Price of flights??

[drino]

Is it me or are the flights to orlando increasing a lot in price?
We are way ahead of ourselves but are looking for prices during easter 2015/2016.
Its a long way off and I know flights not out,but easter 2014 as a comparison with virgin £3600???
That cant be right!

Anyone know of a way of making this considerably cheaper?

[Lyn]

Easter and any holiday period is always expensive, how many people was the $3600 for?

[Gerry Reed]

Virgin have a sale at the moment if you collect their loyalty miles.

Sue

[Katys Grandad]

I'm afraid the only times you're going to get anything even close to a bargain on flights these days is if you are prepared to fly at times when nobody else does! Even then, you're probably in the £500-600 range. Judging by some recent threads on here, Virgin during school holidays could well cost you in the region of £1,000 each in Economy.

The best advice seems to be that you should expand your airline options and don't dismiss taking a connecting flight to get the price down. Above, all, keep looking because occasionally good fares do crop up but be ready to pull the trigger when they do.

Good hunting.

[drino]

Yes its for 3 people...normally fly out of school holiday(not allowed anymore) at around £500 each like you say,but I aint or cant afford to pay £1200 each with virgin...ouch!!

[Lyn]

£1200 is a silly price to have to pay, they really take advantage of people having to fly at these times.

[Albert the Frog]

I would certainly look into having a stop eg philadelphia --apart from anything else it beaks up the journey and if you save 2-300 pounds each that is a heck of a lot of money

[brownm]

Why not check out the Charter Airlines Thomson, Monarch or Thomas cook into Sanford.

[SteveW]

Look at indirect flights to other US airports eg Atlanta, Philadelphia, new York etc then get a cheap flight down to Orlando or Tampa.

[Dads_Taxi]

Why not check out the Charter Airlines Thomson, Monarch or Thomas cook into Sanford.

Don't know if you spotted my thread from May, but I can report that Monarch are not offering Flights for Easter 2014, Thomas Cook flights are £1070 per seat and Thomson are matching Virgin at £1300. (prices as at May 2013, I'm not looking again in case they've come down!)
As other contributors are advising, the only way to get sub-£800 flights is to travel via a hub. For us in the North West, US Airways via Philadelphia usually offer best value.