I'm not falling for it, it was an accurate costing of the trip.
For example - assuming I'm going Oct-Nov and flying from Glasgow (although from Abz down to London is about the same):
I get:
test
£2,795 45 Hours PPL
£ 328 +5 Hours additional (in case I don't make it + night in 45)
£ 609 Flights - Glasgow to US - Continental
£ 0 Accomodation Included (shared)
£ 0 Exams Inc
£ 600 Food/Drink etc while out there
£ 146 CAA Licence Fee
£ 675 Return Lessons/Checkride (5hrs at Aberdeen)
£1,000 Loss of Earnings - if I take unpaid leave
£ 6153
I take it an Verbal R/T exam is taken as part of the skills test? If not then I had £100 in the budget for that.
Also, I only see reference to an FAA medical - I'm presuming I'd need a CAA Class 2 also? (which is why I've got 6353 in the below ie +£100 allowance for that and the R/T).
As I said earlier, the £1k earnings loss is particular to me if I'm away for 4 weeks - if I do it in the UK I can probably avoid taking the full allowance by heading to an office on bad weather days.
I'm including everything to get an accurate comparision - £2,795 may be the price of the course itself, but there are significant additional costs to consider. I've factored the same costs in for all the examples so I'm comparing like for like.