need help trying to get the airfare costs down. Continental has $100 coupons for airfares above $400 but the coupon is only worth $20 flying in/out Cleveland and I really don't want to drive to Pittsburgh, Detroit, or Columbus to save the extra $80. Does anyone know of any promotions, coupons etc that can help?
First, is CO still flying the LHR-CLE segment on 9/17? For some reason, I thought that they had ended this flight early (like around the 10th) so you may want to check on that nonstop flight.
Second, if you are coming in nonstop from LHR, take the $20 and run. Your aunt got a hassle discount by avoiding EWR and an extra $20 to boot. If you have to connect through EWR, then check all airports near here such as PIT, CMH, DTW, ERI, CAK since flights from EWR to these cities sometimes are vastly less expensive than flying to CLE. If that is the case, then plan to take a relatively short (2-3) hour drive to pick up your aunt and collect not only a cheaper fare but the $400 discount coupon (which by the way must be something only available in GB).