Anthrocon's not so expensive afterall

[slycat]

Looks like Anthrocon isn't going to be quite as expensive as I had though.  I did checks on flights to New York, giving a week in the city before the con and then basically time to get from the con hotel back to the airport on the Monday. So leaving 28th June, getting back 9th July.  The flights cost £338 at present going with my preferred airline, Virgin.  Much better than the £500-£600 I was expecting.  I think I'll be looking to book soon (maybe next month or so) as I know that they often only have x number of cheaper tickets before the prices hike up.  I think the cost of hotels in NYC will make up the saving on the plane tickets however... that is unless I can find some local fur to accomodate us.

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[copperfeel.livejournal.com]

HI in NYC is cheap. But a bit like a prison.

[slycat.livejournal.com]

Hmm, well as my more recent LJ post says, I might well not be going there after all... Pennsylvania is a weird long state.

[copperfeel.livejournal.com]

Yeah. It is far away.

We didn't actually stop there, but Philadelphia seems to be nice. from what I heard. I'll send some things from my USA Lonely Planet about Pittsburgh anyway. When I'm not drunk.

[sphelx.livejournal.com]

£338 for a Virgin flight? Fuckin'ell.

Looks like I might have to book super early myself!

[slycat.livejournal.com]

Seems like the best deal. Only problem is getting from NYC to Pittsburgh... takes ~8 hours on the greyhound.

[foxb.livejournal.com]

Febuary is cheapest for AC flight and i have found these three to be the amsolute cheapest flight brokers:

http://www.statravel.co.uk
http://www.flighcenter.co.uk

Barrhead.co.uk

[slycat.livejournal.com]

Cool, thanks. I knew Sept was best for FC flights so wasnt sure when would be best for AC. Where were you looking to fly into as NYC is only £340 like I say.

Thanks for the flight brokers, I already have a large list of them which I search when doing flights (did it for FC to get the best flight) but at the moment, it looks like it's just easier to go direct with Virgin at the moment.