European flight question (Updated connection question/paging Cuse)

Yes flights will go down. You're traveling in October which is a low travel period especially for us-europe. Last few years we've seen low costs in the $500-$700 range.

One of the things you can do when flying international is you can book a stopover in a city for less than 24 hours at the same cost. Not sure if you have any desire to visit London/England at all but may be a way to break up your trip? Book it as a multi city ticket with msy-lhr-italy, then italy-lhr, and next day lhr-msy (or wherever you are starting from)

I'm looking at flights at end of May and back in June for Spain and Rome, crazy and probably not gonna get better. $8700 for 3 of us in premium economy.

British Air tacks on fuel surcharges if you fly through Great Britain. Look at Iberia into Milan.

I would never fly through London to Italy unless it was the last resort. Try to find some directs from the USA if possible. Much better imo, that’s a good distance from London to Italy which means you won’t arrrive until noon or well after which means your first day is wasted and you’ll be exhausted.

My first international vacation was to Rome from MSY. We did the BA flights MSY-LHR-FCO. We left MSY in the evening and arrived in Rome the next day around 5pm.

I've taken several trips to Europe since then, and will never take that Italy flight itinerary again. The long flight direct out of MSY is enticing, but I would rather fly into Rome from NY/CHI/ATL and get into Rome mid-day or earlier. You are overthinking the jetlag. Your days are limited so getting in after 4 pm to your final destination is a HUGE waste of time.

Look into leaving MSY in the morning, getting to a major US airport mid afternoon and then catching a long haul from there to Rome. It will be an overnight flight and you will arrive usually before noon. Nothing worse than taking the 8 hour flight out of MSY, but still having to do more traveling once you arrive.

I was watching a September flight to Amsterdam on Expedia. It started out around $1400 but after several weeks it dropped to $640. I tried to book but when I selected that same flight it said prices increased to $1200. I don't know if Expedia is unreliable or I just didn't book soon enough. I'm waiting for prices to drop again.

Heathrow security sucks. I would always want at least two hours. Also be prepared to bus to a stair gate.
I've never gotten a jet bridge for my flight to Msy.