Flights from MCO to London - Please Help!

[marciemi]

Reposting here instead of the general Community Board:

Not Disney related but I know there are a lot of folks from England who come to Disney so figure this might be a good place to ask. My son is spending a year on exchange to the University of Cambridge and I need to get him into Heathrow NLT 10am on October 1st. Assuming we're booking one way because we have no clue when the return would be yet for Christmas or the end of the year.

However, when I price tickets on Kayak, I get a lot in the $400-800 range (one way) assuming I book through Kayak or CheapoAir. Once I go to the specific airlines websites (Icelandair, Virgin Atlantic, Aer Lingus, Air Canada), the prices seem to be more like $1400 one way.

I normally would always book through an airline directly but hate to just throw away $1000. Are there huge disadvantages to booking through Kayak? Where do you book when you travel? Are there certain airlines to avoid?

Thanks so much for any help!

 

[sky13]

I'm not familiar with flight costs in the opposite direction! But is there any particular reason why you need a one-way instead of a return flight - as 2 one-way tickets usually cost much more than a return flight?

The airlines I was looking at using for flying between London and MCO were:
Direct: British Airways and Virgin Atlantic (direct from LGW)
Indirect: United, Delta, Air Canada (mostly LHR I think)

I don't think there are any certain airlines I would avoid though would watch out for connection times for indirect flights.

 

[marciemi]

Just because we don't know at all how the term works or when (or even for sure if) he'd be coming home at Christmas. Thought change fees would make guessing prohibitive. Thanks and I replied to the PM. We leave for Orlando tomorrow but will reply for real when I get back.