Struggling to find reasonable £ tickets to New York

[VivaLeBeaver]

For next August. Fairly flexible about dates.

Cheapest I've found with sky scanner is £670!

Meant to ask....will they get cheaper if I leave it a bit?

Prices tend to increase the nearer a person books to the departure gate.

BA are currently doing a sale though so this is worth looking at.

Use Expedia and look after Xmas they should go in sale. There's also a new Norwegian airline doing cheap flights there, can't remember the name. However august is the most expensive time to go, November and February by far the cheapest.

BAs fares are much cheaper from mid August and fares start at around the £400-£500 mark.

I was looking for October half-term and getting updates from Skyscanner and Expedia - even with stopovers, they are close to £600 then!

It's in the middle of school holidays, so will be pricey.

an airline who I wouldn't usually look at who do good deals are Thomas cook airlines - especially from Manchester!

you can also look at flying out to somewhere like Schipol (sp) airport (or somewhere else) if you dont mind a 2 leg flight, which might be cheaper

Norwegian have flights in August for about £490 but they are the easyjet of longhaul and you have to pay extra for bags, food, headphones etc. They fly out of Gatwick.

Thanks. Think I,ll look after Xmas again.

Found flights for £550 right at the end of August which is a bit better but google suggests if I wait a bit longer prices may come down.

Try aer lingus, you'll need to connect in Dublin/Shannon but they offer connecting flights, are decent comfort and not too dear.

I've booked Norwegian and paid for 2 bags and seats together. Got bulkhead seats so hope it stays that way. I also looked at Icelandair with a stretch your legs in Reyjkavik so now we are coming back with them but doing a stopover in Reyjkavik. I read an article on Norwegian and it said that you have to book 9 months in advance to get a seat so don't leave it too long. Also if you qo through quidco you get a little bit back.

We looked in 2013 for that summer and couldn't get a good price so ended up going October 2013 half term for £1850 for two adults & two teenagers, good flight times as well.

Now looking for next summer so please keep this thread uodated if you find any bargains. Best we've found so far was £2500 for four and I just don't want to pay that much!

White wine and viva.. What is your departure airport? Have you considered a Tuesday or Wednesday departure day?

Looking at across the month searches or the ones that are flexible 3 days either way is also a good tip. Kayak and Skyscanner search engines have price alerts. Try to avoid flying on a fri, sat or sun.

For our three trips to USA we booked in sept, November and January all for departure late june.