cheap flights to USA

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is there any little internet secrets :rolleyes: or anything to getting cheap flights ? booking through a certain site or whatever ?

looking to book a flight from edinburgh to new york on 18th june, return 27th
also a flight from NY to st louis departing about the 23rd and returning on the 27th, to get the flight from NY back home

cheapest i can find is 538 for edb NY return and 238 for ny st louis return
 
I paid £600 for two weeks accom to Orlando including flights in 2009.

This was through an independant travel lady that got our tickets for us.
 
There's no magic site with ridiculously low fares. Search sites such as
www.skyscanner.net
www.fly.com
www.expedia.com
www.kayak.co.uk

Occasionally, you can find a cheaper fare on the airline's website since they sometimes keep a hold of certain discounted fare class tickets instead of allocating them to external agents.

You can also reduce the cost by being flexible with your times, dates and connections. It could well be cheaper to fly to AMS or FRA to pick up the long haul leg.

Consider booking a multi-city itinerary in your case as this could save you a significant amount compared to two separate bookings.

Those prices sound typical.
 
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Rotty said:
US flight prices are through the roof this year, heard a figure of 41% higher than last year mentioned
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They aren't really that much higher. What has happened is that the ridiculous deals that used to crop up every so often, i.e. £199 RT, no longer exist.
The regular discount economy fares are up about 20% on average for me.
 
I think they are higher - thought it seems to have receeded a bit lately, May and June are back to normal levels. September and October are still crazy though - £500 minimum to New York, £650 to LAX. I paid £470 for LAX last September and the 'usual' reasonable deal to New York is circa £350..
 
I just back from NY, spent a week there, return flights with BA for £330. We chose the dates based on the flights though :)
 
BTW. Check on continental.com and do a multi city itinerary. Total cost for all flights is £701. That's a damn good price considering it has the EDI-EWR direct leg during peak season.
 
Prices have definitely gone up. I booked my flight about a week in advance to LAX in december last year. Cost me 440, the exact same flight now for this year 760. If I were to book to leave in the next two or so days though, I can get back close to the 440 mark, so your best bet might be to wait until last minute.
 
Everything was expensive this year until flight centre did a deal to LAX for £1+taxes. Keep an eye on their website for amazing flash sales.

£300 return , jetting off tomorrow, shall be nice with Air NZ :D

Were looking at going to NY but that can wait a few years for when we have saved up more and have far better salaries!
 
I've always found ebookers.com to come up cheapest on all the comparison sites for flights. Although when I did New York - Flight on its own was £900, exact same flight with Expedia + hotel and the flight was half that.
 
[TW]Fox;18732047 said:
How on earth did you get that?!
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Some deals like that pop up occasionally, however they are extremely limited with regards to availability, times and dates. Often, they will be sold out within minutes, especially if someone sticks a link up on twitter or the like. Airlines use them as a loss leader to get people into the frame of mind of booking a flight. For the flag carrier business model of airline, the money making seats are the premium ones. They carry economy passengers at cost price or even a loss some times. It is in their interest to fill the economy cabin so that those who need to travel at last minute have to buy a full fare premium ticket.

Delta have some attractive offers on transat flights at the minute.

Oh and another tip. When you want to book a trans-Atlantic flight in economy during peak seasons, generally 21st June til the end of September, it can often pay off to wait til <30 days before departure to book. There is a risk that the flights will be full and all of the most discounted fares will be gone but if this is not the case there can be some very attractive offers on the plate.

Getting the best fare is a bit of an art as well as a complex science. There is no way to master it but you can make educated decisions. Unless you trip over an excellent offer, you have to take a risk to get the best deals.

Finally, you have to accept that fares have gone up. My average monthly spend on transatlantic flights was around the £460 mark last year. It's up to around £550 now. Nowhere near a 40%+ increase but still significant enough.

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For those of you looking LHR-LAX direct, Turkish airlines had a special offer on recently to promote their new codeshare agreement with United airlines. Tickets were around $500USD all in. It was a Turkish Airlines numbered flight on United metal. I think the deal was only available through Orbitz. Have a look into it.
 
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