I FLEW TO THE USA FOR £37! Crazy Error Fare!

Have you ever come cross a deal is just too good to turn down ? Well that's exactly why I'm here at Stansted Airport. This video is brought to you  by Squarespace which is an all-in-one platform to build a beautiful website to prefer in your  business. So today I'm heading to Boston in the USA and the best part is only cost me £37.50. So essentially this is what's known as an error fare that is somebody at the airliner has messed up and sold this flight for a ridiculously low price . This particular one is a fare from Barcelona across  to Boston in the states with stops in Zurich and Montreal and it's a return flight. There's cost a total of 55 pounds I'll be using the return later in the year for another flight that I have planned to the states. Of course I need to get to Barcelona and for that one that's why I'm here at Stansted today. to take a cheap Ryanair flight for £9.99 down to Barcelona . Making a grand total of each way of £37.50 . You can't beat that Now of course it goes without saying that the  airlines are really don't like people finding out about these their error fares and as soon as they go public they usually shut down within a couple  of hours by the airline . You have to be quick as  soon as you spot an error fare click the button book it and sort the rest out later. Which is kind  of what I've done with this one. Now of course even if you are lucky and managed to bag yourself one of these really cheap fares there's no guarantee that the airline isn't just going to refund your money and cancel your ticket. It does happen quite a bit . Until you get on the plane there  really is no guarantee that you going anywhere. Hello Of course that does mean that until I get to Barcelona I've got no idea  whether I'm gonna be going anywhere I want on this so we'll find out when we get there . First leg on this trip then was down to Barcelona . We flew across the channel down France and over the Pyrenees into Barcelona with the flight  time of 1 hour and 35 minutes . At a cruising altitude of 37,000 feet. If you're not subscribed  already it would be great if you could hit that subscribe button . I do crazy trips like this all  the time and I'd love to share them with you. Thank you bye-bye So my flight out of here then to Zurich was  actually leave until 7:45 in the morning. It's only going up to 7 o'clock at the moment so I've got a night here. I could have stayed in a hotel but when I've just paid £37 for a flight to the US spending a lot more than that on a hotel seems to be a little bit of frivolous . So I'm gonna try and find somewhere to get my head down for a bit And hopefully spend the night here and Barcelona El Prat airport. So here's somewhere that seems relatively quiet. Other people are sleeping around here as well so. May try here. Unfortunately their seats aren't  the best because they have kind of arms So maybe the floor . Okay so this is not THE most comfortable but it's free so we can't really complain . Bag makes a nice pillow. It's still kind of evening  here in Barcelona so see how much sleep I can get down here. Goodnight . Five in the morning. That was a dreadful nights sleep to be honest . Awake every hour or so I guess the floor is  just so uncomfortable but it's been nice and quiet . As the airport is starting to wake up a bit now  people milling around . I'm gonna go see if I can check in and maybe get to a lounge . Get showered and get some breakfast and hopefully enough time to sleep on the long haul flight today . If we get on long-haul flight today . Let's go find out . It was time to head airside to find out  whether or not they would let me get on board a flight that I paid just £27.50 for. And so the big  moment had arrived what I be able to get on board the first flight of the day on my £27.50 flight . I was in well as far as Zurich anyway. Right on board looks like we're going to Boston . Or should I have said at least Zurich I mean I still had another two flights to go before it comes at Boston Next leg of my journey then took me up to  Zurich. We flew across the Mediterranean coating in over the South of France and crossing the Alps into Zurich. With a flight time of one hour 31 minutes  and a cruising altitude of 36,000 feet . So then here in Zurich made it this far at  least just about to board my next flight to Montreal. Can't believe this whole trip has  cost me it's like 37 quid it's crazy.   I feel like I've got my money's worth already but  I'm a long-haul flight now over to Montreal Canada with Swiss . On an A330 . Time to see  if I'd be able to get on board the longest sector of this trip. So here I was then boarding  a transatlantic flight for just £27.50 merci welcome okay the other side to the thank you. On board the Swiss A330 to Montreal Twenty seven quid this fight Crikey. I'm not sure if I will get an aisle passenger next to me or not . But yeah its not to bad . Lucky for me the aisle seat remained empty so I had two seats to myself. I thought my day couldn't get any better well that was until the captain came  on and introduced himself as Captain Roger Koch. The longest sector of this trip then took  me across France and just off the southwest   coast of England before crossing the Atlantic . We coasted in over Newfoundland before crossing New Brunswick and into Quebec where we started our descent into Montreal. Flight time today was seven hours and forty-seven minutes at a cruising altitude of 36 and 38,000 feet. So now about three hours into the  flight we've got about five hours   remaining now ahead of our arrival into  Montreal. We're somewhere over the Atlantic And I must say the flights so far is really good I've had a really nice meal and a couple of glasses of wine. I watched a bit of tv . About to sit and watch a movie as  well I mean for the price I pay really I can't complain. This is just really good And it's relatively comfortable to. I've got nobody at the side of me the  next seat . So is pretty comfortable. Just chilling for a few hours ahead of  in Montreal . But hey for the price of paid this flight from Barcelona to Boston was like  £27.50 So I can't really complain in total for £37.50 for the whole trip . If its takes me couple of nights to get  there that's fine. To be fair they could shut me in the cargo hold for that price . and i'll probably still wouldn't complain . Though I probably would knowing me. A couple of movies and several more glasses of wine later we were approaching the Newfoundland coast of Canada. It wasn't long before we were commencing  our approach in to Montreal And Captain Koch brought us in for a smooth  landing around an hour ahead of schedule . Thank you good bye . I was in Canada well almost. I still had the mammoth queue for immigration and a rather grumpy immigration official to win over before I was officially in Canada. So here in Montreal at Trudeau Airport in  Canada and I have to say first impressions not that great. I thought America was supposed to have the reputation of having the rudest immigration people I've never really found personally but having come to Montreal now I think that's completely wrong and I honestly  believe that Montreal Airport has the rudest immigration staff . I essentially went to the machine swiped my passport . Got to the next bit where the guys are waiting and he looks at me and he nodded and I thought that meant to go towards him. And then he was started with  dressing me down in front of everybody He said did you never learn that you need to stop at a  stop sign. I was like what? A little bit confused . It turns out that I obviously missed  some sort of sign somewhere and what he was just being a complete [ __ ] about it to be honest . There's no need for that . The he started going on he was quizzing me as to what was in my bag and the value of my camera gear and all the rest It. Never had that anywhere People say that Americans are bad but Americans always been good for me. I never have anything like this in the States  or in fact anywhere else in the world . So it's just crazy but never mind I'm here now . I've got some poutine. It's really nice you've got to do it while you're in Canada . So I've got a night here not  entirely sure I'm gonna be staying . I've seen some nice funky looking settee's around the corner that  I might go and camp down on for the night. Now I always get asked when I do these trips how I find these cheap fares and things and this one I thought be a great idea to tell you how I found this error fare. And actually came through a blog I follow a few blogs on Twitter Secret flying was this one  it set it to alert you when the deals come out And exactly how I found this one it alerted me  I jumped on it booked it within like 10 minutes. And then that was it . Blogs like that way to go  really the easiest way to start planning it and that's how I got this one. I'm gonna finish my poutine  and I'm gonna try and find somewhere to get my head down for a rest Coz I am tired and groggy. I'm annoyed to put it mildly that the attitude of that guy. But never mind . I'm in now . I'm gonna find somewhere to camp out once I finish my poutine . So then day three of my £37 flight to Boston  and I've not slept too bad actually on these settees. Just out here in the departure lounge  departure hall while we're at Montréal . Last leg now down to Boston on an Air Canada  CRJ So we're looking forward to get in there . Lets go So it's just dawned on me though I've got to go through immigration again here and deal with them again . I hope hopefully they'll be a little bit more friendly than they were last night . But we'll find out Thank you So I was hoping that the American immigration here at Montreal might been a little bit friendlier    than the yeah dude I had last night on the way  in . It was slightly better but it was still   not brilliant to be honest . Asking me a ton of questions . Why am I going to Boston ? Why am I only there three hours ? Why am i filming on the flight ? Do the airline's know I'm filming on the flight ? Do I have have written permission from the airlines to film on the flight ? Really I've never had this problem anywhere else . In the States or Canada or the most remote reaches of the world never had this issue before .And here in Montreal they just seem to have all the little people with a complex working on their immigration . So don't think I'll  be coming back through here any time soon . I'm not enjoying it to be on this but never mind I know the rest of Canada is amazing . I've flown a lot through Calgary , Vancouver , Toronto and there guys have usually been pretty decent. People really friendly everywhere else in Canada  so I'm just waiting for the Canada flights now on the CRJ down to Boston. I'm looking forward to  getting there to be honest and being out Montreal. Hello bonjour .Thank you very much So last leg down to Boston. Finally . Last leg on my journey then took me southeast out  of Montreal and into the States crossing Vermont   and Maine before making an approach in landing  into Boston. We even had a bit of a go-around on approach to. Flight time today was 54 minutes at  a cruising altitude of 27,000 feet. Here we are then the last leg of my £37 trip. 48 hours after leaving London . On the last leg now to Boston . It's not been quick and it certainly hasn't been easy but  Idon't think really here that you can complain for the price of £37.50 To take me from London over to the states . Sure is quicker ways and I could have probably got here in seven hours on a direct flight from London. But whatever I got it for 37 quid . So as I head south of the border to the US I just want to say a big shout out to this video sponsor Squarespace . Squarespace make it super easy to set up and host a website. This isn't like the old days of the Internet where Geocities give you a simple website that you've  filled with animated gifs Squarespace really do have this nailed . 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How cool is that I know it's been an absolutely insane journey . It's taken me 48 hours I could have done it in seven how they've paid several times the price . But it's been a good laugh even with the grumpy people in Montreal it's not been too bad at all. So on the point of whether you can fly to the USA from the UK for £37.50 Well yeah of course you can question is, is it worth the time to do that ? Thanks very much for  watching take care and I'll see you next time .

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Published: Wed Feb 19 2020