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Flights to LA in April

LJC17
LJC17 Posts: 21 Forumite
in Overseas holidays & travel planning
Hi there,
Just looking for some advice on flight prices to LA for next year as 3 of us are off to Coachella, at the moment we can get direct flights and one night hotel for £651 with Virgin, which I think is a good price but are flights for that time of year ever likely to be included in the christmas/new year sales?

Thanks
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  • delwynshd
    delwynshd Posts: 2,907 Forumite
    Depends on what dates in APril your looking at to be honest the Easter break will have a huge impact on the availability

    When are you flying out and returning?

    Thanks
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  • jackieblack
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    edited 1 October 2013 at 12:06PM
    Coachella is the second and third weekend in April (Easter weekend and the weekend before)
    School hols here are the second and third weeks in April
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  • LJC17
    LJC17 Posts: 21 Forumite
    delwynshd wrote: »
    Depends on what dates in APril your looking at to be honest the Easter break will have a huge impact on the availability

    When are you flying out and returning?

    Thanks
    Del

    sorry knew i'd miss something off! we go the 2nd weekend so 18th - 20th for the festival looking to fly out on 16th/17th fly back 23/24th so that is the easter weekend unfortunately.

    Cheers
  • richardw
    richardw Posts: 19,459 Forumite
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    How much extra is the upper deck on a BA A380 compared to Virgin?
    Posts are not advice and must not be relied upon.
  • Alan_Bowen
    Alan_Bowen Posts: 4,934 Forumite
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    Yes, now BA are flying the A380 with economy seats on both the main and upper deck to Los Angeles, I wouldn't give Virgin a second look. Having said that Air New Zealand are still my favourite but for Easter breaks, fares are going to be high and will not be in the post Christmas sales
  • LJC17
    LJC17 Posts: 21 Forumite
    Alan_Bowen wrote: »
    Yes, now BA are flying the A380 with economy seats on both the main and upper deck to Los Angeles, I wouldn't give Virgin a second look. Having said that Air New Zealand are still my favourite but for Easter breaks, fares are going to be high and will not be in the post Christmas sales

    Thanks for all your help - had a quick look yesterday at the BA site but will do it in more detail today and see what the prices are and get on and get it booked before they go up/sell out!
  • LJC17
    LJC17 Posts: 21 Forumite
    Just looked now and the cheapest option I can get is 658 thanks every one :)
  • eBayQueen
    eBayQueen Posts: 29 Forumite
    It's a similar story for May, when we are going.
    Sadly, the days of £300-400 air fares to the west coast are long gone :(
  • Obviously_the_best
    Obviously_the_best Posts: 4,086 Forumite
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    Or not eBay Queen, Norwegian have just launched low cost flights to LAX from Gatwick starting July.
  • Clairewell
    Clairewell Posts: 15 Forumite
    edited 26 October 2013 at 2:15PM
    We've just booked Norwegian to LAX for 5 people in Aug £2900 !!
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