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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son is thinking about attending St. Andrews. He needs to show he's ready to live that far away from home but as a PP mentioned, airfare to the UK and travel time is similar to DC-westcoast.[/quote]

No, DC to London is 8. hours to Edinburgh then St Andrews, further.  DC to LA is 4.5 hours. Not comparable.[/quote]

But airfare cheaper to UK.  [/quote]

[b]DC to London is only six.[/b] My kid’s at Cambridge. I’m bicoastal. i think it’s pretty much the same except I try to do night flights to London snd sleep in the plane. The real difference has been the amount of COViD testing and proof after arrival but, for now, that’s gone.[/quote]

NP. DC to London is "only six" in one direction--DC to London, and that's in pretty much ideal flight conditions. It's usually listed for seven hours on most flights; I've had it take less than six but that was an outlier.

But coming back from London to DC is always a longer flight, as much as eight to eight and a half hours: https://theconversation.com/why-does-it-take-longer-to-fly-from-east-to-west-on-an-airplane-151180

The OP is talking about sending her kid to an EU country, not the UK, but wanted to add the point re: UK flights not being always a tidy six hours, or six hours in both directions. It's always much more, flying back here, from east to west. Done it annually for about 30 years. Hate the return trip to the US because it's so much longer and usually bumpier as well.[/quote]

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