OBA is £4695 for PPL on the 150 at the minute which includes housing and night qualification, RT, 3 attempts at each ground exam, study kit and visa costs, in the last few days BA have direct flights to Orlando for £172 each way, total £5039.
Highland doesn't include RT course £100, night qualification £500, skill test £400, housing (using preduk's £10 a night figure for 21 nights) £210, PPL course £4,600, total £5810.
So with the USA option, you could still have around 7 hours flying with an instructor when you get back to adjust to UK airspace for the same price. Or you could also sit the FAA standalone PPL for that extra cost and hold both JAA and FAA PPL's.
Also I noticed preduk only added food and social occasions to the US prices, clearly people at the Highland flying school do not ever go out or eat!
Just posted for people to see you need to compare like for like and read whats included in packages and what isn't, it can make a big difference!