Would you fly Iceland Air?
 

Hi,

I've been looking at ticket prices from BOS to CDG for the week of Thanksgiving. The lowest fare is on Iceland Air.

Give all of the recent issues due to the volcanic ash, I confess I'm a bit hesitant to fly Iceland Air because there is a short layover in Reykjavik. I haven't heard anything lately on the volcano going a bit mad.

One of my colleagues stated I should go ahead and purchase the ticket and just purchase travel insurance. I thought that sounded good. BTW, the ticket is $577 round trip. Not a bad price, I think.

Your thoughts?

TR

TR,

I just posted a blog about your dilemma that may help to you. Check it out at:

http://dmbflyingcoach.blogspot.com/2...ne-flight.html

You will be flying at the busiest time of the year and while travel insurance will get you your money back you may miss out on the beautiful City of Lights. Depending on how important the trip is for you I would skip a week of Starbucks and pay the extra for a direct flight or at least one with a connection on this side of the pond. You are wise to have started shopping for your ticket early.

My weekend in Paris:

http://dmbtraveler195.blogspot.com/2...nce-paris.html

This is like being worried about flying from Atlanta because of a hurricane in New Orleans.

For most of the grounding of flights Keflavik Airport was open. Flights to Europe were grounded - but that would be a problem for any route.

I'd book, the worst that could happen is a stay in Reykjavik & I can think of worse places

Definitely. Flying IcelandAir is a cinch from Logan. No lines and the connection is a breeze. Do it.

Update: I did purchase the ticket on Friday. I couldn't pass up the good price. I've never flown on IcelandAir so I'm looking forward to it.

TR

TravelRibbon - please let us know how the flight was. I really wanted to fly icelandAir with a stopover in Iceland but it didn't work out this trip.

It is very easy to fly to Europe from Boston on IcelandAir. The flight segment to Keflavik is ~5 hours, the flight on to Europe usually less: to Glasgow maybe 2(?), some of it over scenic parts of the highlands and islands.

You do have to change planes in the middle of the night, and the planes are the dreaded 757, but the way the flight is broken up makes it not unpleasant.