Fares to the USA right now
Jun 27, 2016, 4:45 am
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Fares to the USA right now
Trying to get to MCI from LON during the next week or so but chafing at the £1200+ RT economy fares for the entire month of July. Been trying for a day but can't come up with any combination that will cut that down by much. Any airline at this point.
I have enough miles for an award ticket within the USA on UA, so can pretty much fly to any city and use it from there. Is there any city in the USA served by any airline from LHR that is routinely cheaper than the others? I thought maybe JFK, but it doesn't appear to be so.
Skyscanner tells me I can cut the cost significantly by going through one of the budget sites (Opodo, BudgetAir, etc.) but the online reviews tell me that is a very risky proposition. Flights from DUB are significantly cheaper, but the cost of getting to DUB negates much of the savings. ITA tells me there is a £1000 flight on LOT, but LOT's booking engine doesn't support that.
I have enough miles for an award ticket within the USA on UA, so can pretty much fly to any city and use it from there. Is there any city in the USA served by any airline from LHR that is routinely cheaper than the others? I thought maybe JFK, but it doesn't appear to be so.
Skyscanner tells me I can cut the cost significantly by going through one of the budget sites (Opodo, BudgetAir, etc.) but the online reviews tell me that is a very risky proposition. Flights from DUB are significantly cheaper, but the cost of getting to DUB negates much of the savings. ITA tells me there is a £1000 flight on LOT, but LOT's booking engine doesn't support that.
Jun 27, 2016, 5:01 am
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I would work out which other European cities your UA miles can get you to on the date you want to travel and then use Google Flights to search from those cities (e.g. Lufthansa to FRA / STU / TXL or LOT to WAW). Are you staying a Saturday night?
Jun 27, 2016, 5:04 am
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I am flexible, if nothing else. Can stay 7 days, 10 days, 6 days, doesn't matter. Just need to get back within the next two weeks. Good suggestion, though. I will see what I can come up with this way.
Jun 27, 2016, 5:11 am
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Air Berlin is showing £909 round-trip DUS to JFK - use UA miles for LHR-DUS.
Also £990 DUS to ORD.
Jun 27, 2016, 5:55 am
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I don't quite understand these prices. ITA Matrix shows Y fares from DUB into ORD starting from £546 for many July dates on a 6-day stay requirement - earliest leave date is 5th July. VS is lowest, with not the best flight times, but another £90 or so gets you much shorter flight times.
I see flights to MCI with EI starting at £725.
There are so many ways of getting to DUB, including low-cost airlines, that it really shouldn't be that expensive to make the connecting flights and still save a lot of money - FR is in the region of £65 return in July.
I see flights to MCI with EI starting at £725.
There are so many ways of getting to DUB, including low-cost airlines, that it really shouldn't be that expensive to make the connecting flights and still save a lot of money - FR is in the region of £65 return in July.
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Jun 27, 2016, 6:25 am
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I don't quite understand these prices. ITA Matrix shows Y fares from DUB into ORD starting from £546 for many July dates on a 6-day stay requirement - earliest leave date is 5th July. VS is lowest, with not the best flight times, but another £90 or so gets you much shorter flight times.
I see flights to MCI with EI starting at £725.
There are so many ways of getting to DUB, including low-cost airlines, that it really shouldn't be that expensive to make the connecting flights and still save a lot of money - FR is in the region of £65 return in July.
I see flights to MCI with EI starting at £725.
There are so many ways of getting to DUB, including low-cost airlines, that it really shouldn't be that expensive to make the connecting flights and still save a lot of money - FR is in the region of £65 return in July.
Jun 27, 2016, 7:16 am
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Jun 27, 2016, 1:39 pm
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This seems very surprising since if you are on a separate ticket you have to pay APD which far exceeds that £30 for trips to the USA. I was going to suggest departing OSL, where it's about £650 next week to MCI, and it's cheap getting to OSL.
