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A shiny new British Airways A380. Clean as a whistle! (Photo: British Airways)
The strength of the US dollar is great for Americans headed to Europe, but it’s clearly having an impact on demand from the other side of the pond.
That’s the only explanation I can come up with for why British Airways deeply discounted its economy class fares for August to Europe yesterday.
BA’s lowest fares are currently running toward the END of August, as low as $800-$900 roundtrip— see our research below.
A quick run through some fares found some outstanding bargains. I do not expect these fares to last… I’m already seeing “1-3 seats left” on the lowest fares.
Keep in mind that Labor Day is September 7 this year, so these still fall into the standard definition of peak summer season.
NOTE: The euro and the pound have strengthened against the dollar this week– euro is up to $1.12 and the pound is $1.52 as I write this.
How low did they go? Check out these round trip fares:
Boston-London in late August: $825 roundtrip
New York-London in August: $973 roundtrip
Chicago-London in August just $1033 roundtrip
Atlanta-London in late August: $1191 roundtrip
Los Angeles-London late August/early September: $1126
San Francisco-London in late August $1224
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