Super Cheap Flights To Iceland And Europe From West Coast. Act Fast!
I don’t see as many cheap flights pop up for West coast folks, so I hope this is valuable for those who call California home and are looking to explore the world.
Wow Air is having a fare sale right now and there aren’t many seats available. They’re offering flights as low as $99 one-way to Iceland and $199 one-way to Europe.
These fares have been fairly typical for Wow Air from some of their East Coast cities but this is the inauguration of their LAX and SFO service.
I spent about 15 minutes performing various searches to see how many flights were available. The short answer is “not many”. And, where I did find availability, there weren’t many seats (5 or less in some cases as indicated on the website). Here are a few days where I found the cheapest fares:
Copenhagen had the most availability across a range of dates.
Some folks are scared of discount carriers like this. Up until my recent Norwegian Air flight to Martinique, I was in that club as well. But, it really wasn’t anywhere near as bad as I thought it was going to be.
Keep in mind, Wow Air charges for plenty of “extra”, including things like checked and carry-on baggage as well as seat assignments. They’re pretty strict on some of those requirements from what I’ve heard. Still, it can be a really cheap way to get to Europe. Just make sure you add up the fees before buying so you know what you’re total ticket cost is.
Main problem with $99 flights LAX to Iceland is lowest one way fare KEF-LAX is in the $300s making a round trip ticket over $500 after bag fees. Late June flights to mainland Europe for $199 are a good one way deal on WOW if you can get back to California on a miles award ticket.
rijn1629, that is the downside to some of the KEF fares. I did see some dates later in the fall where you could get reasonably priced returns. I am a bit surprised that flights to Copenhagen are cheaper than Iceland, but I guess they have confidence they’ll fill enough seats that they don’t need to discount KEF.
Fwiw, I’ve flown to Iceland a few times to visit family on other carriers and have never had my ticket fare be less than $1500 from LAX (stopping in Seattle or Boston or both and sometimes a stop in NY) so $500 round trip is pretty incredible in comparison!
Dina, it may not be as comfy as what you’ve flown before, but I agree there are some good deals to be had!