just been on line - is this a good deal for a return flight?

CAD = Canadian Dollar Price
Passengers Air transportation charges Taxes, fees and charges
1 adult(s) x (487.00 + 210.54) = 697.54 CAD
total for all travellers 697.54 CAD

CAD = Canadian Dollar
Toronto to Manchester
Flight 1 Sunday, January 25, 2015

Departure: 8:10PM Toronto, Canada - Lester B. Pearson International, terminal 3
Arrival: 6:25AM +1 day Reykjavik, Iceland - Keflavik International
Airline: Icelandair FI602
Aircraft: Boeing 757-200
Fare type: Economy Class Special

Change of plane required. Time between flights : 1:35.

Flight 2 Monday, January 26, 2015

Departure: 8:00AM Reykjavik, Iceland - Keflavik International
Arrival: 10:35AM Manchester, United Kingdom - Manchester Airport, terminal 1
Airline: Icelandair FI440
Aircraft: Boeing 757-200
Fare type: Economy Class Special

Manchester to Toronto
Flight 1 Friday, January 30, 2015

Departure: 12:25PM Manchester, United Kingdom - Manchester Airport, terminal 1
Arrival: 3:00PM Reykjavik, Iceland - Keflavik International
Airline: Icelandair FI441
Aircraft: Boeing 757-200
Fare type: Economy Class Special

Change of plane required. Time between flights : 2:00.

Flight 2 Friday, January 30, 2015

Departure: 5:00PM Reykjavik, Iceland - Keflavik International
Arrival: 5:55PM Toronto, Canada - Lester B. Pearson International, terminal 3
Airline: Icelandair FI603
Aircraft: Boeing 757-200
Fare type: Economy Class Special

CAD = Canadian Dollar
Price
Passengers Air transportation charges Taxes, fees and charges
1 adult(s) x (487.00 + 210.54) = 697.54 CAD
total for all travellers 697.54 CAD

That's a long time to be traveling. Wouldn't a direct flight be worth the extra?

2nd choice with the lowest fare, direct flight Air Transat $762 (winter schedule few flights) Jan 19 -Feb 3, doesn't meet my dates.

Other airlines all have connecting flights and are more than Iceland Air

Back to the drawing board

I didn't think the transit time was too bad, actually. Outbound journey is 9 hours and change; return is 10½ hours. That's only a couple more than a direct flight, for a significant saving. I haven't flown with Icelandair, but I know a couple of people who have and found it a (relatively) pleasant experience, as much as any transatlantic flight is these days. As long as no Icelandic volcanoes are misbehaving, it seems like a good option to me.

I used to do that route from JFK to London a lot when I was in university and although it was cheap, it was bloody long and boring, plus the bar in Keflek airport was spendy for an undergraduate but it might have changed as that was a long time ago.

I fly this exact route regularly and can't recommend Icelandair enough. A little longer travelling time, but there is an excellent selection of in flight entertainment, and while you have to pay extra for the food its reasonably priced and of a good quality for airplane food.

The main attraction for me however is that it is the only airline left with a two 23kg bag luggage allowance as standard for transatlantic flights. Over the years it has saved me a fortune in extra baggage charges!

Thankyou Iceland Air for your input

My OH flew this route last year and she was not impressed, she said at the time it was ok, thats coz i paid and she just didnt want to upset me. So i told her about this flight thinking hey she can go again for many cheapness and she said (Rude word F - That) not a (Rude word) chance it sucked big !!!

Definitely not Icelandair, just a lady who flies with them a lot. I lived in Iceland for a while between my two IEC visas, and am getting married to my Canadian OH in Reykjavik next year.

I do prefer to fly direct when possible (my best deal was MAN-YYZ for a little over £300 with Air Transat in 2011) but as I said before the luggage deal you get with Icelandair is great when you're hauling your whole life around in two suitcases.

I may just be biased though, as I met the employer for the best job I've ever had on a KEF-YYZ flight when our seats were assigned next to each other!

No wurries, was just an odd first post ImO, Glad to hear you liked the flight, to be honest some may like the stop over, others not so much, every one will like the price tho i exspect

Good luck to you sunshine...

The point of my OP was 'is this a good deal' for regular off season cheap flights with a 1-2 hr wait, the cost is way lower than the big airlines which I believe you cannot fly directly YYZ to MAN.

I will fly cheap cattle class if it saves me ~$100 or more, rather than fly YYZ -LHR-MAN on AC/BA cattle class which is at least a 12 hr flight or have to go YYZ to a place in Europe then fly west back to Manchester. YYZ to MAN is not well served by the major airlines

Of course there is the USA route YYZ - MAN through Philadelphia, again a layover & more expensive

Icelandair serves its purpose.

As for direct with Transat - they are the worse of the worse.

Clucking Bell, direct flights YYZ-LHR (& then of course you've got to get up norf) on AC are coming out at $1600. For that diff, I'd fly via Iceland too. My favourite flight planning tool is ita.matrix search Matrix - ITA Software . Interestingly enough that brings up the next cheapest option of Jet Airways via Brussels. Wouldn't have thought of flying a loco Indian carrier to the UK from Canada but there you go.

TATL travel is so much easier for me. It's Air Canada direct at whatever the price because it's too painful to fly in the wrong direction for 1.5-3.5hrs before heading across the pond.

The ITA software link is a really nice tool ... thanks

Funny though, the price is cheaper going directly to the Icelandair website for the dates in my OP than what you see on some of the other 'flight' search engine websites

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update

Just back on the Icelandair website & in just 48hours the price has changed again. Its now $870. So I guess the other two flight search engines are up to date matching iceland air.

If I keep the same outbound date & change the return date the price drops. Or move the dates around.

The Icelandair web page is easy to use compared to some of the other web searches