What is the cheapest, non-stop return airfare from any London airport
to Chicago departing London 15 Nov, returning 23 November (arrival + 1
day).  Itinerary includes round trip from Chicago to Burlington VT
outbound 18 Nov inbound 20 Nov.  I need link to available tickets.

Hello,

The lowest published fare that i was able to find ( non-stop from
London to Chicago ) from 15 Nov to 23/24 is 154 British pounds + 63
pounds tax on American Airlines and can be booked at
http://wwww.airfares.co.uk.

Alternately, the lowest priced fare  ( non stop from chicago to
burlington )
from 18 nov to 20 nov is $429  all tax included and can be found at
www.orbitz.com. ( one stop lowest priced ticket is $401 ) . The reason
for high prices to burlington is that the local airport is not served
by any regional airlines and is not a major hub for major carriers.

Airport Codes: Chicago (CHI)
               Burlington, VT (BTV)
I hope that the prices i have listed are really the cheapest
available. Please dont delay too much if you want to book cheap prices
to chicago as the agency specializes in limited availabile tickets.

Regards,
leader-ga

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Clarification of Answer by leader-ga on 24 Oct 2002 13:21 PDT

If seats are not available for American Airlines ( london to chicago )
. There must be cheap prices available for Air India which may range
from 163 pounds to 180 pounds, approximately.
Regards,
leader-ga

Hi,
Until recently I worked in travel in the UK; you will have great
difficulty finding a cheap flight from the UK for these dates as your
stay does not include a Saturday night which is the basic qualifier
for discounted fares.
If you could go a day earlier or return a day later you are far more
likely to get a reasonable price.
Regards,
Ali

Hi again,
I have found 2 discounted fares to Chicago for those dates, but both
are indirect.
£429.50 changing in Milan or £603 changing in Amsterdam.
I'm just seeing if I can find anything direct & also the internal
flight (which is looking quite expensive too).
Ali

Air fares literally can change by the minute. What may be the cheapest
when a researcher finds it may not be the cheapest by the time the
purchaser buys it. I know this from personal experience; a few months
ago I found a true bargain fare, but it was gone five minutes later
when I confirmed that the flight times would work out. The weird thing
is that it was back a few hours later (with slightly different times,
but the same airline).

I have an illustration of mvguy's comment about fares changing
*literally* by the minute.  Last year, I had two windows open on my
computer, containing two airfare search engines.  I renewed my two
searches every minute or so for the same itineraries.  The price would
be lower on one search engine one minute, and lower on the other one
the next minute.  The prices bounced around on both search engines
several times during the hour.

Still, it may be helpful to meerschaum if someone indicated what the
lowest fares were at during a particular period of time on more than
one airfare search engine.  That will give meerschaum a sense of the
lowest fares possible, even if the searches might need to be run
several times in order to find the same or similar fare.