Hope you are having a good week and I hope that if you are using your Christmas money to buy airline tickets to Europe that you are finding some good deals. I feel like the fares have dropped in the last weeks and cheap travel to Europe is more possible than it was just a few weeks ago! So that is good news for all of us.
I am not =( traveling for the holidays this year, but in keeping up with the trends and watching the fares, it feels like a good time to buy cheap airline tickets and hopefully the other things that go along with travel which must be bought. With not-so-rosy projections for next year's economy (again!), perhaps the airline companies are starting to loosen up a bit in order to sell some tickets to people like me who don't have to travel, but sure would like to if we can find some decent prices. If you are reading this, that probably includes you!
I just came across some fares that are A+ for any season. Now I'm not usually looking for cheap travel to Europe from the East Coast but I let myself wander over there today. Usually, I don't have the time or energy to find another miracle from the mid-west to the right coast like I used to back in the day. But if you do have time and desire to do that or if you are already leaving from New York City, give it a try. I found a doosy (apparently not a word according to spell check!) today. It's out of La Guardia to London Heathrow back to JFK airport, which adds surprise to my shock. Definitely the cheapest flights I've seen from La Guardia to Heathrow!! If you don't want to come back into JFK for whatever reason, that's a catch...
OK, so maybe you're not from New York, in which case you might like these fares better because some people--ok all people-- who live in NYC either love one or two airports and hate the other(s) with a passion and would rather take a train to Philadelphia or something than go out of x airport! What about tagging on a couple days to the trip to see NYC while you're at it? There is so much hotel capacity that there is almost always space (ok, maybe not New Year's Eve, but you know) and you can find a deal. You can check out some prices on cheaphotelsinnewyork.co.uk. Get an extra night or two and get good sleep and be ready to start the long trip to Europe. At $500 (and change) per person to London, you are saving a bundle on the airline tickets! From that perspective, the days in NYC may become a freebie add-on.
So without further ado, here it is:
La Guardia (LGA) -London Heathrow (LHR)- JFK airport for $517 including taxes!!
Details details! It's going out on Air Canada through Montreal (I've heard of them cutting rates before like this) and coming back on... Swiss Air through Geneva to JFK airport (not LGA!!). The dates I put in were January 18 through February 1, 2011 (yes, I could use a vaca!). These priced out today on Cheapoair.
To me this is just one more sign that the high prices that we have been seeing are coming down just a bit and it may be enough (I hope) that it hits that threshold where many more of us will be out and about traveling in the near future! Happy trails and all the best!
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