Delta ending some Florida routes from April

[Tonish]

Delta has announced the end of their Heathrow to Miami service from April. They will also transfer their Gatwick to Atlanta service to Heathrow. The end of the Miami service also means no more Delta flights from Miami to Orlando and Tampa.

Last month American ended their long running service from Miami to Fort Myers (which I used a lot) so it's looking like Miami options are being significantly reduced.

I suspect it also means the Virgin prices will go up!

[Jill]

I suspect it also means the Virgin prices will go up!

Think you might be correct

[brizzle]

Not great news as that's the route we *were* doing in July...I guess Delta will refund the price leaving us to pay a higher price for flights or lose deposits etc...

[online]

Not that surprised - we flew over on Thursday with Delta to Orlando via Boston, and the plane was half empty.

[Katys Grandad]

Not great news as that's the route we *were* doing in July...I guess Delta will refund the price leaving us to pay a higher price for flights or lose deposits etc...

I think it's more likely that they'll just re-route you without additional charge which you're free to accept or reject in favour of a refund. In my experience it's best to be proactive and contact them as soon as you can as there'll probably be more options at the moment.

[brizzle]

I think it's more likely that they'll just re-route you without additional charge which you're free to accept or reject in favour of a refund. In my experience it's best to be proactive and contact them as soon as you can as there'll probably be more options at the moment.

Agreed, we did that yesterday but it was still a direct route 'on the system'. It's changed today to reroute through JFK so no worries with paying more.
Will give them another call this morning to see if they will change it to LHR-JFK-Tampa.

Can only think they knew this was going to happen in September when we booked these deals as the prices were about 60% of the prices anywhere else.

Any advice on transfer airport for first time indirect flyers with 3 children?
Options are JFK, Atlanta and Detroit

[Tonish]

Any advice on transfer airport for first time indirect flyers with 3 children?
Options are JFK, Atlanta and Detroit

I can't speak for Detroit, but given a JFK/Atlanta option I would go for JFK. Our experience of immigration at Atlanta has never been good and we've missed our connection twice (not that it really mattered, there is usually a flight every hour or so). You also need to change terminals using the internal railway. The outbound leg of the Atlanta journey is quite lengthy and we personally prefer a shorter transatlantic flight.

[brizzle]

Thanks for the advice, we were already coming back MCO>JFK>LHR so will look into that option for the outward journey but flying into Tampa.

[Katys Grandad]

Any advice on transfer airport for first time indirect flyers with 3 children?
Options are JFK, Atlanta and Detroit

Not easy to answer but have a look at total journey duration and connection times. It's very hard to predict Immigration lines from 1 day to another but I'd go for JFK because, as Tonish points out, the journey split is more even that way. Whether it makes it worth adding a few hours to the total trip is for you to decide.

Delta are building a new terminal at JFK which will probably be ready by the time you travel so I'd expect the facilities to be impressive there when that happens.