Flights for NY

[Orient]

Anyone planning on flying to NY for the Oct gigs? if so can anyone give us a rough idea of how much the flights would cost? (Britain to NY obviously)...? Anyone done it before?

[geordierussell]

Click here.

[nuno75]

I'll be driving.

[gnrblues]

www.flyzoom.com

got one on the 17th , for £22 !! ..........but then they add over 100 quid in taxes !

still , i messed about with it and , it works out roughly £255 for a return


17 Oct 07 Wed 11:00 105 Zoom Airlines Ltd London Gatwick
South Bermuda
Main New York JFK
T4 Wed 16:15

£22.50 £106.50(taxes) £129.00


2 22 Oct 07 Mon 17:30 102 Zoom Airlines Ltd New York JFK
T4 London Gatwick
South Tue 06:00

£79.00 £47.25(taxes) £126.25

[geordierussell]

awesome stuff thanks

[SteveP]

www.flyzoom.com

got one on the 17th , for £22 !! ..........but then they add over 100 quid in taxes !

still , i messed about with it and , it works out roughly £255 for a return


17 Oct 07 Wed 11:00 105 Zoom Airlines Ltd London Gatwick
South Bermuda
Main New York JFK
T4 Wed 16:15

£22.50 £106.50(taxes) £129.00


2 22 Oct 07 Mon 17:30 102 Zoom Airlines Ltd New York JFK
T4 London Gatwick
South Tue 06:00

£79.00 £47.25(taxes) £126.25

Shit, and I thought I'd hunted out a great bargain with Virgina Atlantic, Heathrow to JFK for £358

And I see you're planning to stay the same length of time as me, except you're going the day before

Of course this is all conjecture, personally, I need to know the gigs are going to happen and they have their visas before I commit any money to it

[gnrblues]

i put the 17th , cos the flight was cheaper then the 18th ,
u might wanna check out the luggage allowance with fly zoom . i think its less than other airlines , and i doubt theres any in flight entertainment ,

Anyone know any good hotels , or hostels ??

must have own bog and shower !

[Michael Wade]

Too many to recommed one, but we might all be able to pick one. www.hotels.com

I'll look for a hotel near where the boat departs from Manhattan. For the Friday night gig, the metro can get you over to Brooklyn, but you'll need a cab to get back. Just like London.

[SteveP]

Anyone know any good hotels , or hostels ??

must have own bog and shower !

I found a Holiday Inn in Soho, right next to Chinatown and Little Italy, 7 nights for about £240 (that's a double room, as I may, I say may, IF I go, be takign the lady in my life, well, gotta give her some shopping time if we're going to NY), the joysa of the strong pound against the dollar eh!!!!

[gnrblues]

£240 holiday inn , for 7 nights .......thats well cheap !
nice one
have you got a link , pls

[SteveP]

http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/hi/1/en/hotel/nycdt?rpb=hotel&crUrl=/h/d/hi/1/en/availsearch&ias=y

Glad to help, hope none of you lot book the whole thing out before I get a chance to book

[seventieslord]

ugh... you all make me jealous. To fly straight to NYC from Regina I am looking at CAD$1500 for two return tickets. (about 710 pounds).

If I drive to Minneapolis and then fly to NYC I would spend only about $200 on gas and then about $850 on plane tickets. I can see it now: "Yes, I'm from out of the country. My purpose while here is to board a plane bound for New York City. Yes, I'll step out of the car, but why?" ..........

I just found a "companion rate" with Greyhound that would get my girl and I a return bus ticket to NYC. Tax paid, CAD$490, or about 230 pounds. The problem is, that would take 54 hours to get there. Driving nonstop in a car, it would be about 30 hours and would cost about the same.

Benefits: I don't have to drive. I can watch movies, read, and sleep the entire time instead of just half the time.
Downfalls: It takes a fucking LONG time to get there. I have to take two extra vacation days to make it work.
Wash: monetary cost. Can't sleep well on either vehicle.

what do I do? Yeah, I know, I have to sort this one out myself.

[Michael Wade]

Pricewars between Suncountry and Northwest right now--both $268.80 MSP to JFK

[SteveP]

http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/hi/1/en/hotel/nycdt?rpb=hotel&crUrl=/h/d/hi/1/en/availsearch&ias=y

Glad to help, hope none of you lot book the whole thing out before I get a chance to book

Turns out that figure was PER night, how fucking mad is that??

[seventieslord]

Pricewars between Suncountry and Northwest right now--both $268.80 MSP to JFK

I'll go look into suncountry right away.

I'm curious what you think about what customs is going to say to me as I attempt to cross the border and state that my business is to go to New York for a concert. I have to be upfront about that fact that I am taking a plane because if they find my tickets after the fact it will just look worse. You don't think they'll find me at all suspicious?