Originally Posted by
bht-kevin
Hey All!
I generally travel to Asia so DFW to Europe bookings I am not as familiar with. I need to make a quick trip to London and planned to fly our on a Wednesday and return on Friday. It seems the price for flights like this are 4700+ for economy. Anytime I extend past 6-7 days, it drops down to 1200. The days I leave doesn't seem to matter, the price is mainly impacted by the duration of the travel and its only the return flight back that jumps through the roof.
Is this normal?
Thanks,
Kevin
Completely normal.
With most US carriers at least, the cheaper fares from the US to Europe always require a Saturday night stay. So it's not necessarily the length of your trip, but the fact that you're not staying over a Saturday night that cause the fare to jump. You could probably go for the same amount of time (1 night), but leave on a Friday and return Sunday and it would be much cheaper as well.
This is definitely different from Asia, in which the cheaper fares sometimes require a minimum stay (3 days, for example), but they rarely require a Saturday night stay.