N. Ireland to Denver

catnia

I haven't a clue where to start to get the best deal. Basically, I need to be in Denver for the first weekend in August. I live in N. Ireland so can travel from Belfast or Dublin (via one of the English/Scottish airports in necessary). Acommodation will be easy to sort as it's a conference I'm going to and the organisers have a deal with a local hotel.
I would really appreciate if anyone could advise the best route to take - Belfast-New York-Denver? Dublin-Atlanta-Denver? other? I have been told so many different things and I honestly haven't a clue where to begin. I'm funding the trip myself so obviously cost is a factor. There will be two of us travelling. I have two small children at home that my husband will have the pleasure of having on his own while I'm away so I think realistically I would plan to head out on the Wednesday night/Thursday morning and leave Denver again on the Monday/Tuesday of the next week.
Any help or advice would be much appreciated - you have no idea how little I know about this sort of thing!
Thanks.

Marty_J

I did a quick search, and the cheapest I can find the both of you is Opodo, for £1,268 leaving from Belfast International for Denver on the Thursday 30th July, and returning on Monday 3rd August.

Have a look at Kayak, eBookers, Travelsupermarket, Expedia, etc, and play around with different combinations of dates as well as flights leaving from both Belfast and Dublin.

catnia

Thanks Marty, much appreciated. We are getting together a night next week (with one or two bottles of wine!) to thrash the whole thing out. There just seems to be so many different ways of doing it but hopefully a few hours will get it sorted.

omelette451

The easiest way is to fly Belfast City - Heathrow - Denver on a United tickted flight (£608pp). However, if you can go easyJet or Ryanair over to London, the same Heathrow-Denver flight (United) is available for over £100 less (=£504pp). There are slightly cheaper indirect flights (especially Northwest and US, via Minneapolis and Charlotte respectively), though not enough less to make it worth using them over United.