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British Airways Sale On At STA Travel: Great Deals On Travel Between The US And Europe

Backpackers currently in the USA, but wanting to hop over to Europe in the next few months, listen up: there’s a sale on at British Airways via STA Travel.

Fares from US$252 (New York City to London – roundtrip). The offer is valid for travel March 24 – May 25, 2008, and included in the sale is a FREE stopover to London.

But, taxes aren’t included: “Prices shown are per person and do not include US- and foreign government-imposed taxes and fees associated with travel, which can be up to an additional $400 per round-trip ticket.”

This info comes via the About.com Student Travel blog, who debate whether buying a ticket to Europe with a London stopover is worth it, instead of flying directly to London and then going the budget airline route:

“Cost of an NYC-Barcelona ticket on the current sale with a stopover in London: $636 roundtrip. Compare that to a “normal” adult fare — $632 NYC-London plus $207 London (Heathrow)-Barcelona — savings of $203. Cost to do the Ryanair from Stansted airport to Barcelona thing is $532 — $476 NYC-London on the sale plus $59.22 London (Stanstedt)-Barcelona — savings of $100 over the STA sale fare with the free London stopover.”

More from About.com here

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Sale was to have ended yesterday (21 Feb), but has since been extended to 12 March 2008.

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