Tony_Tiger

Thomas Cook is seasonal last time I used them.
Canadian Affair and Airtransat are the cheapest. But not flexible with fairs. BA are expensive but tickets can be extended by paying $100 (fifty pounds, I don't have a pound sign on my Canadian keyboard!)

JonboyE

Hold the Alt key down and type 156. Just like this £.

Tony_Tiger

Im on a mac...

britsnake

Hold down the options key and the 3 on a MAC (<opt>3)

Tony_Tiger

£ yay!!!

Former Lancastrian

There again typing in 50 quid is just as easy

HSJones

Weird coincidence! I have been living here for three years and was just told this little trick yesterday by a friend. Who knew! £££ - yey!

britsnake

I recently bought a ticket with BA and they were cheaper than Air Transat but I believe that they only sell a limited number of tickets at the lower prices as when I checked a few days later the tickets for the same flight were substancially more expensive. I could have got the tickets even cheaper if I had bought the tickets when I first saw the price.

The problem travelling with companies like Air Transat is that when things go wrong you are in trouble.

The last time I went to the UK there were people being told that their flight had been cancelled and they were going to have to wait a couple of days before being able to fly back.

So far I have never had any problems but know a few people who have.

Former Lancastrian

Any airline is subject to late arrivals/departures and cancellations.
In my experience I have found that smaller airlines or the seasonal ones are more prone to these as opposed to BA, AC, Lufthansa, KLM etc etc.
I think if a survey was done you would probably find that Transat, Sunwing, Canadian Affair and Iceland Express would be at the top of the list.

Lots of BE posters use American carriers or use US airports to get back to the UK.
At the end of the day you pay for what you get.