Transatlantic Sale: €258 / $305 from Europe to America or Vice Versa with Icelandair

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Icelandair is offering great fares for its transatlantic connections via Reykjavík. The prices start at €256 for an Oslo to New York roundtrip. Other destinations possible destinations in America include Chicago, Boston, Washington D.C., Orlando & Seattle. These fares do not include checked luggage. Adding a checked bag in both directions increases the price by €100. The offer is valid until June 5, 2020 for flights between October 1, 2020, and February 28, 2021.

The airline has set up a number of landing pages that highlight possible destination and the lowest prices available. While nonstop fares to Iceland are discounted as well, the quoted price is the lowest for a transatlantic passage. Please select your departure country here:

Prices to New York and Washington, D.C. are typically the lowest, but West Coast destinations like Seattle just cost around €50 more.

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Cheap flights to the US with Icelandair from Oslo and other cities.

You can add a stopover in Reykjavík for up to three days without increasing the price.

Icelandair uses Boeing 757 or Boeing 767 aircraft on these flights. They feature a 3-3 (757) or 2-3-2 (767) seating configuration in economy class.

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According to the fare rules, a minimum stay of 3 days (or a Sunday) is required. A maximum stay of 12 months is permitted. A stopover in each direction in Reykjavík is allowed, as mentioned earlier, but must not exceed 78 hours. The deal expires on June 5, 2020.

You can find your preferred travel dates via Google Flights (instructions). It is easier and safer to do it directly via Icelandair’s landing pages that we’ve listed above. First, you can select your preferred departure city if the airline serves multiple airports in your region:

Iceland Air Select City

Then you can access a list of possible destinations. The lowest price available will be highlighted. If you click on a airport, a calendar will open, showing you on which dates the lowest fare is available:

Iceland Air Calendar

You may also check our flight search, as online travel agencies sell these tickets for €30 less than Icelandair. However, we recommend booking directly with the airline.

Why is booking with an airline better than with an online travel agency?

More often than not, online travel agencies offer lower fares than airlines do. We still recommend booking with the airlines directly. There are two main reasons for that:

Better Customer Service
In case any problems like delays, cancellations or missed connections arise, you can communicate directly with the airline. The airline has to take care of you because you have a contract with them.

If a travel agency issues your ticket, you may have to reach out to them first. You also depend on your OTA to forward information like flight changes instead of receiving them directly from the airline. In many cases, you may get a prime exhibition of responsibility shifting rather than problem-solving.

This especially applies to premium tickets. You don’t want to spend more than €1,000 to wind up with some budget OTA’s telephone hotline in case anything goes wrong.

Baggage and Other Fees
Economy fares not including hold luggage are industry standard by now. In most cases, travel agencies charge much higher baggage fees than the airlines themselves. If bags are not included in your fare, airlines are often the cheaper alternative.

This also applies to other things like food services, insurances or priority treatment. In almost all cases, you pay less for additional amenities when booking on the airlines’ website.

Mileage

The tickets are in booking class X. Icelandair is not part of any alliance, so barely any program will give you miles.

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