Multi City Flights to / in the US

JoKay_2

Hi

I'm planning a trip to the US in December and plan to fly from London to Washington DC, then on to Las Vegas, then to Denver and from there home.

The best price I can currently come up with is £426 pp with United Airlines, which seems an absolute bargain to me, but I'm reluctant to book this far in advance in case I can get it cheaper?!!

Can anyone tell me if its likely the cost might come down, or if its worth booking these flights now?

Thanks in advance! :beer:

Amys

That is an excellent price, even if it does come down it won't be by much

_Andy_

Seems pretty reasonable, although personally I'm not a fan of United.
Up to you but I'd say if you think the price is 'right' and you have the money now, book it so it's done and dusted (but don't keep checking it after you've booked it!)

richardw

You are getting a free stopover, so very good price.

JoKay_2

_Andy_ wrote: »

Seems pretty reasonable, although personally I'm not a fan of United.[unquote]

Hi, can I ask why you're not a fan?
Thanks!

richardw

http://www.airlinequality.com/Forum/ual.htm

dmg24

Do you have to use the same airline for each leg? If not, it may be worth having a look at www.kayak.co.uk and pricing up options with different carriers.

_Andy_

JoKay wrote: »

_Andy_ wrote: »

Seems pretty reasonable, although personally I'm not a fan of United.[unquote]

Hi, can I ask why you're not a fan?
Thanks!

Sure - just found the aircraft and IFE dated, also they cocked up ordering my special meal even though it had been ordered well in advance.
Fairly reasonable for internal flights in the US although given the chance/route I'd use Virgin America.

JoKay_2

dmg24 wrote: »

Do you have to use the same airline for each leg? If not, it may be worth having a look at www.kayak.co.uk and pricing up options with different carriers.

Aaaarrgghhh!! Its coming in at over £3000 instead of the £1225 via United!!

Think this might be a good deal after all. I appreciate the comments on airlinequality.com, but given the difference, I'm not sure its worth paying that much extra?!

dmg24

JoKay wrote: »

Aaaarrgghhh!! Its coming in at over £3000 instead of the £1225 via United!!

Think this might be a good deal after all. I appreciate the comments on airlinequality.com, but given the difference, I'm not sure its worth paying that much extra?!

You don't have to take the routes that they suggest, it just gives you an idea of who flies between each destination. For instance, I am flying to the US with Delta, then taking my first internal flight with Delta (so they will take care of me if there are any delays), but then I will be using Jet Blue and possibly Cape Air.

As you can tell, I take a stupidly long time planning things! x

hammy_the_hammer

dmg24 wrote: »

You don't have to take the routes that they suggest, it just gives you an idea of who flies between each destination. For instance, I am flying to the US with Delta, then taking my first internal flight with Delta (so they will take care of me if there are any delays), but then I will be using Jet Blue and possibly Cape Air.

As you can tell, I take a stupidly long time planning things! x

you have to remember in your instance that you are flying delta from the UK to another city in the US via NY i believe and then returning possibly NY to UK with delta.
if you had flown with continental UK to NY and then took delta as a single trip to another city the price would have been eye watering.
in my experience you either have to
1. use one airline for the return uk to us journey and the same airline to do one connecting leg
2. if using a legacy airline there you have to book a return or multi leg trip for internal flights
3. discount airlines like jetblue don't penalise you for making a single journey