Is there a long haul version of easyjet?

homers_double

Planning a trip to the states and need flights to florida.

Any reccomendations?

jamiejim

Dont think there are any budget long haul flights, but you can get pretty cheap fares with BA or Virgin as long as you book well in advance

truespin

there aren't really long haul budget airlines (who save money by increasing the number of seats and flying to smaller airports) I'd try United, BA & Virgin - book as far in advance as possible

homers_double

Cheers. I'm not after "budget" airlines, but dont want to pay the £550 advertised prices.

jamiejim

Few months ago a return to New York was £250, you can probably get it close to that

truespin

Indeed, I got a return to new york with accommodation for 5 days for £435

jamiejim

truespin wrote:

Indeed, I got a return to new york with accommodation for 5 days for £435

Bargain, do you know any good hostels in NY? Im going for a couple of months next year and wanna do it on the cheap

truespin

I stayed at a hotel for that price:)

it was a couple of blocks back from the north end of central park in a 'kinda' dodgy area - but not bad at all - neither of us got mugged at least

All booked a package through expedia (IIRC) and I've just remembered we flew Air India...

Red Lemon

As a very general rule of thumb, flights to the USA tend to be cheapest around october and february. It was £250 return a few months ago because of seasonal variations. It will drop again, but in the off-season.

Expedia is your friend, although you'll probably end up Air France-ing it via Paris. Enjoy :?

-C-

Zoom might be a good bet if they fly there.

DonnieMurdo

Fly Globespan

http://www.flyglobespan.com/index.asp?lan=en

Jimbob_no5

airtours if there still around or delta airlines to Atlanta then connecting flight to florida

Fuzz Monkey Five

Looks in any Sunday paper travekl , they are stufed full of adverts for agencies offering low cost flights, you shuld be able to pick up a flight for £300-350 return by trying few places.

pmerryman

Received an email off BA the other day stating 45% off selected troutes, so they may be worth a try.

blacksun

homers double wrote:

Planning a trip to the states and need flights to florida.

Any reccomendations?

Start swimming, lazy bugger

What dates are you looking to travel on/around?

Sheepish

UKMB

UH DH

Have a look at Icelandair. They do routes via Reykjavik to New York with a long enough stop to go to the Blue Lagoon for a soak. They're meant to be fairly cheap.

[edit] around the £600 mark. bugger.[/edit]

urbanfatboy

I take it you've tried expedia and opodo, have you?

BoardinBob

http://www.skyscanner.net/gbp/flights-f ... xtview=icy

Checks all the budget airlines with an option to check your BA, Virgin types etc once you've selected your travel dates and seen the budget prices.

jc4lab

jamiejim wrote:

truespin wrote:

Indeed, I got a return to new york with accommodation for 5 days for £435

Bargain, do you know any good hostels in NY? Im going for a couple of months next year and wanna do it on the cheap

Theres dozens..Big apple ,Chelsea, Amstderdam AVE YHA Central park..http://www.hostelworld.co.uk

jamiejim

the chelsea one looks allrite

passout

There are no true budget long haul airlines.
Look on the opodo and travel bag websites.

Avoid Eastern European, (former) Russian and African airlines - forever! Otherwise there's not very much difference, go by price and forget the name of the airline.

Having said that BMI and KLM have always been reasonable I find. I think Emirates are the best airline. BA is good but overpriced. Try BMI first.

shorty15

dont know!