London Stop-Over

jpsartre

dawyldthing wrote: »

But you give yourself plenty of time.

Problem is you won't know how much time you need until you actually fly. I've self-connected lots of times on seperate tickets for shorthaul flights but I would be weary of doing a same-day self-connect to a longhaul flight due to money at stake.

John259

A couple of other thoughts on this subject:

US immigration at the port of entry (first US airport you land at) can take a seriously long time, so following a transatlantic flight with a separately booked US internal flight is particularly risky.

I don't whether or not being a no-show for the second outward flight causes the reservation for the first return flight to be cancelled.

peachyprice

gabriel1980 wrote: »

To clear things up - I haven't purchased any tickets. I'm planning to book it through Expedia .

Is Expedia that much cheaper than BA? If it is it's probably because of the short connection time.

IMO, especially with connecting flights, you're always going to be better off booking direct with the airline than going through a third party.

richardw

PeacefulWaters wrote: »

I'd have thought you'd know...

It's always worth having a reminder of what 'it' is, particularly when risky flight options are suggested which may not really be saving much at all.

dawyldthing

richardw wrote: »

It's always worth having a reminder of what 'it' is, particularly when risky flight options are suggested which may not really be saving much at all.

It's always worth looking into as even if you spend 6 hours in the airport but you're saving several hundred pounds it can be worth it. I always think 'how long has it took me to earn the money' before spending money. A few hundred is a lot of money, which could be better spent elsewhere if you give yourself plenty of time.

EssexExile

peachyprice wrote: »

...you're always young...

Ah, if only!

PeacefulWaters

dawyldthing wrote: »

It's always worth looking into as even if you spend 6 hours in the airport but you're saving several hundred pounds it can be worth it. I always think 'how long has it took me to earn the money' before spending money. A few hundred is a lot of money, which could be better spent elsewhere if you give yourself plenty of time.

Have you ever saved several hundred pounds flying two tickets from UK airport to UK airport to USA, rather than a single ticket on the same route?

dawyldthing

PeacefulWaters wrote: »

Have you ever saved several hundred pounds flying two tickets from UK airport to UK airport to USA, rather than a single ticket on the same route?

Splitting flights I have. If Id bought a through ticket last year for London to Sydney, cairns to Auckland then auckland to London it would have cost me over £2k. Splitting it saved me around £800. But that was ordinary economy. Not UK to uk but ive flown around America through New York. Generally the more stops there are it adds to the cost but splitting it often gets it cheaper

Btw op you might be worth looking into Edingburgh to Dublin to New York or Edingburgh to Amsterdam/ one of the main hubs to NY - you might save a tidy sum doing it. It's worth shopping around

dawyldthing

There's also a lot of Thomas Cook flights keep coming up for between £300- £400 return. Ive seen them a few times now

bigadaj

dawyldthing wrote: »

Splitting flights I have. If Id bought a through ticket last year for London to Sydney, cairns to Auckland then auckland to London it would have cost me over £2k. Splitting it saved me around £800. But that was ordinary economy. Not UK to uk but ive flown around America through New York. Generally the more stops there are it adds to the cost but splitting it often gets it cheaper

Btw op you might be worth looking into Edingburgh to Dublin to New York or Edingburgh to Amsterdam/ one of the main hubs to NY - you might save a tidy sum doing it. It's worth shopping around

I'm not sure your first example is a valid comparison, it's offer toy possible to buy retrain tickets, potentially open jaw, and then infill flights when you are doing a multi point trip. I'd be surprised that an Anzac return with internals would be over £2k though.

I'd have thought the Dublin option would be worth looking at, potentially a Ryanair flight the night before to be sure of the transatlantic flight. Should be able to clear us immigration in Dublin which would be a boon rather than issues at landing.