New York and vegas flights then back - best time?

[Ber100]

So, will be booking flights in next few months, for a trip to New York on Boxing Day or day after for 3 nights, then over to vegas for new years festivities for 4 nights. Going from Manchester

Any advice on best time to book? And best site to book these on? Thinking sky scanner as the obvious one and just putting it in as a multi city trip with above dates and let sky scanner do the rest?

But any advice appreciated. Been to both places before but never as a multi trip

[captain_cynic]

Book direct with the airline. Dodgybillsholibobs.co.tk may seem cheaper but it won't seem that way when something goes wrong and I haven't had one trip this side of 2019 where something hasn't changed or gone wrong (usually both).

As for when to book. Christmas/NY book as soon as possible, that's peak time in the US so it's not likely to get cheaper. Find a price that you're happy with, book and don't look back.

I used Google Flights to find prices then book direct with the airlines. Just Google "Google flights", sorry I can't be bothered to find a link on my phone.

Edited by captain_cynic on Tuesday 6th February 16:34

[h0b0]

Use Google flights to find the flights and use the book with airline option.

[NNH]

I'd leave it for at least another week or two. Most but not all airlines load their flight schedules 330-350 days in advance, so if you wait for the stragglers over the next fortnight you might find a better offer. I'd check whether it's significantly cheaper to get two return tickets (MAN-NYC rt, NYC-LAS rt) rather than 3 legs (MAN-NYC.LAS-MAN).

Final tip: transatlantic flights from Dublin can be incredibly cheap in business class, and it's pretty easy hop from the Northwest.

[Ber100]

Thanks for the tips. Will definitely try dodgybills :-) :-)

Had thought about the return option instead of 3 legs. Just wasn’t fancying the additional few hours between LV back to NYC but will check