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Boston to Edinburgh

Best fare, round trip

$864

Too little price history on this route to compare — the fare is shown as found.

Found
Depart
Sat 1 May
Return
Sat 8 May
Stay
7 nights
Flight
1 stop · 7.5h
Airline
Aer Lingus
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United KingdomEdinburghA volcanic crag with a castle on it, a medieval old town below, and the Highlands within a morning.Best windowMay–SepAirportsEdinburgh (EDI)Every route into Edinburgh

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Trip options: Round-trip · Economy · 1 adult
Travellers: 1 adult

Fare seasonality

When this route gets cheap.

The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 7.5 hours outbound, on a 7-night trip — ticketed under Aer Lingus, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $864 for 4,941 km each way, that works out to about $87 per 1,000 km flown. That is above the $43 per 1,000 km typical of medium-haul fares here. Across the 7 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Edinburgh, this fare ranks 6th — 1.7× the $496 we hold from Dubai. For context, the middle fare among the 19 routes of similar length we watch out of Boston is $633. We have 2 months of cached prices for this route so far — not enough to call a fare cheap or expensive, so we publish the price without a percentage. Fare history here is still too short to name a cheap season. The best time to be in Edinburgh: May–Sep.

We are still collecting this route's months — 2 months of cached prices so far, too few to chart.

Route facts

Airports
Logan (BOS) ↔ Edinburgh (EDI)
Flight time
≈7.5 hours outbound
Distance
≈4,941 km each way
Airlines on the board
Aer Lingus
Itineraries
Connections on current fares
Best months to visit
May–Sep

Good to know

BOS → EDI, answered.

How far in advance should I book BOS → Edinburgh?

We do not publish a number for this, because we cannot measure it yet. Answering it honestly means watching the same departure date on this route over many weeks as it approaches, and that archive is still filling up — so any "book N days ahead" figure here would be borrowed from somewhere else rather than measured. Our guide Why flight prices change covers the levers we can measure.

Are there nonstop flights from Boston to Edinburgh?

The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Aer Lingus. We hold no nonstop fare on this route right now, which does not mean none flies — search your exact dates to see what does.

Are these prices guaranteed?

No — these are cached fares found on real searches (this one on 17 October). Airlines reprice constantly, so the booking search re-checks the live price before you pay. Fresher finds are far more likely to still be available.

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