Cheapest flight for London-JFK then IAD-London then Reykjavik to IAD? (Non-stop)
Apr 10, 2023, 10:28 pm
#1
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Cheapest flight for London-JFK then IAD-London then Reykjavik to IAD? (Non-stop)
(This is over 2 months)
Weird travel route because of 1 way cruises.
1) Cruise leaves NYC and ends in South Hampton, England on May 4th. (I drive to NYC.)
2) I'm in Northern VA. My next cruise leaves from South Hampton on May 31
3) The cruise in #2 ends up in Reykjavik on June 23.
Best I've done:
Multi-city British Airways ($594): Lgw (Gatwick airport) - JFK (May 4, 3pm) then IAD - LHR (Heathrow) on May 29 (10:45pm) which arrives in England 11am next day (May 30). I book 1 day hotel.
One way Play Air ($347): rey - iad (June 23, 3pm)
$594 + $347 = $941
I rarely fly so don't have that many miles and no status on any airline.
But I do have 19,800 Amex Membership Rewards® Points from no-fee Amex Everyday card.
Anything better?
Weird travel route because of 1 way cruises.
1) Cruise leaves NYC and ends in South Hampton, England on May 4th. (I drive to NYC.)
2) I'm in Northern VA. My next cruise leaves from South Hampton on May 31
3) The cruise in #2 ends up in Reykjavik on June 23.
Best I've done:
Multi-city British Airways ($594): Lgw (Gatwick airport) - JFK (May 4, 3pm) then IAD - LHR (Heathrow) on May 29 (10:45pm) which arrives in England 11am next day (May 30). I book 1 day hotel.
One way Play Air ($347): rey - iad (June 23, 3pm)
$594 + $347 = $941
I rarely fly so don't have that many miles and no status on any airline.
But I do have 19,800 Amex Membership Rewards® Points from no-fee Amex Everyday card.
Anything better?
Last edited by snail; Apr 10, 2023 at 10:48 pm
Apr 10, 2023, 10:42 pm
#2
Original Poster
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 226
(This is over 2 months)
Weird travel route because of 1 way cruises.
1) Cruise leaves NYC and ends in South Hampton, England on May 4th. I drive to NYC.
2) I'm in Northern VA. My next cruise leaves from South Hampton on May 31
3) The cruise in #2 ends up in Reykjavik on June 23.
Best I've done:
Multi-city British Airways ($594): Lgw (Gatwick airport) - JFK (May 4, 3pm) then IAD - LHR (Heathrow) on May 29 (10:45pm) which arrives in England 11am next day. I book 1 day hotel.
One way Play Air ($347): rey - iad (June 23, 3pm)
$594 + $347 = $941
I rarely fly so don't have that many miles and no status on any airline.
But I do have 19,800 Amex Membership Rewards® Points from no-fee Amex Everyday card.
Anything better?
Weird travel route because of 1 way cruises.
1) Cruise leaves NYC and ends in South Hampton, England on May 4th. I drive to NYC.
2) I'm in Northern VA. My next cruise leaves from South Hampton on May 31
3) The cruise in #2 ends up in Reykjavik on June 23.
Best I've done:
Multi-city British Airways ($594): Lgw (Gatwick airport) - JFK (May 4, 3pm) then IAD - LHR (Heathrow) on May 29 (10:45pm) which arrives in England 11am next day. I book 1 day hotel.
One way Play Air ($347): rey - iad (June 23, 3pm)
$594 + $347 = $941
I rarely fly so don't have that many miles and no status on any airline.
But I do have 19,800 Amex Membership Rewards® Points from no-fee Amex Everyday card.
Anything better?
Apr 11, 2023, 12:37 am
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I think you'll struggle to beat the BA return price tbh - I just had a very quick look on Norse Airlines (the rump of Norwegian) for a LGW-JFK return and it was coming in more expensive even on their absolute basic fare (no bags, meals or seats).
Btw, it's Southampton (one word) (from where you can relatively easily get the train direct to LGW), and the international airport for Reykjavik is KEF.
Btw, it's Southampton (one word) (from where you can relatively easily get the train direct to LGW), and the international airport for Reykjavik is KEF.
Apr 11, 2023, 3:54 am
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Apr 11, 2023, 8:17 am
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Seems like you have some pretty good fares as is. I'd rather have your BA segments at around $300 apiece than try to shave a few bucks with a non-alliance carrier with few irrops alternatives. Coming home on a small carrier after the cruises are done is fine.
Apr 11, 2023, 1:58 pm
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BA multi-city is now $708 and Delta/Virgin is $719.
Thought Tues was supposed to be cheaper ticket prices because businesses with full refund tix canceled on Mon?
Apr 11, 2023, 2:55 pm
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The fares aren't likely to get cheaper at this point.
Apr 11, 2023, 7:10 pm
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Tuesday is cheaper to fly, not so sure it's cheaper to buy. But at any rate, you are VERY close to three week advance purchase when prices tend to REALLY go up. Of course something may happen, but those are "rules" I use to purchase my tickets.
You got some good advice here, including using Google Flights and to buy quickly (before prices go up even more).
Apr 12, 2023, 8:03 pm
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This close in, it's not really a surprise that airfare went up
Tuesday is cheaper to fly, not so sure it's cheaper to buy. But at any rate, you are VERY close to three week advance purchase when prices tend to REALLY go up. Of course something may happen, but those are "rules" I use to purchase my tickets.
You got some good advice here, including using Google Flights and to buy quickly (before prices go up even more).
Tuesday is cheaper to fly, not so sure it's cheaper to buy. But at any rate, you are VERY close to three week advance purchase when prices tend to REALLY go up. Of course something may happen, but those are "rules" I use to purchase my tickets.
You got some good advice here, including using Google Flights and to buy quickly (before prices go up even more).
Was a pain buying because it's in pounds. One credit card wouldn't go through.
another one had to verify via txt msg code.
then virgin atlantic's site went back to the home page after i entered the code on their site!
Re-did the whole thing. Was able to pick same seats so that re-assures me that i didnt get changed twice.
I guess since round trip originates from england, it defaults to pounds.
lgw-jfk -> Delta
iad - Lhr -> Virgin
Now to buy Play Air for kef-IAD