snowbunny

Yeah, £220 to ATL and then roughly £60 on to Orlando is worth it -- the flights into Orlando via Continental or America usually connected anyway and they were more like £600 for the same dates!
:scared:

Me, I'd rather have the money for beer. Which you will need to get through the nightmare that is Hartsfield Airport in Atlanta, but it's over with soon enough.

There are old jokes that people who die in the Midwest have to transfer to Heaven through O'Hare; people who die in the South have to transfer through Hartsfield

jaytee

first try is:

cheapest flight to England RT, say.... 4/12 to 4/26 would be


Roundtrip flight 455.00/person
OutboundFlight Duration Miles


Northwest Airlines Flight 431
2hr 41mn 958mi
Departs: 5:20P 4/12
Orlando Intl Apt (MCO)
Arrives: 8:01P 4/12
Detroit Wayne County (DTW)
Aircraft: Boeing 757 (Jet) Meal: Food for Purchase


Connection: Detroit Wayne County (DTW) 1hr 39mn


Northwest Airlines Flight 32
7hr 25mn 3786mi
Departs: 9:40P 4/12
Detroit Wayne County (DTW)
Arrives: 10:05A 4/13
London Gatwick Apt (LGW)
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas DC-10 (Jet) Meal: Snack or Brunch


Outbound Totals: 11hr 45mn 4744.0mi


Return Flight Duration Miles

Northwest Airlines Flight 31
8hr 20mn 3786mi
Departs: 1:50P 4/26
London Gatwick Apt (LGW)
Arrives: 5:10P 4/26
Detroit Wayne County (DTW)
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas DC-10 (Jet) Meal: Snack or Brunch


Connection: Detroit Wayne County (DTW) 1hr 50mn

Northwest Airlines Flight 416
2hr 33mn 958mi
Departs: 7:00P 4/26
Detroit Wayne County (DTW)
Arrives: 9:33P 4/26
Orlando Intl Apt (MCO)
Aircraft: Boeing 757 (Jet) Meal: Food for Purchase


Return Totals: 12hr 43mn 4744.0mi


Roundtrip flight $455.00/person

Use that as a guideline

snowbunny

You can't use it as a guideline because it's roundtrip travel which starts in the US. Pricing is generally higher if the travel starts in the UK. You could try to get round it by buying two one-way tickets but again, you'd get one segment originating in the US (cheaper) and then one originating in the UK (more expensive) rather than an overall cheaper US-originated roundtrip.

No it doesn't seem fair but the same holds true for roundtrips originating in Canada -- they are more expensive than the same roundtrip originating in the US (eg Toronto to Dallas return is more expensive than Dallas to Toronto roundtrip).

If anyone knows WHY this is true, I'd love to know, but in pricing flights I've found it to hold every time I've tried.

cindyabs

The taxes are what are outrageous on the transatlantic flights.

Englishmum

Try looking at the prices here:

http://www.cheapflights.co.uk/flights/Orlando/

and

http://www.thomascook.com/promotions...rican_fltdeals

cindyabs

Even though I am a travel agent, I always had my husband look at that site for his flights over here from the UK. He always found a bargain.

snowbunny

If any of you ever need lodging in the UK I highly recommend laterooms.com.