Cheap Flights to NY for British members of Boards

losthorizon

For those Boards Members based in Britain Iceland Express are offering cheap flights to New York. It involves a stopover in Iceland and you have to book by the 29 September but the price is £290 including all taxes and insurance. A 20kg baggage allowance is included. It may be necessary to be flexible with dates to find the £290 fare. The Flights are from Gatwick. I reckon thats at least €200 saving. This deal is valid for travel until 4 June, 2011.

http://www.icelandexpress.com/booking/book_your_flight/

Badgermonkey

Good spot OP. Also doing £145.00 incl taxes one way, availability seems good. Skyscanner.ie are showing these flights with Iceland express (indirect obviously) for €242.00 o/w incl Aer Lingus connection from Dublin.

I think alot of Irish people are quite happy to trek through British airports to take advantage of the price competition on routes.

adamski8

Badgermonkey wrote: »

Good spot OP. Also doing £145.00 incl taxes one way, availability seems good. Skyscanner.ie are showing these flights with Iceland express (indirect obviously) for €242.00 o/w incl Aer Lingus connection from Dublin.

I think alot of Irish people are quite happy to trek through British airports to take advantage of the price competition on routes.

but are they also also willing to go through iceland.
Alot of the time we have no choice but to go through london or paris anyway.

snubbleste

Delta are offering direct flights this Nov-Mar from Dub to Nyc for €385
compared to this 'bargain alert' of £290/€340 indirect from London.

Standard direct fares from London to Nyc hover around £350 anyway

Badgermonkey

Snubbleste,

Delta €385 + TAXES of €140.00 = €525.00

Iceland Express= €357.00 incl Taxes

Even allowing for Dub/Lon connection, that's a bona fide 'Bargain Alert'

snubbleste

Badgermonkey wrote: »

Snubbleste,
Delta €385 + TAXES of €140.00 = €525.00
Iceland Express= €357.00 incl Taxes
Even allowing for Dub/Lon connection, that's a bona fide 'Bargain Alert'

Erm, sample date: Delta Dub-Jfk 08/12-14/12
psgr type ADT €227.00
USDA APHIS Fee $5.00
US Immigration Fee $7.00
US Customs Fee $5.50
Irish Passenger Charge €8.23
Irish Air Travel Tax €10.00
Irish Inspection/Pre-Clearance Charge €1.51
US International Arrival Tax $16.10
DL YQ surcharge €96.00
US International Departure Tax $16.10
US September 11th Security Fee $2.50
US Passenger Facility Charge $4.50
Total for 1 adult passenger: €385.96

omega666

snubbleste wrote: »

Erm, sample date: Delta Dub-Jfk 08/12-14/12
psgr type ADT €227.00
USDA APHIS Fee $5.00
US Immigration Fee $7.00
US Customs Fee $5.50
Irish Passenger Charge €8.23
Irish Air Travel Tax €10.00
Irish Inspection/Pre-Clearance Charge €1.51
US International Arrival Tax $16.10
DL YQ surcharge €96.00
US International Departure Tax $16.10
US September 11th Security Fee $2.50
US Passenger Facility Charge $4.50
Total for 1 adult passenger: €385.96

With air lingus for the same dates you can get a direct return flight
to JFK for 427euro including all taxs and charges and 1 checked in bag.

Savman

Badgermonkey wrote: »

Even allowing for Dub/Lon connection, that's a bona fide 'Bargain Alert'

I disagree. Flying to Gatwick means either Aer Lingus or Ryanair, both of whom charge per bag. So as a rough guesstimate you can add roughly €80ish for your DUB-LGW leg including the gazillion charges and checked baggage fee.

Then you have the luxury of a stopover in Iceland (!) of all places. Sorry but this truly sounds like hell, even for the most determined bargain hunter.

killbillvol2

snubbleste wrote: »

Delta are offering direct flights this Nov-Mar from Dub to Nyc for €385
compared to this 'bargain alert' of £290/€340 indirect from London.

Standard direct fares from London to Nyc hover around £350 anyway

If you'd bothered to read the OP before getting on your high horse you'd have seen that it wasn't posted as a bargain alert for passengers from Ireland.

Badgermonkey

Mea Culpa regarding December flight, my price comparison pertained to May 2011, where that differential with Delta still applies.

Whether some would be aghast at an Icelandic stopover is subjective, others may use it as an opportunity to experience a unique landscape & culture. Like Woodbury Common....but nice...with glaciers.

The Sparrow

snubbleste wrote: »

Delta are offering direct flights this Nov-Mar from Dub to Nyc for €385
compared to this 'bargain alert' of £290/€340 indirect from London.

Why have you put bargain alert in brackets? Just because it may not be relevant to you, that doesn't mean it is any less of a bargain alert.

kingshankly

killbillvol2 wrote: »

If you'd bothered to read the OP before getting on your high horse you'd have seen that it wasn't posted as a bargain alert for passengers from Ireland.

but northern Ireland is in Britain

killbillvol2

kingshankly wrote: »

but northern Ireland is in Britain

No, it's not. Britain is England, Scotland and Wales.

User Friendly

:D

Zardoz

snubbleste wrote: »

Delta are offering direct flights this Nov-Mar from Dub to Nyc for €385

Is that cheap,a few years ago you could fly return for under 300 euro .
Flights seem to have increased alot in recent years.

Minstrel27

kingshankly wrote: »

but northern Ireland is in Britain

Northern Ireland is in the United Kingdom, not Great Britain.