[Milton-L] Query re standard summer airfare to London

[Jason Kerr]

Carol,
I did quite a bit of shopping around before booking (I'm flying from
Boston), and the best deals I saw were all in the neighborhood of $1000
round trip. I managed in the end to find something just under $1000 on
Icelandair, but that was partly a matter of what was available when I was
finally ready to plunk down the dough.

With lamentations for the plummeting dollar re: pounds sterling,
Jason A. Kerr

On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 9:48 AM, Carol Barton <cbartonphd1 at verizon.net>
wrote:

>  Hello, everyone!
>
> I don't usually fly to London in peak season, and haven't been there in a
> couple of years (last trip was before the price of oil went into the
> stratosphere!) so I have nothing to go by, to determine what is and is not a
> "bargain" fare. (The least expensive I've seen from 'DC to Heathrow is over
> $1,000.) Could someone more familiar with the vagaries of the airfare market
> in peak season for trips to Europe from the States give those of us who need
> to be in London in July an idea of what it should cost, and--perhaps even
> more importantly--how long we should wait to book tickets?
>
> Thanks much for any insight you can offer. I'm sure others are suffering
> "sticker shock," too, and I haven't been able to get anyone at British
> Airways/Virgin Atlantic, Orbitz, Expedia, or even the trip advisor sites to
> give me a straight answer on this.
>
> Best to all--
>
> Carol Barton
>
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