Th3 Core

Last time I checked it cost A FORTUNE to get to Reykjavik

So we did not go!

I only do direct flights and having a lay over in Iceland is not tempting to me.
Cheap though, very cheap.

I like cheap. One of my best stories is the time the Vikings, Louise, & I bought 7£ tickets to Edinburgh just in case it worked out in our plans. If not, oh well, throw them away. (We went.)

Last I checked, the trouble with Ireland is that it isn't (yet) a big enough hub for grabbing other brands of Chicken Air flights.   STN, AMS, or -increasingly- CPH have the mass of connections to make country-hopping cheaper than taxi fare to the airport.

Meanwhile, in the US: Introducing 'Basic Economy Class'

The people have spoken with their credit cards and the airlines are giving them what they want.

Now cheap US-Asia

http://www.businessinsider.com/air-asia-x-is-finally-coming-to-america-2017-1

Keep an eye on that Hawaii-Japan flight, Dras. Using HI as stopover worked pretty well on Hanoi trip. US fares to Honolulu weren't horrific, either.

You had me at "cheap Japan-Hawaii flights"