Hey all, need to go to London and back in late September. Best current price is $803. Has anyone flown out of Buffalo? Worth the drive? Also, I have Air Miles but the flight is approx 5000 miles and the taxes were almost $700 - any idea what's up with that? Your feedback is much appreciated - thanks!

Airmiles to Europe is a rip off. I have flown out of Buffalo twice now. Did a park, sleep and fly out of Salvatore's Garden Hotel once. It was a great deal. $15 extra got me two weeks parking.

flown out of buffalo many times, mornings are busy. When exactly are you going? as you could go to Gatwick airport on Transat on Sundays. Showing around 900$ for late September. Cost for gas and time might be worth the price increase.

but if you are leaving from buffalo, its not a bad airport, just not too many options for meals.

have you found a better deal from Buffalo for London, usually it costs a lot more than Toronto? There are still those $668 iceland air flights on google for end of Sept departure returning in Oct (though not sure if bookable)

I fly out of Buffalo, Niagara Falls and Detroit. Family of six - drive a little, save a lot.

If you have access to a Marlin Travel you can redeem your Airmiles for gc's to use if you book through them. Double check any restrictions but I got about $250 "off" flight when I booked to Dublin through them a few years ago.

Don't fly out of BUF for London. There's no cost savings.
Use google flights with two Departure airports and you'll save yourself a lot of time comparing.

Buffalo airport is wonderful to fly from compared to YYZ. Def worth the drive. Also much less expensive to leave your vehicle at the airport for the duration of your trip in Buffalo than in Toronto.

I would never drive from Toronto to Buffalo unless the flight cost was extremely low. Living near the border is a different matter. The parking at Pearson is not that expensive if you aren't parking in a VIP section, $75 CDN/week vs $50 USD. The rail shuttle is very convenient.

One year I flew on jet blue out of Buffalo to NYC at a cost of $69 each way. Return trip on AC was $350 plus all the taxes and fees, plus an hour line up to go through US customs at the airport. I live north of Toronto -- over two hours away from the border. Oh, and did I mention that the airport and airline staff were amazing in terms of customer service -- air canada staff tend to treat you as if they are doing you a favour by letting you on their plane. Difference in terms of stress levels flying out and Buffalo compared to Toronto was vast. But to each their own -- this has just been my experience. It also costs me about $150 a week to park at Pearson -- not in VIP section, just is regular lot. So for me personally, the difference is huge and well worth the drive. Just sayin

oh definitely if flying within the USA it can be a lot better and cheaper and there are many different airline options to choose from. I've done it several times with southwest. To Europe however it is likely going to be worse for customs from Buffalo. For parking you can now use value park lot, about $75 with taxes included per week and you don't need to wait for the shuttle bus, there is the direct train. There are many other non-official options as well: http://www.torontopearson.com/en/parking/#