Black Friday flight deals: Fly direct from UK to the United States from £255 return
There are plenty of discounts on direct routes
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Your support makes all the difference.Every so often, Jack Sheldon from Jack’s Flight Club selects a flight deal from the UK for Independent readers that you can’t afford to miss. This week: return flights to the US from £160.
As part of the seasonal sales we’re seeing great reductions on direct flights to the US. United Airlines has included routes to New York from Manchester and Edinburgh, as well as popular destinations Houston and San Francisco from London. Norwegian rounds off your options from its Gatwick hub with reasonably priced flights to Austin and Denver, among others.
There are loads of options to get you across the pond with no time wasted by unnecessary stopovers.
How to book
Although the best fares here are with two different airlines, they’re booked in a very similar way. First, head to Google Flights and enter your chosen departure and destination airports.
I recommend adding a filter for nonstop flights only. Doing this allows Google Flights to highlight the best dates in green for you once you click on the calendar tool. Then click on the departure date and the handy calendar tool will load all the best dates for your route (highlighted in green).
Once you’ve selected your flights for each leg of the journey on your chosen dates, you’ll be presented with a link to book the flight directly on United or Norwegian’s website. If your journey is with Norwegian, you can enter the code “EVERYROUTE18” to get roughly £15 taken off the price.
Flight options from the UK and Ireland
Return flights from Manchester or Edinburgh with United
New York City (EWR) – £233
Return flights from Dublin with Norwegian
New York City (EWR) – £180
Providence (PVD) – £160
Return flights from London Heathrow with United
Chicago (ORD) – £264
Houston (IAH) – £266
New York City (NYC) – £264
San Francisco (SFO) – £272
Washington DC (IAD) – £294
Return flights from London Gatwick with Norwegian
Austin (AUS) – £285
Boston (BOS) – £225
Chicago (ORD) – £226
Denver (DEN) – £269
Las Vegas (LAS) – £265
New York City (NYC) – £245
San Francisco (SFO) – £272
When to fly
January to May 2019 (The cheapest dates vary somewhat by route, but are all scattered around the first half of next year).
When to book
These fares should last a few more days, probably until Monday 26 November.
Pro tips
For roughly the same price, you can also explore two cities in one go by selecting a “multi-city” journey. Simply input one destination city on the outbound flight and a different one on the return. Why not go and see New York and Boston or Las Vegas and San Francisco in one go?
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