An interesting fare war is playing out today between SkyTeam and Star Alliance for summer flight deals to Iceland from many cities across the USA. Delta has summer flights to Reykjavik, Iceland from Minneapolis MSP and New York JFK. United has Newark EWR to Reykjavik KEF flights. Air Canada has Toronto YYZ to Reykjavik flights.…
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WOW Air $250 round trip SFO to Iceland, Wizz $58 to Poland
WOW Air has tickets from San Francisco to Iceland as low as $250 round trip, if you can travel with only a free personal bag. Add $100 if you need to pay for one carry-on bag round trip; $140 for one checked bag or add $210 to the ticket price if you need a paid…
Use WOW Air for cheap Iceland flights on easyjet, Norwegian and Wizz

While many readers are probably aware about cheap flight opportunities to Iceland with Wow Air, in this piece my focus is how to use cheap WOW flights to Iceland primarily as positioning flights for low cost tickets on other airlines from Iceland to other European destinations. WOW Air offers flights as low as $100 one…
WOW LAX to Iceland, WIZZ to Baltics or Poland $300

A winter deal I see for the budget traveler is low WOW round trip fares LAX to Iceland $228 or SFO at $256. That is not particularly impressive, but a great deal combined with $33 WIZZ Airlines tickets from Iceland to Riga RIX Latvia, Vilnius VNO Lithuania or to Poland airports like Gdansk GDN, Warsaw…
Trip Report–Iceland, Lithuania, Latvia, Sweden April 2017

Here are articles related to my April 2017 10-day trip flying WOW Airlines San Francisco to Iceland, Wizz Air to Vilnius, Lithuania, train and bus travel across Lithuania to Riga, Latvia and Norwegian Airlines from Riga to Stockholm. Vilnius, Lithuania This was a fast-moving solo travel trip with only one and two night hotel stays.…
Flight Review Wizz Air Keflavik Iceland to Vilnius Lithuania whole lotta drinkin’ goin’ on

Three weeks ago I flew Wizz Air out of Iceland to Lithuania. This was my second flight with Wizz, including last year’s London Luton to Kosice, Slovakia on Wizz. The competitive advantage of Hungary-based Wizz Air is they have many unique eastern European routes. Most memorable line from TBEX 2016 Stockholm was a conversation with…
Iceland seal population in rapid decline. Seal pup season in Monterey, California
Two weeks ago when I was in Iceland, I read the Icelandic harbour seal population has declined by 77% since 1980, when the first aerial seal count estimated a population at 33,000 animals. A 2011 census estimated 11,000 to 12,000 seals. The most recent aerial census in summer 2016 estimated 7,700 seals. Icelandic researchers state…
Luggage Storage in Reykjavik for tourists

There are currently no luggage storage facilities at Keflavik Airport KEF, the primary international airport for Iceland. There are three locations in Reykjavik with storage lockers at Reykjavik BSI Bus Terminal (Reykjavik Excursions FlyBus), Gray Line Holtagarðar bus station and Reykjavik City Airport (domestic Iceland flights). For most travelers coming from Keflavik Airport KEF for…
Hotel Review Hilton Reykjavik Nordica

Reykjavik, Iceland is an expensive destination for hotels, in addition to the high costs for a tourist with most other aspects of a trip to Iceland. Landing a Hilton Honors Points & Money reservation for 16,000 points + $66 at Hilton Reykjavik Nordica seemed like the best deal I could find for my early April…
Iceland has tourism problems due to cheap flights

Cheap flights have resulted in a rapid increase of tourists to Iceland in past five years. I flew San Francisco to Iceland last week for $70 all-in one way and stayed at the Hilton Nordica Reykjavik for 16,000 Hilton Honors points + 62 EUR. I was probably one of the lowest spending American tourists to…