Need help planning for Austin, TX in 2012

The_Abyss · 13 Oct 2011 at 21:38

We've a hopefully epic boys trip planned for next year. Starting with the Austin GP we plan to take a 3 or 4 day road trip across to Las Vegas, party for another 3 days and then fly back. We had originally planned to do Montreal, Vegas, Austin but then they moved Austin way back in the calendar.

A fairly simply question - does anyone know the best way to get to Austin? There are no direct flights to Austin, and none that I can find to Houston or Dallas.

Glaucus · 13 Oct 2011 at 21:40

Not any help, but just in case you haven't spotted it. The Callander has changed and TX is now towards end of season.

The_Abyss · 13 Oct 2011 at 21:45

Yeah - it was Montreal 10 June and then Austin 17 June. Now Austin is bumped right into November - I think it was weather related - too hot in Texas in June.

CaptainRAVE · 13 Oct 2011 at 22:41

Would love to go to another F1 race in the US - the last one I got to was one of the last Indy races (not THAT one though luckily).

gobbo · 13 Oct 2011 at 23:02

Both BA and Continental fly year round into George Bush Intercontinental from LHR, and BA/AA codeshare to Dallas/Fort Worth from LHR so not sure why you can't find flights.

There are plenty of other ways to get to Austin Airport, but it will involve connecting, I'd look to fly to Atlanta with Delta or Vegas with who ever and then connect onto Southwest

The_Abyss · 14 Oct 2011 at 00:26

Hmm - thanks - I'll look that up. I was relying on Expedia to find the possible flight routes - clearly they have some sort of commission deal on with transfers in Charlotte and Atlanta.

gobbo · 14 Oct 2011 at 08:06

Surprisingly, one of the best resources I've found when travelling to places without a direct flight is Wikipedia as they have full destination listings for most (if not all) of the US airports which are normally 99% accurate.

Or another good try is a business travel firm (I know you're not on business but they'll still help you) as they are more suited to getting people to the more unusual/non-holiday destinations so have a better knowledge of routes/connections especially to the US.

Weebull · 14 Oct 2011 at 08:40

http://www.skyscanner.net/

The_Abyss · 14 Oct 2011 at 23:03

Thanks again chaps - will have a look over the weekend.