Best Place To Get Flights To Florida

[R500POP]

We are hoping to take the kids to Florida at easter & I was wondering where the best place is to get flights from an a reasonable cost?

Also, as sad as it may be, I'm going to be hiring a muscle car for the fortnight, where's the best place to contact?

Thanks

M

Edited by R500POP on Wednesday 17th August 08:35

[LC926]

ebookers seems a good place to compare flight prices. I ended up flying into Miami and driving up from there. It was a whole lot cheaper than flying into orlando and it meant i could fly from Heathrow. I flew delta, which i have to say i was quite impressed with.

[BigS]

I use www.skyscanner.net as it lists the prices from the likes of ebookers, netflights etc.
It will also suggest cheaper alternatives to the dates and airports you've selected. I booked flights to Florida in November and thanks to skyscanner found that flying in to Tampa was cheaper than Orlando.

[R500POP]

BigS said:

I use www.skyscanner.net as it lists the prices from the likes of ebookers, netflights etc.
It will also suggest cheaper alternatives to the dates and airports you've selected. I booked flights to Florida in November and thanks to skyscanner found that flying in to Tampa was cheaper than Orlando.

The dates are not flexable as we have to tie in with the school holidays I'm afraid, we have no choice on that front.

[BigS]

R500POP said:

The dates are not flexable as we have to tie in with the school holidays I'm afraid, we have no choice on that front.

They don't have to be, just saying that you can play about with it to see what may work out cheaper, like I'm flying in to Tampa and before I looked on skyscanner I didn't know that there were direct flights to there from this country so would have only been looking at Orlando or Miami.

[PoleDriver]

I find an airport is the best place!

But seriously... Try online with the airlines direct then try Expedia, Opodo and Ebookers. Sometimes the airlines are cheaper!!
I've also found that big savings can be made by booking the Hotel at the same time!

Good luck!

[AndyD360]

We're flying into Miami this year rather than Orlando/Sanford. Flying with Delta out of Heathrow - good £100 cheaper than Virgin/BA for the dates we wanted

[so called]

You can get a Mustand, Challenger etc from most of the big companies.
Check on line with Avis, Hertz, Budget etc.

[amir_j]

http://www.kayak.co.uk/

[amir_j]

Also decent guide here: http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/travel/cheap-flig...

[JaybirdUK]

amir_j said:

http://www.kayak.co.uk/

+1 on Kayak

Hertz will rent you a Dodge Challenger R/T

[screwloose]

Cheapest place we found after an exhaustive search (all the aforementioned on this thread) was with Dial a flight. Their service was great too!

[arfur]

Just as a note ...

It's now often cheaper to fly from Holland Schipel than from London. The taxes for the short haul to amsterdam are less

[Puggit]

arfur said:

Just as a note ...

It's now often cheaper to fly from Holland Schipel than from London. The taxes for the short haul to amsterdam are less

But that involves creating 2 tickets (to avoid Brown's envy tax). And if anything goes wrong with the first flight then you have no cover from the airline regarding the second flight (travel insurance might help). You would also have to collect luggage and check it in again.

Also I'd strongly recommend avoiding KLM for intercontinental flights.

[Gow3r]

You not going to be able to escape the fact its 500-600 a ticket wherever you go particularly that time of year.

We went in April just gone, and we flew to DC had three nights there and then down to Orlando, all with delta, all for the same price as flying direct to Orlando.

So maybe think about a few days somewhere else before hand. 2 weeks is plenty for Orlando itself because other than the theme parks it is a right dive!!

[PoleDriver]

Puggit said:

Also I'd strongly recommend avoiding KLM for intercontinental flights.

Why do you say that?
After many flights over many years I've settled on KLM as first choice!

[Puggit]

PoleDriver said:

Puggit said:

Also I'd strongly recommend avoiding KLM for intercontinental flights.

Why do you say that?
After many flights over many years I've settled on KLM as first choice!

Have they updated all 16 of their 740-400Ms? (aka Combi as it's half passengers, half cargo). Shocking rust buckets without IFE.

[miln0039]

PoleDriver said:

Puggit said:

Also I'd strongly recommend avoiding KLM for intercontinental flights.

Why do you say that?
After many flights over many years I've settled on KLM as first choice!

I think the KLM transatlantic flights are the best I've sampled (for Economy!) bar when NorthWest were still around..

[PoleDriver]

Puggit said:

PoleDriver said:

Puggit said:

Also I'd strongly recommend avoiding KLM for intercontinental flights.

Why do you say that?
After many flights over many years I've settled on KLM as first choice!

Have they updated all 16 of their 740-400Ms? (aka Combi as it's half passengers, half cargo). Shocking rust buckets without IFE.

"In 2010, KLM has completed the interior refurbishment of its Boeing 747-400 fleet."

And I've never had any complaints about the films on offer, or the equipment used to display them!

Granted, there are some 'better' airlines but KLM (and thier partners) fly to all of the places I visit (and there are many of them!!) and I can build up plenty of loyalty points. Their prices are normally quite competetive and their flight times usually suit me perfectly!

[Puggit]

Interesting comments PD - but after one return trip (LHR-AMS-JNB) on KLM, I swore never to use them again for long distance. Maybe they have updated now, but that one trip lost them a customer for life.

This was in 2003, when Virgin had already been using clever technology in the their planes for years. They also lost my luggage (in JNB...) but that's another story!