Any way to get to the US on the cheap?
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http://www.expedia.co.uk/Flights-Se...,adults:1,seniors:0,infantinlap:Y&mode=search
First result is under £650 from Heathrow, stopover in Newark
First result is under £650 from Heathrow, stopover in Newark
They are really expensive... I've looked into that a fair amount and they are almost always more expensive than flying.
Can you put in a request for another travel grant? I know a friend recently applied to something for just this reason.
The flights you were responding to the recommendation for fit your bill... you'd arrive the evening of the 1st and leave the evening of the 6th.
While I understand the convenience of staying in the conference hotel it's unlikely to be your cheapest even at your discounted rate.
AirBnB could be a really good option, for something £20-30 less a night you'd be looking at somewhere really nice
Of course you can, if that's a hard budget, then there's plenty of 2 star hotels for £250-300
I do like the idea of going to LA and driving, but I don't think it would work. I'll be travelling from Birmingham. Cheapest option I can see on Google is £600 and that involves 2 stops. Flights to SF are only £650 (still a bit out of ideal price range) and only involves 1 stop and no need to drive.
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I can vouch for the fact that San Fran flights are quite a lot more expensive than others. We booked ours months ago for July and we paid £725 each. Thats from Manchester via Dublin.
Flights to LA are cheaper like Fox says.
I cant help think your accomodation price is quite high, I woulda thought you coulda done it for less than £100 a night.
edit : actually looking at the hotel we booked for comparison I can see your issue. The place we are staying is now quoting $610 a night for your dates. Madness. We paid £126 a night.
Flights to LA are cheaper like Fox says.
I cant help think your accomodation price is quite high, I woulda thought you coulda done it for less than £100 a night.
edit : actually looking at the hotel we booked for comparison I can see your issue. The place we are staying is now quoting $610 a night for your dates. Madness. We paid £126 a night.
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It does work and I took the trouble to show you how it works. The direct flight to LAX is 470 quid.
You asked us how to get there on the cheap but you keep throwing obstacles at all the suggestions. Whilst in sure it would be lovely to fly from Birmingham ( though I can't see why, most of the flights to the west coast from Birmingham involve crap multiple stop routes on 757s) if you want cheap you need to get a bus to Heathrow.
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[TW]Fox;28170739 said:
Wake up on the wrong side of bed this morning or something?
I just checked Google. Cheapest flights I could find BHX to LAX were £600:
https://www.google.co.uk/flights/#search;f=BHX;t=LAX;d=2015-09-01;r=2015-09-06;so=p;q=bhx+to+lax
Cheapest flights from London to BHX were £500 and that involves two layovers, one of which is for over 10 hours, with a total journey time of 27 plus hours, and doesn't include the cost of getting to London and from LA to SF:
https://www.google.co.uk/flights/#search;f=LCY,LGW,LHR,LTN,STN;t=LAX;d=2015-09-01;r=2015-09-06;so=p
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You could jump in the back of a lorry or another way is to look for cars being imported and jump in the boot. I hear it works sometimes.
I was looking on http://www.visamapper.com/ the only two countries i could see that don't require a visa in to the US is canada and malta.
I would have liked to know what our border status was with countries before the EU because i could have sworn we have more countries on the green list before the EU. Now every country in the EU has the same green list. Isreal has more green on the list than the UK and isreal is only 60 years old. Also UK is pretty much open borders for half the world if you didnt know.
US can arrive in the UK without a visa but not the other way around.
I was looking on http://www.visamapper.com/ the only two countries i could see that don't require a visa in to the US is canada and malta.
I would have liked to know what our border status was with countries before the EU because i could have sworn we have more countries on the green list before the EU. Now every country in the EU has the same green list. Isreal has more green on the list than the UK and isreal is only 60 years old. Also UK is pretty much open borders for half the world if you didnt know.
US can arrive in the UK without a visa but not the other way around.
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London to LAX you can do as a direct flight for £473 with US Airways by going on the 31st of August as [TW]Fox says rather than on the 1st of September - maybe there's a reason why you can't use that date but it is as he pointed out. There don't appear to be direct flights from Birmingham to LAX or at least not on those dates so if it was me I'd be factoring in the inconvenience of changing planes and the time for a stopover. A return train fare from Birmingham to London seems to set you back around £22 plus travel to Heathrow so add on another small chunk for that - of course this is also an inconvenience as well but depending on how tight the budget is and what else you'd be doing with the time this might be a better option for you.
The costs for travelling from LAX to San Francisco are the car hire, fuel plus driving time but the car hire cost was included in his post. Maybe you don't drive or maybe you can't afford the time (both for the driving and going a day earlier) but it's a pretty good way round the issue and it may even be an opportunity to have a bit of fun on a shortish roadtrip.
You've asked for a cheap(er) way of doing things and options have been given - if they're unsuitable for what you want then that's the way it is but if you're going to make up very specific parameters for what you want then that is always likely to cost you more money unless you're very lucky. Flexibility is almost always the best way to get cheaper options when travelling.
I put out on the 31st August, gives you the 470 direct flights to LAX for 470 quid. No layover. No changes. Direct.
