cheap flight

Can anyone tell me when flights to Ireland are the cheapest and when is the low season in Ireland--- as in not busy so prices are a little lower in hotels, etc?

Thanks, Enma

From?

Yeah, knowing where you want to fly from would help!

Check out Skyscanner, it will give all of the options/times/prices on the dates you want.

Well Duh!!

Sorry about that---- I am in the U.S.
Trying to find flights the cheapest to get to Ireland. Either Belfast, Dublin or also England as a starting point.

enma C.

expedia.com
orbitz.com
(and depending on whereabouts you are in the US - ie you might get a direct flight), aerlingus.com, united.com, delta.com, usairways.com, continental.com.

All of them do non stops to various parts of the US.

Failing that, you could then take the piss and pick from britishairways.com, flyklm.com, airfrance.com, lufthansa.com (there are others but I strongly doubt they'll be competitive).

Alternatively, you could get a flight into London and connect via codeshares in which case it starts to get silly - you could fly with airindia.com or Kuwait Air to London for example.

Check also the FAQ in the US branch for other good e-tailers.

Low season is roughly not St Patricks weekend, not mid July to end Sept and not Xmas/NY.

Though Dublin is lovely to be in for St Patricks weekend.

From US to Ireland, the airfare varies not so much by Irish season as US travel season. So it will be at its peak in the summer weekends, around Memorial Day, Labour Day and Thanksgiving, and around Easter, Christmas and New Year. St Patrick's weekend is also busy. Quiet season includes November to early December, January to March before St Pat's. Shoulder season is April to May and Sept to October. Keep checking and register for email alerts with various booking and airline sites. Aer Lingus and US carriers often have seat sales for a short period - sometimes only for a few days, including what is otherwise a high season.

The cheapest time to travel to Ireland from the US is between the end of december and the begining of march.

Go to aerlingus website, they even have a sale going on now for winter flights.

I fly home to Dublin a few times a year and this is definitely the cheapest time to travel, and in my experience, Aerlingus also tends to be the cheapest, and usually directly from their own website.

For Belfast: try continental airlines
For Dublin: aer Lingus

Or alternatively fly KLM to Holland or US to London/UK and connect onwards on one of the very cheap budget airlines.

Easyjet/Ryanair/Jet2.com/BMIbaby

Just remember most of the budget airlines only allow 15Kilos baggage

The options are massive

good luck with it

I've done the connect in Europe/London before and to me its generally not worth it. A flight from JFK has you in dublin early the next morning (usually before 9am). The time I went through London, changing terminals, building in time so connection isn't missed, and it got delayed, I arrived in Dublin at 4pm.
So depends on how much you're going to save I guess and how much that's worth to you. But if its only a $100 or so, I'd go direct. And if you fly during aerlingus off-peak / sale times, you probably still won't beat their direct prices.
Just my opinion.

Hey all! thanks for the great advice! I haven't been to the Isles for about 8 years--- but have a friend that wants to go.

Really appreciate your help!

Which USA state/city are you coming in from?? Big difference in prices.

When you say you want to fly to Ireland for cheap which would be the off season have you considered fully the miserable weather that Ireland can have. Coming in the summertime really does increase your chances of seeing a lot more of the country and enjoying the trip more. It might be more expensive to fly that time but if I were you I'd come when the weather was the best. Generally the spring in Ireland is pretty cold and wet and for some reason the past few years have seen a much nicer September and October (drier and brighter anyway). Oh and if I were you I wouldn't mention "the isles" while in Ireland - people generally don't like it. Have a great trip anyway!