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Cheap Flights from Washington, D.C. to Edinburgh (WAS-EDI)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Washington, D.C. to Edinburgh that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent round-trip flight deals from Washington, D.C. to Edinburgh

Sun, Sep 21 - Wed, Sep 24
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6:50 pm - 1:00 pmBWI-EDI
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6:00 am - 5:40 pmEDI-BWI
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Sun, Sep 14 - Wed, Sep 24
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6:50 pm - 1:00 pmBWI-EDI
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6:00 am - 5:40 pmEDI-BWI
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1:20 pm - 10:10 amDCA-EDI
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11:30 am - 10:56 pmEDI-DCA
16h 26m1 stop
$666JetBlue
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Fri, Nov 7 - Wed, Nov 12
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9:00 pm - 1:00 pmIAD-EDI
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8:20 am - 7:30 pmEDI-IAD
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$667Aer Lingus
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Wed, Oct 8 - Wed, Oct 15
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5:20 pm - 11:15 amIAD-EDI
12h 55m1 stop
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8:35 am - 3:50 pmEDI-IAD
12h 15m1 stop
$672Aer Lingus
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Wed, Oct 8 - Tue, Oct 14
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2:59 pm - 10:10 amDCA-EDI
14h 11m1 stop
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12:10 pm - 8:51 pmEDI-DCA
13h 41m1 stop
$683JetBlue
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Mon, Sep 22 - Thu, Oct 2
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4:40 pm - 7:10 amDCA-EDI
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11:35 am - 8:00 pmEDI-DCA
13h 25m1 stop
$707British Airways
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Mon, Oct 6 - Wed, Oct 15
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7:25 pm - 10:40 amIAD-EDI
10h 15m1 stop
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1:55 pm - 8:15 pmEDI-IAD
11h 20m1 stop
$710British Airways
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Tue, Dec 30 - Wed, Jan 14
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4:05 pm - 7:55 amDCA-EDI
10h 50m1 stop
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9:25 am - 4:23 pmEDI-DCA
11h 58m1 stop
$758United Airlines
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Tue, Oct 7 - Tue, Oct 14
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2:00 pm - 8:25 amDCA-EDI
13h 25m1 stop
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9:00 am - 12:08 pmEDI-DCA
32h 08m2 stops
$759United Airlines
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Expert advice for your flight from Washington, D.C. to Edinburgh

 
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KAYAK teamed up with top travel experts to share the best tips for your journey.
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IAD

Dulles offers a convenient Silver Line Metro connection to downtown D.C., taking about 50 minutes. Consider this affordable option for easy airport access.

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EDI

For easy city access, take the tram or Airlink 100 bus from EDI. Both options are efficient, with the bus being slightly cheaper.

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KAYAK's insights & trends for Washington, D.C. to Edinburgh flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Washington, D.C. to Edinburgh to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

How much is a round-trip flight from Washington, D.C. to Edinburgh?

What is the cheapest Washington, D.C. to Edinburgh flight route?

Data is based on round-trip flight searches on KAYAK over the past month.

The cheapest return flight from Washington, D.C. to Edinburgh costs $715 on the route between Washington, D.C. Dulles Intl Airport (IAD) and Edinburgh (EDI). It is also the most popular route.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Washington, D.C. to Edinburgh?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Washington, D.C. to Edinburgh clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

When flying from Washington, D.C. to Edinburgh, you should consider leaving on a Sunday and avoid Fridays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to Washington, D.C., you’ll find the best rates on Wednesdays and the most expensive ones on Mondays.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Washington, D.C. to Edinburgh?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Washington, D.C. to Edinburgh, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from Washington, D.C. to Edinburgh is February, where tickets cost $655 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and December, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,294 and $1,152 respectively.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Washington, D.C. to Edinburgh?

The average round-trip price for all non-stop flights, flights with one layover, and flights with two layovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

No, with an average price for the route of $850, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Washington, D.C. to Edinburgh?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Washington, D.C. to Edinburgh, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from Washington, D.C. to Edinburgh, you should book around 5 weeks before departure, which saves you about 40% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 10 weeks before departure.

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Low seasonFebruary
Cheapest flight$195
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 29% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 0% lower on average.
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When to book flights from Washington, D.C. to Edinburgh

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Washington, D.C. to Edinburgh based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking flights from Washington, D.C. to Edinburgh

  • What is the cheapest flight from Washington, D.C. to Edinburgh?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Washington, D.C. to Edinburgh was $195 for a one-way ticket and $419 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Washington, D.C. and Edinburgh?

    Yes

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Washington, D.C. to Edinburgh?

    On your way to Edinburgh, you’ll fly out from one of these Washington, D.C. airports: Washington, D.C. Reagan-National or Washington, D.C. Dulles Intl. You’ll be landing at Edinburgh Turnhouse.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Washington, D.C. to Edinburgh?

    The Boeing 757-200 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Washington, D.C. to Edinburgh flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Washington, D.C. to Edinburgh?

    Star Alliance is the only airline alliance operating flights between Washington, D.C. and Edinburgh.

  • On which days can I fly direct from Washington, D.C. to Edinburgh?

    There are nonstop flights from Washington, D.C. to Edinburgh on a daily basis.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Washington, D.C. to Edinburgh, Delta or KLM?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Washington, D.C. to Edinburgh are Delta and KLM. With an average price for the route of $923 and an overall rating of 8.0, Delta is the most popular choice. KLM is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $1,150 and an overall rating of 7.8.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Washington, D.C. to Edinburgh?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Washington, D.C. to Edinburgh.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Washington, D.C. to Edinburgh?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Edinburgh from Washington, D.C. is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Washington, D.C. to Edinburgh?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Edinburgh with an airline and back to Washington, D.C. with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Washington, D.C. to Edinburgh?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Edinburgh from Washington, D.C. up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from Washington, D.C. to Edinburgh

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $529 or less one-way and $772 or less round-trip.

Prefer to fly direct from Washington, D.C. to Edinburgh?

 
Direct data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying direct from Washington, D.C. to Edinburgh Turnhouse.
Find which airlines fly direct from Washington, D.C. to Edinburgh Turnhouse Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

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Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Washington, D.C. to Edinburgh

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Washington, D.C. to Edinburgh. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
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Flight was delayed 3 hours. No food and drink vouchers was provided. They offered a mini pretzel bag and water .

4.0 OkayFernando, Aug 2025IAD - MUC
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Flight was delayed 3 hours. No food and drink vouchers was provided. They offered a mini pretzel bag and water .

Staff was rude. Didn’t give water for 2 hours. Worst service

Was on time until within 1 hour of flight-how does that happen? Staff very friendly.

I liked the choice of lemon ginger tea. I think stewardesses can be more considerate of older people needs.

Although the flight was delayed the crew and the flight itself were very good. Couldn't fault anything and after the disappointment of being abandoned in the US by BA it was a welcome relief to travel with United

We were given vouchers we couldn’t use with a 5.5 hour delay

The boarding of took of late.The presentation of the food was horrable as was the tast of the food was cold and tastless.

I fly UAL 7-8 times per year. This flight was not up to snuff because it boarded very late "due to unexpected delays in restocking the plane" and yet Flight Aware showed the plane had landed some 10 hours earlier--so I think they could have planned accordingly. The FA's were nice but harried. The video system had to be rebooted 3-4 times. The food service was rather abrupt; they forgot my row and when I asked for my meal, they brought it with some impatience. Overall, the flight was fine, but the little details made it feel somewhat mundane and hurried.

Liked fold flat bed. Didn’t like having no window. Didn’t like poor choice of food and being served dinner very late, hours after take off of a 7:40pm flight. Servers not friendly. Food horrible in business class.

I didn’t get on plane. Passport being processed by consulate with visa application. Tried to cancel through underpricer after purchasing cacelling for any reason. No dice, they are thieves.

Pathetic check in experience at JFK. Everything is self check in. Not enough staff present to help with when the check in process or the kiosk gets stuck. Staff present not welcoming or pleasant at all. On the other hand the NY based flight crew was great. Courteous and friendly throughout the flight. Special meals leave a lot to be desired. Kids meals should be made available when kids are flying and same goes for special kids meals too.

They are still charging me after taking 466 and 833 for round trip from AR to to Bradley airport from 19 to 21. Then poor experience. Am hurt and I will say it on social media. Please stay away from this airline. I see in my bank account they are still taking 644. Am trying to stop it. I used to fly United airlines and I suggest that if you don't want extra charges and good service you go back there. American airlines delayed my flight again and I was late for my meeting, no recompensation but charging me over and over.

They changed our Gate 5 times, and concourse twice. Changed our seats twice.

Flight was full, and would have preferred an aisle seat, but due to getting a late ticket ,the seat I had was adequate. The flight crew were very help full and hard working. Food and drink were excellent for the 11hr flight. Overall I was pleased with flight, and would recommend British Airways again.

The chicken adobo was a little too spicy but good otherwise. My personal opinion. Movie selection could be improved, too many horror movies. Could add a few more chick flicks! The flight was bumpy at times. We arrived a little early too! Flight attendants friendly.

Again flight was awesome except British Airways lost both gate checked luggage’s. Still missing

Pitch was very small. Knees were on the seat back in front of me.

really bad they refused to check in luggages that I had purchased, even showing them the transaction receipt from british airways app the staff in miami was MEDIOCRE

British Airways staff are very polite and willing to help.

Wonderful as usual except for other guests that were unruly and not kept in check by the Crew.

I was very disappointed that the online sys allowed me to get the boarding pass for the second leg of the trip, when I clearly request it for both flights!

The seat pitch was a little tight for me, but I survived. There was a volatile, enraged passenger a couple of rows ahead of me and the cabin crew defused and resolved the situation calmly, quickly, and successfully.

I appteciate the very courteous staff. The flight was good. Something that wasn't good was that my bag was only checked as far as Dublin and I had a connecting flight to Vienna. (That was a mistake the ORD desk made.) Fortunately the desk at DUB was able to re-tag without me having to re-check in (which initially it seemed I might have to do.)

I wish Aer Lingus offered free wifi and had power outlets at the seats. Overall, the flight was good. Seat back entertainment had some interesting options. Food and snack options were mediocre at best. I enjoyed the canned red wine.

I had a great experience. I wasn’t sure what to expect but the crew helped me check my bags and made sure I got in the correct line to board. It was a bit of a walk to my gate so arrive early. I would recommend securing a flight that includes checking in your bag if you remotely think your baggage is over 10kg/22lbs. Be safe and upgrade unless you are carrying a backpack or weekend type baggage.

It was excellent! The plane left Chicago early. Arrived in Dublin early. The crew was excellent! It was a great experience.

The food was mediocre, the coffee was terrible. The entertaining selection was plentiful. They lost my checked luggage which put a damper on my 10-day vacation.

Weeeeeeell, you folks know economy class on Airbuses well--you're packed in like sardines. We may actually spring for more expensive seats next time, with a little room to stretch out. NO room to stretch out in Airbus economy class! :-) Apart from this, the food was decent (considering that it's mass-produced, and has severe spatial restrictions of its own), the staff were friendly enough, and there was a wide selection of movies, etc. to watch. Overall, I'd tend to use the word "adequate" rather than "exceptional" for my experience. But really, how could it be otherwise?

Seats were less comfortable and tight from Newark to Dublin, than my second flight ( small segment from Dublin to Lyon). Movie audio was with frying sound overall. Yet the worst was as follows: one male, (dark hair , glasses on) from the crew member was so cold and rough, while I remained with constancy polite and kind. Per exple with the noise level I could not hear him at first for beverages, he rolled his eyes at the third times I finally heard him. From the start, loading my small hand bags , he directly spoke to me and said “ I had to keep my shopping bad by my seat, under , while there was sufficient room and I was among the last to sit. I show him the space , his face was always dull, stoic, not welcoming as the usual crew members from any airline companies are. When I think of my experience I liard w Aer Lingus, this is the image that gets back to me. Needless to say that as a passenger and client, I felt belittled since all this happened in front of the surrendering passengers. It s an affront and not a pleasant feeling especially when being traveling which oftentimes involves stress with carrying, and making it on time. I m not happy with the experience I had to be honest and I fly four times a year. Thank you for allowing me to share this statement with your company.

One cold drinks service. No snacks with drinks. No tomato juice or apple juice, coke - only fanta or sprite then ran out of that. Went to gally after meal service no one there / no self service for water at least. Waited 25 min for cabin crew to assist. No recycling of cardboard/ plastic - all put to garbage. Breakfast was a nutrigrain bar and an orange juice. Also I'm sure I booked a flight with checked luggage allowance but had to buy extra when I had my booking confirmation. Movies were good. Chairs comfy. Pillow and blanket and ac vents.

Worst flight experience ever flights canceled. JetBlue told us just did not even bother standing in line to come back in one and a half hours then without any information we had to go pick up all of our luggage and spend over $2000 in accommodation just to get home. JetBlue said that the next flight available for us to get home would be three days later. Absolutely absurd hasn’t offered to give us any compensation do not fly JetBlue horrible company. They said it was based on the weather and the weather is great in all locations that we would’ve been flying to total hoax. I think it’s a conspiracy theory.

The captain gave good announcements and the flight attendants were friendly. The WiFi was pretty good. The plane itself looked very old inside and the seats were very uncomfortable. The screens in the seat backs were the smallest I’ve ever seen. There were so many loud and obnoxious kids on this flight and the parents didn’t do much to try to quiet them down. Some had videos and games on tablets with higher than necessary volume going the whole time.

Too many long delays with JetBlue. Worst major airline that serves JFK but unfortunately I keep going back because of the prices.

My JetBlue experience was nice. The flights ran on time, the aircraft was clean and comfortable, and the flight attendants were attentive. My only issue, which is isolated to the low-cost (budget) option at JetBlue, is that the check in process makes the user feel that they have to buy their seats. The seats offered for purchase are upgrades from the budget seats you get (which are essentially the last seats remaining). The interface should not make it feel like you must purchase a seat.

The plane was late to leave.. Internet was lousy. TV was not working. when we arrived, We stayed on the plane for a long time before we got to the gate. It took us a long time to retrieve our luggage because they didn’t know what carousel to send them to. It was a bad experience.

I especially liked the lead crew officer. His boarding and safety announcements were made with a bit of novelty and humor. The flight also left the gate 10 minutes early and we landed about 20 minutes early… It was a delightful flight…

There were mutliple delays. There was inconsistent, delayed, and poor communication regarding the delays.

flight was delayed for hours with no explanation. The plane was a very old aircraft.

Spend hours delayed with no food, water anything sitting on the aieplane with no ability to eat or use the restroom. My entire experience was the absolute worst. I will never fly jet Blue again.

It would have been nice if they had offered more than one set of snacks

Very caring crew on board. Didn’t have dinner as I was sleeping. Was seating in the emergency row so I had comfortable leg room

Had a nice little suite although I couldn’t close the door (but I didn’t ask anyone to help). 5K is a nice seat and very private (you look in on first class). Enjoyable flight and nice crew.

Although the crew were great and the good nice, I might as well have been on Ryanair for the amount of space I had. Not good enough BA. I’d rather pay more and not feel like a human sardine.

Love the A380 - loads of room. Headphone socket on my seat didn’t work. Sounds like a trivial issue? Well when flying long-haul the in-flight entertainment is what keeps you going so when it doesn’t work it’s a disaster. Pay attention to the details please BA. Spoiled what was otherwise an excellent flight with the usual brilliant crew.

Crew were fantastic can’t fault them at all. Couldn’t do enough for us

Crying baby the ENTIRE flight. Not your fault, but I paid 2700 for a premium economy ticket and it wasn't worth it. should have just stuck with coach. flight attendants very mediocre - minimal effort. Plane didn't seem very clean. Didn't have any cleansing wipes - most airlines give you this when you board. Flat screen scrolling didn't work. Toiletry case a joke - why bother at all?

The overall seat and cushion needs to be updated. It was hard and no support. My butt was numb for most of the flight. The food was subpar at best being in premium economy cost. The flight attendants were excellent and attentive during the whole flight. Disappointed I had to select our seats 24 hours prior.

I enjoyed the comfort of Premium Economy. The Purser on London-Nairobi was a little testy, snappish in his tone. I understand stressed, tired, etc but his tone in addressing passengers I found wanting.

Very good crew. The seating in economy plus was excellent, and I slept most of the way. The diabetic meal that I requested was almost tasteless--about a 2 on a ten-point scale.--so I ate little. And why bother serving dinner to fliers at midnight?! I had eaten a meal at the airport six hours earlier. A good breakfast would be better.

Flight was delayed. Though I checked in with BA live chat three times, our special meals were not provided.

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