Cheap flights from London to Austin

November is the cheapest month on this route, sitting in the quiet stretch between the summer rush and the Thanksgiving and Christmas peaks. Fares climb through June, July and August, when London school holidays fill the planes and Austin's heat makes spring and autumn the better time to be there, then rise again in late December. Fly midweek where you can and treat Friday and Sunday departures as the expensive ones. If your trip has to land on Thanksgiving week, book well ahead, because that week behaves nothing like the rest of an otherwise cheap month.

Ten carriers appear on this route, and none of them are low-cost, so what separates them is where you change planes and what your fare includes. British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines fly the long haul, and several of them run direct service between London and Austin. KLM, Brussels Airlines, Iberia, Austrian and Air Dolomiti show up on connecting itineraries through their European hubs, which usually makes for a longer day but sometimes a lower ticket. On any connecting booking, check whether both legs sit on one ticket, because that decides who rebooks you when a delay makes you miss the next flight.

Austin–Bergstrom International is the airport serving the city, and it sits close to downtown, so the transfer into the centre is short whichever way you travel. Rideshares and taxis pick up outside the terminal, and local buses run into town for anyone watching the budget. Because this is your point of entry into the United States, you clear immigration and customs here, and queues build when several long-haul arrivals land together. Build in some slack, and if you are flying onwards the same day, remember that you collect your bags before the next leg.

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 Austin

962 k (2020)

Time zone

UTC-05 (America/Chicago)

Country facts: Wikidata

• Check which London airport your ticket actually uses, because Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton and London City are not interchangeable and moving between them takes time.
• Confirm whether your fare includes a checked bag, since the lowest transatlantic tickets often leave it out.
• On connecting itineraries, make sure both legs sit on one ticket so a missed connection is the airline's problem rather than yours.
• Check that your passport and any United States entry authorisation are valid before you pay.
• Think about how close your dates fall to Thanksgiving or Christmas, because those weeks price nothing like the rest of November.