Black Friday flight deals: Fly direct from UK to the United States from £255 return

There are plenty of discounts on direct routes

Burst of colour: Jamaica Pond in Boston, Massachusetts (Getty/iStock)

Every so often, Jack Sheldon from Jack’s Flight Club selects a flight deal from the UK for Independent readers that you can’t afford to miss. This week: return flights to the US from £160.

As part of the seasonal sales we’re seeing great reductions on direct flights to the US. United Airlines has included routes to New York from Manchester and Edinburgh, as well as popular destinations Houston and San Francisco from London. Norwegian rounds off your options from its Gatwick hub with reasonably priced flights to Austin and Denver, among others.

There are loads of options to get you across the pond with no time wasted by unnecessary stopovers.

How to book

Although the best fares here are with two different airlines, they’re booked in a very similar way. First, head to Google Flights and enter your chosen departure and destination airports.

I recommend adding a filter for nonstop flights only. Doing this allows Google Flights to highlight the best dates in green for you once you click on the calendar tool. Then click on the departure date and the handy calendar tool will load all the best dates for your route (highlighted in green).

Once you’ve selected your flights for each leg of the journey on your chosen dates, you’ll be presented with a link to book the flight directly on United or Norwegian’s website. If your journey is with Norwegian, you can enter the code “EVERYROUTE18” to get roughly £15 taken off the price.

Flight options from the UK and Ireland

Return flights from Manchester or Edinburgh with United

New York City (EWR) – £233

Return flights from Dublin with Norwegian

New York City (EWR) – £180

Providence (PVD) – £160

Return flights from London Heathrow with United

Chicago (ORD) – £264

Houston (IAH) – £266

New York City (NYC) – £264

San Francisco (SFO) – £272

Washington DC (IAD) – £294

Return flights from London Gatwick with Norwegian

Austin (AUS) – £285

Boston (BOS) – £225

Chicago (ORD) – £226

Denver (DEN) – £269

Las Vegas (LAS) – £265

New York City (NYC) – £245

San Francisco (SFO) – £272

When to fly

January to May 2019 (The cheapest dates vary somewhat by route, but are all scattered around the first half of next year).

When to book

These fares should last a few more days, probably until Monday 26 November.

Pro tips

For roughly the same price, you can also explore two cities in one go by selecting a “multi-city” journey. Simply input one destination city on the outbound flight and a different one on the return. Why not go and see New York and Boston or Las Vegas and San Francisco in one go?