Cheap flights from Glasgow to New York

November is the cheapest month on this route, and the fares that follow it into early December usually stay low until the Christmas rush starts. Summer is the opposite: July and August are peak, when families fly and seats on the transatlantic legs fill first. Midweek departures, Tuesday and Wednesday, tend to undercut Friday and Sunday returns. Watch the school holidays on both sides of the water, plus Thanksgiving in the USA and the New Year period, when connecting seats get tight.

No airline flies this route non-stop, so every itinerary involves a connection. Easyjet and Wizz Air Malta are the low-cost names you will see, usually on the first leg out of Glasgow International, while Air Canada, Finnair, Iberia, Icelandair, Air Transat, WestJet, BA CityFlyer and Loganair Limited appear on through-ticketed options. What you get differs sharply: a low-cost fare often covers the seat and a small cabin bag only, and anything checked or chosen costs extra. A single through ticket keeps both legs on one booking, so a missed connection is the airline's problem rather than yours.

New York has three airports and they are not interchangeable. John F Kennedy sits in Queens, a long ride from Manhattan by taxi or by AirTrain with subway and commuter rail links. Newark Liberty International is across the water in New Jersey, reachable by train or bus into Penn Station, and La Guardia is the closest to midtown but has no direct rail link, so buses and taxis do the work. Check which airport your connection lands at before you book, because moving between them on the ground eats hours.

Currency

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Power sockets

Type A, B · 120 V

Language

Samoan, Hawaiian, Chamorro, Carolinian, Spanish

Emergency number

911

Driving side

right

Calling code

+1

Internet domain

.us

Population of New York

8.8 M (2020)

Time zone

UTC-04 (America/New_York)

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• Check which airport you leave from, since Glasgow International handles the flights on this route.
• On low-cost tickets, add a checked bag and seat selection before you pay, not at the airport.
• If your connection is on separate tickets, leave a generous gap in case the first leg runs late.
• Make sure your passport and any US entry paperwork are valid well before departure.
• Book in November for the lowest fares, and avoid the Christmas and summer peaks.
• Confirm which New York airport each leg uses, as they are far apart.