Cheap flights from Wroclaw to Atlanta

May is the cheapest month on this route, and the months we track prices for run from September through November, then February, April, May, June and July. Late spring and early summer tend to be the sweet spot: the weeks before the summer rush, when transatlantic seats are still easy to find. Midweek departures from Strachowice usually cost less than Friday and Sunday flights, and Tuesday or Wednesday connections through a European hub are the calmest. Watch the calendar around Thanksgiving and the December holidays, when Atlanta fills with inbound traffic, and around the Polish school holidays in July, which push fares up on the way out.

There is no nonstop on this route, so every ticket is a connecting one and the fare depends on how the legs are stitched together. None of the carriers here are budget low-cost in the usual sense. The long transatlantic stretch is flown by full-service names: LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa, Swiss, United Airlines and Air Canada. The European feeder legs often carry regional brands — Lufthansa Cityline, Helvetic Airways, Cityjet, Braathens Regional Aviation and Scandinavian Airlines — with smaller cabins and tighter hand baggage limits. On one through ticket your bags are checked to Atlanta; on separate tickets you collect them at the connection and check in again.

Atlanta is served by Hartsfield Jackson, the big airport south of the city, and it is where every connecting itinerary on this route ends. From Wroclaw you leave from Strachowice, so there is only one airport to worry about at each end. Hartsfield Jackson sits well outside the downtown core — the ride in takes a while in traffic — but the airport train runs straight into the centre and is the simplest way in if you are travelling light. Rideshares and taxis pick up from marked zones; check which terminal your onward ground transport uses, because the domestic and international sides are far apart. If you land late, book your transfer before you fly.

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 Atlanta

499 k (2020)

Time zone

UTC-04 (America/New_York)

Country facts: Wikidata

• Check that your ticket leaves from Strachowice, the only airport serving Wroclaw on this route.
• Confirm whether both legs sit on one ticket or two — on separate tickets you recheck your bags at the connection.
• Look at the connection time in your European hub; short transfers with a checked bag are the ones that go wrong.
• Read the baggage allowance for each carrier on the ticket, since regional feeders often allow less hand luggage than the long-haul airline.
• Make sure your passport and any US entry authorisation are valid before you pay for the flight.
• Compare your dates against May and the other low-price months before you commit.