Cheap flights from London to Albuquerque

February is the cheapest month in the fare data for this route, and the low season stretches from September through March — the months the price calendar covers. Those are also the quiet months in both the United Kingdom and the United States, outside the summer rush and the winter holiday peak, so seats are easier to find. Midweek departures usually cost less than Friday and Sunday flights, and shifting your dates by a day or two often changes the total. Avoid the days around Thanksgiving and Christmas, when transatlantic and domestic American flights fill up. Book a few months ahead if your dates are flexible, and set a fare alert if they are not.

Nothing on this route is nonstop. Finnair, Lufthansa, Austrian, Brussels Airlines, Swiss, Lufthansa City Airlines, Iberia, Portug and American Airlines sell it as a connecting trip, most often through a European hub and then a US gateway before the last hop to Albuquerque. JetBlue Airways is the low-cost name in the mix; the others are full-service carriers, so what is included in the ticket differs and is worth checking line by line. Compare totals rather than headline fares, because a low-cost fare can grow once you add a checked bag, and separate tickets leave you carrying the risk of a missed connection.

Albuquerque International Sunport is the city's only airport, and it sits a short drive from downtown, so the last leg of the trip is quick once you land. Taxis and rideshare pickups meet arrivals outside the terminal, there is a local bus link into the centre, and rental desks are on site if you want to drive into New Mexico. Because you arrive on a domestic flight from a US gateway, you clear American immigration and customs at that first US airport, not in Albuquerque — leave a comfortable gap between the two flights. Ask at check-in whether your bags are tagged all the way through, and keep your onward boarding pass to hand.

Currency

USD ($)

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 Albuquerque

565 k (2020)

Altitude

1,619 m · high altitude — take the first day slowly

Time zone

UTC-06 (America/Denver)

Country facts: Wikidata

• Check which London airport you are flying from, since Heathrow, Gatwick, City, Luton and Stansted all serve this route and moving between them takes time.
• Confirm what your fare includes for bags, because the low-cost options price hand luggage only.
• Make sure both legs sit on one ticket, or a missed connection becomes your problem to fix and pay for.
• Check your passport and your US entry authorisation well before you fly.
• Leave a generous gap at your US gateway, where you clear immigration before the domestic flight to Albuquerque.
• Compare dates across the whole September to March window rather than fixing on one week, since February shows the lowest fares.