Windsor (Canada) to London
 

Hi. I'm hoping to go to UK this fall, and the best airfare I've found would be flying from Windsor, Canada to London Heathrow -- about $900.

Travel guidelines say to wait to book flights until about 10 to 12 weeks before an international flight, but has anyone done the Windsor-->London flight at a better fare than $900?

This will be a "budget trip," so if we can get r/t airfare for less, it would be helpful. But I'm not sure how it could be a much better deal than $900 r/t. That works out to be even less than the Norwegian rates, if we factor in what we'd have to pay to get to JFK.

Thanks.

In checking ITA Matrix, I'm seeing CA$1200-CA$1300 flights for June and July from Windsor.

Moving across the river, I see Det-Lon flights @ $1400-$1600.

If you can get $900 flights, book it.

Thanks -- that was my gut feeling, too.

First, I am assuming you mean Windsor, Ontario, not the other Windsors in Canada. Every time I cross the Atlantic I compare prices from Windsor (Ont) to those from Detroit and I have never seen such a big price gap as this coming summer -- in Canada's favour. Tickets for fall out of Detroit look closer to the Canadian fares. But the Canadian dollar, currently at a 12-cent discount, may continue its slide, giving the US airline price an invisible increase.
Nobody, including the airlines, can be sure when the lowest prices will be offered. Near-capacity passenger loads offer little reason to discount. Shopping tactics suggested in the past were based largely on US internal flights which seem less relevant to trans-Atlantic pricing.
That price you have quoted for fall looks good to me.
As well as comparing prices,I suggest you carefully check the time allowed to make connections, especially since you have to deal with the added Windsor-Toronto hop. Detroit has a fair number of non-stop international flights to Eluropean destinations but the airlines have increased prices on these routes, knowing they will be preferred to itineraries requiring stops.

I'd pounce on it too! Is the flight in Canadian or US dollars?
If Canadian you're going to pay even less because of the exchange rate in your favour. ;^)

I am wondering what airline that is with. I can see that kind of fare on Air Transat from Toronto and return but not on Air Canada from Windsor and return.

For those saying jump on it, it's a normal fare. The norm would be $800-1000 CAD between Toronto and London on Air Transat. Air Canada would normally be higher.