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Should I book or wait...

mintster
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Looking at flights to Orlando next August. Can currently get a flight out direct for £270 each (3 travellers) but flights back seem to not be properly released yet (very expensive even for indirect). Should I book the flights out now and wait or wait until both legs are fully available?
As well as the usual carriers I have also been checking Norwegian - if anyone knows when they will release their flights it would be a great help!
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  • dawyldthing
    dawyldthing Posts: 3,438 Forumite
    Keep an eye on package holidays, might be just as cheap to book a 'package' and just use the flights. There generally out a year or so before though
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  • theonlywayisup
    theonlywayisup Posts: 16,032 Forumite
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    When are you coming back?
  • hollie.weimeraner
    hollie.weimeraner Posts: 2,152 Forumite
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    mintster wrote: »
    Looking at flights to Orlando next August. Can currently get a flight out direct for £270 each (3 travellers) but flights back seem to not be properly released yet (very expensive even for indirect). Should I book the flights out now and wait or wait until both legs are fully available?
    As well as the usual carriers I have also been checking Norwegian - if anyone knows when they will release their flights it would be a great help!

    I'm looking at flights to San Francisco and back from Las Vegas next September. Cheapest I can find direct is £950.

    Who have you found that price with?
  • silvercar
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    hollie.weimeraner wrote: »
    I'm looking at flights to San Francisco and back from Las Vegas next September. Cheapest I can find direct is £950.

    Who have you found that price with?

    Apples and pears. California is West coast so bound to be a lot more than Orlando.
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  • richardw
    richardw Posts: 19,459 Forumite
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    edited 2 October 2015 at 7:25PM
    Thomas cook has flight to Stansted 21st Aug for £472

    Look at BA flight+car deals on ba.com, you may be able to pay a deposit, and other flight+car deals on expedia.co.uk

    Btw Norwegian use narrow seat 3-3-3 aircraft which means you have less shoulder room.
    Posts are not advice and must not be relied upon.
  • richardw
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    hollie.weimeraner wrote: »
    I'm looking at flights to San Francisco and back from Las Vegas next September....

    thomas cook has good prices from STN-LAS.
    Posts are not advice and must not be relied upon.
  • jpsartre
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    silvercar wrote: »
    Apples and pears. California is West coast so bound to be a lot more than Orlando.


    Not necessarily. Flight prices are generally dictated by what the market will pay, not the distance travelled.
  • mintster
    mintster Posts: 265 Forumite
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    Want to come back on 3rd September. Not really fussed about the plane - just want to make sure I am not paying over the odds as it has taken a lot of work to convince the other half to go!

    So tempted to just book outgoing and chance cost of flights coming back...
  • theonlywayisup
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    mintster wrote: »
    Want to come back on 3rd September. Not really fussed about the plane - just want to make sure I am not paying over the odds as it has taken a lot of work to convince the other half to go!

    So tempted to just book outgoing and chance cost of flights coming back...

    Return flights should be out in the next few days. Wait.
  • EssexExile
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    It will be cheaper to book return tickets than two one way tickets. Just wait, there are plenty of flights to Orlando, it's cheaper than San Francisco because it's more popular, not because it's nearer.
    Tall, dark & handsome. Well two out of three ain't bad.
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