Cheap flights to UK
 

Can anyone suggest a good site to go to for cheap flights to UK in May

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Loads of threads on this recently! I have had some good deals on BA out of Dallas recently and they guarantee their website to be cheapest

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From my experience, there is no one good site for cheap flights. It really depends where you are flying from. Try expedia for general good fares.

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Why does no one ever ask for a safe flight ....

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depends on destination and airports you want to use, also if you want a direct flight or don't mind having a few transfers....

check out airlines direct would be the best bet, and then all the usual suspects of expedia, orbits, etc etc etc...

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cheap is better :D

really cheap, and oh so sale would be russian and chinese airways :D

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BA has been alternating between normal fares and really cheap fares. Keep checking til you find something palatable. I had to wait until one week before departure, when they finally put on a decent fare sale. :D

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No need to.
With air marshalls now that's a given :)

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Expedia are hiddeously expensive IMO, I find much better deals going directly to the airlines website, BA have had some spectacular deals recently, I'm going back ot the UK from LA 'up front' for $1100 for me and my son (not each), I've discovered that by booking the connecting flight seperately (we fly into heathrow then on to Manchester) you can save loads, I got the return flights from Heathrow to Manchester for 19 quid each.. :cool:

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Unless you say anything's "da bomb." :rolleyes:

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Our flight back is on the 25th of May, $750 each may seem a bit steep, I booked 2 weeks ago, did not want to leave it any longer, there going up pretty fast now. Going with Continental found they had less waiting time at Newark than the others, just me and a 4 year old did not want to be hanging about for hours waiting for connection :)

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having a good break between connection can be handy these days though, what with immigration and bagage being a mare...

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An hour seems enough, BA was 4 hours :eek: no thanks.

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4 hours might be a bit much, but an hour might not be enough...well i know a couple people get hold up for a long time in boston, one had a 2 hour lay over, but got held up for 4 hours at the airport...which was a mare...but then don't have a kid to amuse either :D

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I've always found expedia matchs BA website's fares but that might be just from New York :)

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we had an hour and a half when we connected in Chicago, the airline assured us it was enough time which of course it wasn't, the plane left without us and the airline didn't give a shit (United). I had to cry, beg, plead etc etc to even get us a seat on the next flight, in the end it took us 29 hours to get back form the UK, they wouldn't even let us use the phone to call our cab company back in LA to let them know we were going to be late, never again :mad: . BA will always rush you through the customs line etc if they know you have a connection something that other airlines have never ever done for us..If you are even slightly delayed you're going to be pushing it, especially with a 4 year old, if he needs the loo or is just too tired to rush, you'll be in trouble, I would seriously consider getting a flight with more connection time cos if you miss it you'll probably be left with a much longer wait than 4 hours..

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I've done it before but that was with BA 2 years ago. I'll have to keep my fingers crossed, rather not stress about all the nightmare's that could happen :(

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I've flown through Ohare on both AA and UA with 1h 30m to 2hrs between connections several times. The most anoying thing about Ohare, is getting on that stupid tram/train to get back to the terminals. I think we have about 2hrs between flights there in april.

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You'll be fine! *in a very calm monotone voice* :D

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We have found some good deals on this web site I think 3 of my 5 trips back have been booked though them.

www.bt-store.com

Ash :)

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Just looked the flights are a lot cheaper
Thanks

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Maybe you should look at that site a bit more closely.
When I plugged in my dates I got hits back that would save me $200.
When I selected my desired flight it then said it was checking availability on altrnate days (which I didn't want) and then came back with flights $300 dearer. It would not let me book the cheap flights :confused:

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The last time I booked through them I saved a lot of money traveling 2 days earlier than I planned... suppose it depends on how flexible you are on getting a good deal.

Ash :)

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I just looked too, when I selected the cheapest option it then said "the airline has increased this fare' and the actual price was $200 more..this happened regardless of which airline you chose. :confused:

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Just did a check on a ticket to london from washington...looking at cheapest option for march 13 to march 22 the fare was $209...looking good....this was with lufthansa.....taxes on this exceptionally cheap, not non stop fare were $307 ....hmmmmm

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Book it ...quick, before it goes up.