Preferred airline from NY to London

[celebrity]

We are planning a Western European cruise

departing from departing from Southampton

next year.

Hoping someone can suggest a good carrier

for the flight over.

TIA.

[moniquet]

Have flown AA, BA and Virgin. All are acceptable, not much difference in either.

[celebrity]

Thanks so much.

[Keith1010]

Virginia Atlantic would be the nicest of the three, followed by BA and then AA in my opinion.

 

Keith

[celebrity]

Thanks Keith.

[Keith1010]

You are very welcome.

 

Keith

[orchestrapal]

Coach is the same on pretty much any airline, uncomfortable.

Business and first do vary quite a bit, however so upgrade if you can.

[bbappel]

We take AA usually on a morning flight so we have reduced jet lag. We spend the day reading, watching a movie & walking around the plane. We are able to get to our hotel, have a bite and go to sleep.

We fly into LHR for most European trips for this reason.

Beth

[wowzz]

Both Virgin and BA have a 'proper' premium economy cabin, which makes the journey more pleasant, whilst not being as expensive as Club. I believe AA are introducing a similar cabin in due course, but possibly not on all aircraft by next year.

[jenng1976]

I always use the website Seat Guru when looking at flight options. It shows plane configurations for seating as well as has comments about planes / specific seats. It also has the measurements of the seats and the distance between rows.

 

I always look for 2 x 3 x 2 seating if possible since I hate being in the middle seat! Of course, it means a lot of research before I choose a flight, but it often pays off!

[Sccrkeepr]

Lufthansa is one of my favorites - booked through United's website with points from chase.

[anne59]

Virgin are fantastic

[scottbee]

There are so many options from the New York area to London. There are also one-stop options via places like Iceland on Icelandair (who allow free stopovers).

 

Add to that there is also the option to fly (one stop) to SOU/Southampton airport instead of going via London such as JFK-DUB-SOU