Hi,

I'm wondering if anyone can help me because I'm trying to find an airline that offers cheap one-way flights to the UK.

My problem is that when I try to find a one-way flight with KLM (with whom I've been a frequent flyer for the last 6 years) or Air Canada (as two examples), the one-way ticket for my route is $1700. If I choose an arbitrary return date, I can buy one for $700. It seems to me that if they can offer a return flight for $700, they should offer a one-way flight for $350 (indeed, KLM used to do this a few years ago). My friends are telling me to just suck it up and pay the $700 but since work has dried up in my field in the last year, even that is a lot of money to me. Anyone know of an airline that actually offers cheap one-way tickets???

Thanks
Cat

London from Toronto $400 inc taxes one way.
http://www.airtransat.ca/en/Special-...gamme&tmpl=GEN

Your problem is where you live getting to a major airport for the cheap deals.

Norweigan air do, but you have to factor in travel down to New York city.

As an example, you could fly one way from New York to Manchester via Oslo for $299.30 all in on the 12th November.

https://www.norwegian.com/en/

on the Norweigian Air flight November 12, + a one way on Porter airlines Toronto to Newark is $174.85 if that helps

Ground transportation Newark to JFK is $24

Cost $300 +$175 +24 = $499

Looks like the AT price direct is the better way

Lol, tell me about it! I always have to take the bus ($300) down to Montreal because a flight from Sept-Iles to Montreal costs $1000 itself!

Thanks for the links both. I'll have a look at getting to Toronto or NY and flying from there.

if a cheap one way Montreal to the UK is $400 add to that the cost to get to Montreal another $$$$ which would be more in total than the $700 return price via KLM - then the return flight price appears to be the best option.

Good luck

That's the problem though, I don't want to return to Montreal. I'm waiting for PR and my work permit is expiring. Work has dried up in Quebec and so I'm heading home. Maybe I'll get my PR in January but maybe it'll be June. Since I don't know, I'm only looking at one-way rather than potentially wasting money booking a return I won't be able to use.

Unless I missed something in what you were looking for as far as lowest cost flight to the UK?

look at it from the price point ONLY, not the fact that its a one-way or a return ticket

If you buy the return ticket you forfeit the return leg by not turning up for the flight & as you have said you can get a return ticket for $700. Other options posted above do not seem to help since you need to spend money to get to Montreal or other Canadian cities to get a cheaper one-way flight.

Would you make the long journey through how ever many airports traveling for days to save a few bucks.

Spending $1700 on a one-way doesn't make any sense too me

or what about other airline carriers such as

Provincial Airlines Sept-Iles to Montreal one way Nov 12 all in price $340.47

https://www.provincialairlines.ca/

You don't necessarily forfeit the return flight - at least with Air Canada. Maybe the other scheduled airlines offer a similar policy (See below).

When we came over from the UK in May 2010, it was cheaper to get a return with AC. We booked the return for January 2011 (we had no intention of going to the UK, it was just the cheapest return date available to book).

A week before the Jan 2011 flight, I phoned AC, cancelled the tickets and turned them into a flight voucher. Basically, we could use the flight voucher and rebook the return flight for anytime upto May 2011. We would have only paid the fare difference if any.

Now, we had no intention of flying back in May 2011 either, so I cancelled the ticket completely (As you can't push it any further than a year after original travel). I was told by the rude lady on the phone, I wasn't entitled to a refund, but I could e-mail them and try. I e-mailed, and got #GBP150 (i think, can't remember exactly) for each of the four tickets.

Anyway, if you're thinking of coming back to Canada within the year, this may be the way to do it.

great info - depends of course of the fare class structure

for the OP who was looking at KLM

http://www.klm.com/travel/ca_en/plan...ions/index.htm

True, but if I can spend $500 on a one-way ticket, why spend the $700 on a return ticket when I doubt I'll ever use that return ticket?

In addition, I just remembered I'll be in Montreal anyway because I need to drive my stuff down there to put into storage for if/when I return with my PR. So I won't need to spend extra on the bus to get to Montreal. I can get from Montreal to Toronto for just $10 with Megabus so the $500 flight Air Transat quoted me when I phoned plus that $10 is still cheaper than the $700 return.

I looked into KLM and once I've made the outbound flight, I can't get a refund on the unused return flight. When I asked about getting a voucher if I cancelled, I was told no. Great way to treat a frequent flyer! I'll ask Air Canada next about their vouchers - seems a good option too.

Depends on the ticket class, full fare tickets can be cancelled, some for refund some not, cheap tickets are not. You pays your money you take your choice. Per KM, air travel is a fraction of the price of bus or train travel.

Don't mention 'cancelling' the return. Say you may need to turn the return flight into a flight voucher as your return date isn't set. See what they say.

Just out of curiosity, WTF are you doing in Sept-Iles? Iron ore?