San Francisco to Singapore with a two-day stop in London
I live in Singapore and I am planning to to SFO/SJC for a conference. But I want visit my sister and my little nephew who live in London and I wanted see if I can plan for it enroute.
I have not booked the tickets yet, but I can go to SFO/SJC from Singapore via London and better yet, when the conference is over, I can stop by for 2 days in London before returning back to Singapore.
I was planning to fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Singapore via the "other route" and would like to have a 2 day visit in London (with in-transit visa). I tried Google search, but I am unable to find any flights that can help me do this. Has anyone done this travel before? What is best advice to fly from SFO -> London -> Singapore I would consider reducing the cost factor associated with the trip as well?
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I just did a quick search on kayak.com for tickets from SFO to Singapore and Singapore to London.
Based on one way fares for February 10, 2012. The 2 one way tickets through Singapore would be cheaper then flying from SFO to London directly.
So I will repeat the question I had. Do you really need to go to London first? I mean geographically it seems like such a backwards way to go.
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Here's what you should try: instead of trying to book a Singapore - London - San Francisco flight for outgoing and San Francisco - Singapore for return flight, book return flights from Singapore to London and then separate return flights from London to San Francisco.
I ran my search on Kayak.co.uk. I looked up PyCon 2012 dates you've linked to for a sample itinerary. For all options, I have taken Singapore outbound flight on 2 March, London outbound flight on 5 March, and San Francisco outbound flight on 16 March.
- SIN-LON-SFO outgoing, SFO-SIN return: Cheapest result is USD 2390 with British Airways.
- SIN-LON return, LON-SFO return: SIN-LON cheapest result is USD 950 with Emirates; LON-SFO is USD 680 with Delta, totalling up to USD 1630.
As you can see, by going for the second option you do save a bit. While it does mean it might increase your flight time, it's up to you to decide whether the savings are significant enough. Also, for the sample itinerary I chose, Emirates via Dubai came out to be the cheapest option for SIN-LON; for other dates, it could very well be Cathay Pacific via Hong Kong!
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