£160 (inc taxes!) LGW-JFK

Official insert from Martin

US carrier Delta has a new route between London Gatwick and New York-Kennedy, and it’s offering return fares for a bargainous £160 inc taxes and charges. This has sparked a price war with other airlines matching it, and some websites reducing the price futher.

The Details

The original offer is not specifically detailed on the Delta website (though it is contained in this press release) but I've spoken to it and it's confirmed the deal is on. The main price competition comes from Continental airlines, which is doing a specific price match (ie it is selling flights at the same price).

Also as an outside option Virgin offers a general price match policy (ie try and ask it to give you the same price, its not guaranteed but some MoneySavers have succeeded)

When does it fly?

The Delta flights (Continental is roughly similar but goes to NEWARK instead) that qualify must be

A. Between November 15, 2006 to March 21, 2007.
B. It MUST include a Sat night
C. All travel must be completed by April 20, 2007.
D. The offer excludes travel between 15 December to 7 January.
E. The maximum stay is 30 days
F. Remember it is strictly only Gatwick to New York JFK
If you find a flight date that works, please post it below to help others

Availabilty Update 12/9/06. Lots of people have booked flights so seats are very limited now. January seems to have reasonable availability, so it's the best time to try if you don't have a spcific date, just want a cheap trip. Dates around the weekend are more scarce than midweek, and its doubtful you'll get any around the St. Patricks weekend in March.

How to find (but not book - see below) a £160 flight

• Delta. Remember to search specifically from Gatwick to JFK. Simply go to Delta and put in your dates and cross your fingers (remember it MUST include a Sat night). Plus, thanks to MoneySaver Blindman for pointing out that if you're struggling, use this more detailed search and search 'by schedule' just look for Delta 1 and Delta 2 in the schedule for the cheap flights.
• Continental. Follow the same route as above and search here

IMPORTANT. Don't book direct, there's a way to further reduce the price.

Until the 8 September flight site Opodo is giving £20 off for international flights, so once you've found your flight, put the dates in Opodo to see if you can find the specific flight and thus reduce the price down even further! To do this go to Opodo* and you should see a note about the discount in the right of the screen. Of course if you can't find the flight on Opodo, just go back and book direct.

What to do if you can't find a flight

First of all try other available dates, the flights are there, you have to do some searching though. If that doesn't work then it seems online flight broker Ebookers* has a wider range of flights, though they cost £11 more. So it's worth trying there too as a back-up.

For hotels

Details on cheap hotel finding are included in the Cheap Flight Finding Article.

What about for those not in the South East of England?

This is a specific promo for Delta's new route, so it's not available elsewhere. Normally I wouldn't include a specific deal so prominently in the weekly e-mail, yet the price is so good I thought it merits it.

Even with a connecting flight or train, for those a good distance away (eg Easyjet from Glasgow, Virgin trains from Manchester) the total price is likely to be cheaper than going to a more local airport.

Good luck and 'have a nice day...'

Martin


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Back to the original post....

This is a bargain - cheapest I have ever seen New York city flights for!

No catch - Delta recently got approval for a new route London Gatwick - New York JFK & start on the 15th November. To fill seats and gain awareness they are selling off the economy seats at a bargain £120 + £40 taxes. Plenty of availability right through winter and spring.

Book at www.delta.com - if the fares arent showing up use the "full search option"

Enjoy!

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