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I’ve written before about WOW Air, and their low-cost flights from the US to Europe. They currently only fly out of Boston and Baltimore / Washington (BWI), and all flights go to Iceland, before continuing on to other places like London or Amsterdam.
Their gimmick is $99 fares from the US to Europe, and they are back!
Searching on Google Flights
As I’ve mentioned before, it’s a lot easier to search these deals on Google Flights. Here’s an example search from Boston to Reykjavik in September / October. You can click that link and then adjust your origin, destination, or time to find one that works for you
The fares that show up as $109 or $110 in Google Flights DO price out at $99 on WOW’s website – so you can see that there are still a few dates there with really cheap fares.
The other thing to be aware of is that WOW is a low-cost carrier, so you’re going to likely pay for things like luggage (even a carryon costs $29 if it’s more than 5 kilos), seat selection and other things. So your $99 fare isn’t going to ACTUALLY be $99. Return flights leaving Iceland are slightly more expensive, so if I were going to do this, I’d consider using miles to go back from Iceland to the US, depending on my flight cost.
Also flying from Boston is the only way I got $99 fares – flights from Baltimore were more expensive.
What do you think? Have you gotten in any of these ultra-cheap fares to Iceland or beyond?
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They were back! I noticed this a couple of days ago and was coordinating a couple of flights. Then yesterday the whole blog made mention and now there’s nothing unless you want to go literally tomorrow or in October.
Must all the deals be killed! Now what to do with those stupid Club Carlsons.