Flight deal of the week: UK to Cuba from £315

Havana for the holidays? From £315, you'll need a reason to say no (AFP/Getty Images)

Every week, 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: Cuba for Christmas from £350 – and how to knock that price down even lower.

KLM is currently offering an incredible opportunity to visit Cuba this autumn or winter, with options and dates over Christmas for under £400 return from a dozen airports all over the UK. Cuba's dry season begins at the end of November, so it's a rare price during peak season – as well as covering always-pricey Christmas travel dates. Typical high-season fares to Havana will run you at least twice this price – think £650-£850 over the Christmas holidays!

How to book

Either directly with the airline, which will be slightly more expensive but removes the middle-man, or with an OTA (Online Travel Agent), which will often offer lower fares, but less flexibility in terms of date changes and cancellations. I recommend Momondo when searching for an OTA. Here are some of the return fares we were able to find from each city:

Birmingham (BHX) - £350

Southampton (SOU) - £350

London (LHR) - £362

London City (LCY) - £378

Edinburgh (EDI) - £378

Glasgow (GLA) - £378

Leeds (LBA) - £389

Manchester (MAN) - £348

Newcastle (NCL) - £382

Norwich (NWI) - £427

Aberdeen (ABZ) - £418

Bristol (BRS) - £417

Cardiff (CWL) - £419

When to fly

Availability is scattered throughout autumn and early winter, so I recommend using the Google Flights calendar tool, which will help you locate the best dates. For Christmas-time fares, I recommend setting your departure date between Dec 11-15th and return dates between Dec 26-28th.

When to book

With cheap fares, there is never a guarantee how long this will last, but I think KLM may keep these fares low for 2-3 more days.

Pro tips

KLM is a phenomenal option to fly with from the UK as it covers not only major airports, but also smaller ones, making regional departures very easy.

Many international airlines such as Hawaiian Airlines and Singapore Airlines try to drive tourism to their base by offering free extended stopovers for anyone flying through their home country/state. KLM's pricing system takes it one step further by often pricing fares even lower for any Brits wanting to get a day or two in Amsterdam on the way to a long-haul destination. If flying with KLM through Amsterdam, don't hesitate to change your itinerary to a 'multi-city' trip and you will often see fares drop even lower. In this particular case, you can fly from Birmingham on 13 December, spend a couple of days in Amsterdam and catch a direct flight to Cuba on the 15th, with a simple single-stop return after Christmas on the 27th, all for £315. That's an incredible price for a full-service airline.