One city, three price points: weekend in London

BUDGET

Getting There

Winter season rates start at $550 with seven-day advance notice and midweek travel dates on most domestic and international airlines. Daily nonstop service on British Airways and Delta Air Lines.

Stay

Subscribers to Travelzoo (free to join at www.travelzoo.com) can stay at fashionable Mandeville Hotel ($134, single or double, including breakfast). Valid through Feb. 28; book by Jan. 31 (some blackout dates). Use promo code travelzoo at the Corporate Rate section. Or call 011-44-20-7935-5599 and use code travelz. 8-12 Mandeville Place, www.mandeville.co.uk.

Eat

During Happy Hour, get half-off food and drinks at Motion (Hungerford House at Victoria Embankment) through Feb. 26. Discover dozens of other fixed-price menus, two-for-one lunch and dinner deals and other special offers at www.AllinLondon.co.uk.

Experience

Sandeman’s New London Tours offers free tours daily. Travel through time on the Old City tour, which takes in the most famous and oldest sights of the city within a square mile along river walkways, tiny lanes and church courtyards. No reservations necessary. Show up at a designated meeting point. www.newlondon-tours.com. Also, many of London’s finest museums are free (www.londonforfree.net).

MODERATE

Getting there

British Airways Premium Economy class seats have 7 inches more legroom than economy; in-seat power and telephone; a choice of films; a choice of three meal entrees; and more. Inclusive round-trip rates on weekends, $1,360. www.ba.com

Stay

Dignified Durrants, in a Georgian townhouse, is one of London’s few remaining privately owned hotels. Arrive Friday-Sunday during the winter for $233 per night with English breakfast. Many guest rooms have 18th-century antique furnishings; all have handmade beds. 20-7935-8131, durrantshotel.co.uk.

Eat

Christopher’s Grill in Covent Garden offers a three-course post-theater dinner for $30 per person. 18 Wellington St., 20-7240-4222, christophersgrill.com. Check for dozens of other special offers at www.bestlondonrestaurants.co.uk.

Experience

Run by tkts, the Society of London Theatre’s half-price ticket booth in Leicester Square (south side at Clocktower building), which sells half-price, same-day tickets for London’s theaters. Tkts also sells advance tickets for theater and rock/pop attractions at full price. Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.: Sunday, noon-3 p.m. www.tkts.co.uk.

SPLURGE

Getting there

Business Class seats on Delta to Heathrow booked 42 or more days in advance start at $3,300 inclusive of tax, fees, round-trip, delta.com.

Stay

The five-star Mayfair near Green Park is the seat of luxury with Baccarat chandeliers, Fendi furnishings and paintings from St. Petersburg. The hotel features a spa and a luxury bar and grill with seasonal British fare. Rates of $294 per person per night include full English breakfast, VAT tax and discounts at attractions. Valid Friday-Sunday nights. Stratton St., 44-20-7629-7777, www.radissonedwardian.com.

Eat

It’s high-end British clubby, yet oh so classically French at Galvin Bistrot de Luxe in Marylebone. Located on the 28th floor of the London Hilton on Park Lane with a 360-degree view of the city. 66 Baker St., 20-7935-4007, galvinrestaurants.com.

Experience

Taking a Context walking seminar of London is like going back to college for a few hours. Small group tours (maximum six people) are guided by professors and specialists. Consider a six-hour tour of Kenwood House, a hidden treasure of London on the grounds of Hampstead Heath with a small museum with works by Rembrandt and Vermeer. The tour continues to picturesque Hampstead Village. $134 per person, www.contexttravel.com.