Its a difficult one to answer. You need to consider what you want...are you wanting to fly direct...do you mind routing via Paris/Amsterdam or Frankfurt....are you keen on any operator....UK or USA airline....KLM, Air France, Lufthansa etc or is price the dictator.

The economic climate and even the weather at the turn of the year can mean airline operators offer limited price sales to New York (including June/July departures.) The New York crossing has ample capacity, many airlines with seats and I would always wait out at least to the new year but like everything if you see a price you like then you should take it.....

Nivsy

Sign up to http://www.kayak.co.uk for email alerts and monitor the prices for a while.

luci

Agree with nivsy.

BA and Virgin often have very short window seat sales. You will sometimes find a deal when those are on however I notice sometimes they are on not the best timed flights - i.e. the return flight will be one leaving NYC early in the morning so whilst the flight might be £30-£50 cheaper than the evening return flight, you will end up spending more paying for an extra night of accommodation.

I think Continntal are pulling our of Bristol so that option may no longer be available to you anyway.

Thanks both for the replies. I would be wanting a direct flight, taking off once is enough for the Mrs.
I'll sign up to Kayak and see how it goes, I have been to New York for the past 2 years and prices
appear to be much cheaper in February/March for some reason, don't know if the hotels have sales
on then or if the flights are cheaper, I never really paid any attention to the individual prices, just the
grand total...Thanks again.
Rich