Hello! I'm glad to have found these forums. I'm in the very early stages of planning our first trip to London. Thanks to the great advice on these forums, I have decided I will be using Bidding For Travel and Priceline to book our hotel. I have used Priceline in the past and had a great experience with them. What I am concerned about is the flight. We will be going sometime in October 2007. I would prefer to go early October, but I'm flexible. Where should I start looking for flights? What airlines have you used in the past? What is an approximate price for a round-way trip ticket? I know flights and taxes have recently gone up quite a bit. As far as deals, when would these start popping up? August? In the past, where have you found the best flight deals? Thank you! Looking forward to your responses!

I forgot to mention that we will be flying out of New York City.

kayak.com is a good place to start looking for flights - it searches lots of other sites and returns the prices, then directs you to where to buy.

Since you are flying out of the Northeast/NYC you have lots of choices.

Besides kayak - also sign upp for Orbitz' and all the individual airline e-mail alerts. You will get a notice when a fare sale breaks. Don't worry which airline so much - just get the best fare.

On Orbitz you can plug in a $# and they will send you a notice whenever that fare or lower is found.

Also sign up for British Airway's emails http://www.britishairways.com/travel...g/public/en_us You will get notice of special offers. They are a good airline to fly with.

janisj:
Thanks for the tip! I wasn't aware that you could do this. Appreciate it!
Does anyone know what a good deal might be for the last week in September or anytime in October?

<<On Orbitz you can plug in a $# and they will send you a notice whenever that fare or lower is found. >>

Check out farecompare.com. You can see who is flying there for the least.