Originally Posted by
guv1976
Make sure that the free stopover at RDU is worth the additional cost (if any) for flying home via LHR.
I'm thinking that if we broke the return trip into 2 groups (3 that fly via JFK/somewhere else, and 2 that fly via LHR), that it should be cheaper. That way we only pay YQ on the 2 tix that go via LHR on the way home. SO, something like this:
RDU-JFK-CDG x5 = 100k
CDG-JFK-RDU x3 = 60k
CDG-LHR-RDU (stopover) RDU-<somewhere else> x2 = 40k
<somehwere else>-RDU x2 = 40k
We have to have 2 groups, but we save 3 fuel surcharges and still get the stopover.
It does mean that grandma takes the 2 kids (ages 10 and 13 at the time of travel) through JFK while my wife and I get LHR... Oh well, that's the privilege of me providing the tix
. Maybe I should try for a 24-hour layover in LHR to check out London for a day...