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We've budgeted up to £1k each for PE flights for our trip next August -I will of course be actively looking to get it cheaper but from tracking prices over last couple of years, this seems to be the norm for that time of year direct. Last year, our PE flights with BA were £820pp and that was flying from Manchester on 24 August with a stopover in Gatwick. It would have been more if it had been direct from Gatwick

I think if you don't want to consider going indirect or flying from or into other locations other than MAN-MCO than you will have little scope to do much about the prices.

Have you tried tracking the flights through Google Flights? It help us nab cheap flights to Florence this year as it alerted us when the price dropped.