Airfare to London this summer is ridiculous
 

Does anyone have any ideas for airfare deals? My dates are flexible. 1000 all summer long is crazy!

Er, book earlier next time ? I usually try too book a year ahead, or as soon as flights go on sale if later ?

Fly to Dublin (flights in July for $690 on Kayak) and then take the train/ ferry to London?
You might save $200.

Did you try the airfare search on ITAsoftware.com? A friend of mine just flew on Iceland Air to London from the US on what he thought was a good fare. They're a new airline, but I don't know much about them. I like the Dublin idea... I might look into that myself.

From Where? Virgin had some good fares a week or so ago

I don't think $1000 is ridiculous given the current cost of fuel, and fares were high last year, also.

My friend flies Icelandair and likes them a lot, they usually go through Reykyavik to other cities, so you have a stopover, though. But they have some good fares if you are near an airport they fly from. They aren't a new airline, they've been around for years and years.

Just try kayak.com

FYI, IcelandAir is not a new airline. They've been around for over 50 years and flying to the US since the early 2000s. I've flown them three times in the last 6 years.

Christina, great minds think alike! ;-)

I will try all the above suggestions. I was just laid off so I have a lot of time and just a little money. Virgin was even 1000

GO to itasoftware.com or Kayak and use the MONTH-LONG feature

Give us some specific dates that you are looking for and we can give you better advice! Are you flying in/out of London or doing multi-city, etc. This would help.

And where you're flying FROM would be nice to know as well.

Try through Lisbon with TAP or Barcelona with Iberia.

Other than that try not to be victimised. we are not going the other way this year for the same reason. £800 is £300 too much. I have never paid more than £500 and never will.

Always pay £40,000 for a family car. Audi didn't come to me this year and ask for £70,000.

Stuff you BA!

Sardinia here we come.

Jet2 : £89 return.

I flew Icelandair from Luxembourg to JFK via Reykjavik in 1991. There was a looooong layover for passengers to buy all sorts of overpriced Iceland stuff.

I am always on the hunt for a good fare to AMS or CDG. Delta seems to be the best lately.

Don't you folks recall the price of summer tickets pre-9/11? They were typically in the $1,500 range, even from consolidators. The airlines have learned how to jam more seats on a plane and sell them all in high season. Don't expect any good deals until after Christmas.

Flew Icelandair from Seattle to Paris, and back from Amsterdam last month for $829. Only a 45 minute stopover in Reykjavik, so the flight was "only" 11 hours 35 minutes long, compared to 15 - 16 hours for other one stop flights. Only problems were that NOTHING is free, and the poor quality/strange meal was stupid expensive. The other problem were the seats. Pitch was a standard 32", but the hard leatherette seats themselves were obviously built for short hauls.

Most uncomfortable seat our posteriors have ever experienced.

Bring food and a pillow.

sort of crazy I know but

airtransat.ca has YTO LGW

July Aug for $260 each way on sale all in

pretty awesome deal...

might be worth heading north to save...

www.airtransat.ca

similar deals to all over europe

might play around there with the sale offers

find something that will work...

for YTO u can fly into BUF take a bus from $10 to YTO

Airtransat doesn't seem to fly from any airport called YTO but is that YYZ? And their fares from Toronto to LGW are more like CA$901 RT when you include taxes on the dates I checked in July/Aug, which is US$921? Their taxes are higher than the fare.

of course not sure we know where the departure city is, you won't save anything by having to get to Toronto first, I imagine.

I am leaving from NY I am looking for any days in July I am going to do more research tonight after I talk to my friend!