American Airlines big flight sale: New York £299, Boston £313, Dallas £385 and more

[title=http://images2.moneysavingexpert.com/images/dp/wtd_underline.gif] What's this about?[/title]
American Airlines is selling an abundance of transatlantic seats during its Easter sale, from London Heathrow and Manchester, until 22 April.

Return journeys to New York start from £299, Boston £313, Dallas £385, LA £393 plus others, including most taxes & charges and availability is good.

[title=http://images2.moneysavingexpert.com/images/dp/wtd_underline.gif] How to find them...
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You can travel between 12 April and 30 June, plus 1 September and 31 October. Flights during the traditional summer holiday period leap to between £500 and £600 so if you want to travel with kids, think about the May half term instead. Your travel must include at least one Saturday night.

• Got a specific date & location in mind?
  
  If you fancy going away to a certain destination on specific dates, don't bother looking at this sale direct, as the results are included in the cheap flight screenscrapers Kayak* and Travelsupermarket* and Fly.com.
  
  So use those and they'll show the sale's flights and also if any other airlines have cheap deals, just in case American Airlines is beatable. See the Cheap Flights guide for more details.

• Just browsing for a bargain?
  
  In this case, it's worth looking at the specific sale at American Airlines London departures or American Airlines Manchester departures yourself for available dates and destinations, and seeing if it's worth planning your getaway around them. Then compare them to the best of the screenscrapers above.

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[title=http://images2.moneysavingexpert.com/images/dp/wtd_underline.gif] £300 return to New York doesn't sound THAT cheap, does it?[/title]
Some will remember the £160 London to New York returns with Delta in September '06. However fuel costs have rocketed since then, plus taxes and charges, so currently anything under £300 is very good and under £250 is practically impossible. The cheapest this year had limited availability at £270 return in the New Years' sales using a special Opodo £20 discount code.

Outside of sale periods flights to New York are around the £370 mark across the board (for example, BA, Continental and Delta). So as you can nab 'em for just under £300 right now, it's a pretty decent saving if you planned to book anyway, especially as taxes alone cost around £210.

Yet the real advantage here is that there is good range of availability for a large range of dates.

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