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will airfare to italy get cheaper before summer?
Looking to travel to Italy anytime late june to
early july. last year, i saw fares for ~$500 between new york and rome. this year, closer to $900!. actually prefer, ideally, to fly from philadelphia to milan, and rome to philadelphia. anyway, airfares seem quite high. should I wait, or should I book now? |
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will airfare to italy get cheaper before summer?
The current low pricing is till the first week of April, after that the
rates are way higher then they were last year (last year we went from New York to Milan for $350, this year so far the price is holding at about twice that for the same dates). "Nick" wrote in message ... Looking to travel to Italy anytime late june to early july. last year, i saw fares for ~$500 between new york and rome. this year, closer to $900!. actually prefer, ideally, to fly from philadelphia to milan, and rome to philadelphia. anyway, airfares seem quite high. should I wait, or should I book now? |
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will airfare to italy get cheaper before summer?
if that 900 figure includes tax n fees then it is about as good as it gets
for Jun or Jul this year summer travel premium is always about 300 USD above the off season fares for most airlines "Nick" wrote in message ... Looking to travel to Italy anytime late june to early july. last year, i saw fares for ~$500 between new york and rome. this year, closer to $900!. actually prefer, ideally, to fly from philadelphia to milan, and rome to philadelphia. anyway, airfares seem quite high. should I wait, or should I book now? |
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will airfare to italy get cheaper before summer?
"Nick" wrote in message ... Looking to travel to Italy anytime late june to early july. last year, i saw fares for ~$500 between new york and rome. this year, closer to $900!. actually prefer, ideally, to fly from philadelphia to milan, and rome to philadelphia. anyway, airfares seem quite high. should I wait, or should I book now? Have been watching fares Boston-Rome for about four months on a regular basis via Orbitz, Expedia etc. The old saying "right place at the right time" worked for me; after seeing $900 - $1,200 prices found a non-stop Boston - Rome and return for $430 via Alitalia on Orbitz about four weeks ago. Price was there for about 24 hours and then it disappeared. Since then, Alitalia has changed one leg to Boston - Milan - Rome. That's OK with me considering the above price. Keep looking and you may get lucky. Neil |
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will airfare to italy get cheaper before summer?
"Nick" wrote in message ...
Looking to travel to Italy anytime late june to early july. last year, i saw fares for ~$500 between new york and rome. this year, closer to $900!. actually prefer, ideally, to fly from philadelphia to milan, and rome to philadelphia. anyway, airfares seem quite high. should I wait, or should I book now? I had a smilar situation a year ago, although I was looking for the Atlanta-Rome fares, which are normally higher than those from NYC or other northeastern hubs. The period was end of July / beginning of August, that is, the high season. I started my search quite early, about March, and the prices were horrendous, on the order of $1,400-$1,600. A closer look revealed that only high-level economy fares were offered (H, K or M on Delta) for some reason. In the later weeks, the low-level fares (such as L) occasionally appeared, and quickly disappeared, often within hours. I think they are being released by the software in small numbers. Eventually, I managed to book two L-fare tickets in May for $1,000 each, which under the circumstances turned out to be a good bargain. Hope this helps, jrk011 |
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will airfare to italy get cheaper before summer?
I just bought $490 RT (including junk fees) ATL-MAN-ATL. Not sure what
the fare will be in the latter part of April. Maybe you can buy your ticket now when it is cheap? |
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will airfare to italy get cheaper before summer?
maryanne kehoe wrote:
I just bought $490 RT (including junk fees) ATL-MAN-ATL. Not sure what the fare will be in the latter part of April. Maybe you can buy your ticket now when it is cheap? Maybe I misunderstood. Are you flying to Manchester in April, or in the summer? How does the April fare of $490 from ATL-MAN (Manchester) help someone who indicated they wanted to travel in June or July (and from PHL to MXP?). Fares to Italy are generally higher than fares to the UK, and fares during the summer are generally higher than fares in the spring. |
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will airfare to italy get cheaper before summer?
after seeing $900 - $1,200 prices found a non-stop Boston - Rome and
return for $430 via Alitalia on Orbitz about four weeks ago. I was checking every day too--for friends. I didn't check that morning--but they did--and snapped up $492 Chicago-Nice on Alitalia for July. I still can't figure out if that was some bizarre pricing mistake or an intended "sale". I kind of think it was the fomer. By that afternoon, after my friends had their Orbitz ticket confirmation, I looked and the fare was in the $900's again. This year has been super-slim pickings for summer U.S.-Europe fare deals, that's for sure!!! |
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will airfare to italy get cheaper before summer?
I was trying to tell the gentelman that if one part of Europe was on
sale, if he called now, he might get a good deal! will airfare to italy get cheaper before summer? Group: rec.travel.air Date: Tue, Mar 23, 2004, 12:33am (EST+5) From: (mtravelkay) maryanne kehoe wrote: I just bought $490 RT (including junk fees) ATL-MAN-ATL. Not sure what the fare will be in the latter part of April. Maybe you can buy your ticket now when it is cheap? Maybe I misunderstood. Are you flying to Manchester in April, or in the summer? How does the April fare of $490 from ATL-MAN (Manchester) help someone who indicated they wanted to travel in June or July (and from PHL to MXP?). Fares to Italy are generally higher than fares to the UK, and fares during the summer are generally higher than fares in the spring. |
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will airfare to italy get cheaper before summer?
maryanne kehoe wrote: I was trying to tell the gentelman that if one part of Europe was on sale, if he called now, he might get a good deal! Was you ticket for travel in the summer? |
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