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Finding Lowest Airfare Return USA-Italy with 3 Month Flexibility
I am living in the USA and would like to find the cheapest return air
fare to Italy. I am very flexible as far as time goes. It could be any time in the next 3 months. I would be grateful if someone could tell me the best way to get the cheapest air fare under these circumstances. Many thanks in advance, Peter. |
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Finding Lowest Airfare Return USA-Italy with 3 Month Flexibility
PeterOut wrote in news:f8529e98-f2ec-4ce8-
: I am living in the USA and would like to find the cheapest return air fare to Italy. I am very flexible as far as time goes. It could be any time in the next 3 months. I would be grateful if someone could tell me the best way to get the cheapest air fare under these circumstances. Many thanks in advance, Peter. Look at Eurofly it could work if you are in the NYC area -- Joseph Coulter, cruises and vacations www.josephcoulter.com 877 832 2021 904 631 8863 cell |
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Finding Lowest Airfare Return USA-Italy with 3 Month Flexibility
On Jan 9, 8:18 pm, PeterOut wrote:
I am living in the USA and would like to find the cheapest return air fare to Italy. I am very flexible as far as time goes. It could be any time in the next 3 months. I would be grateful if someone could tell me the best way to get the cheapest air fare under these circumstances. In your local paper's Sunday edition travel section, look for small black and white box ads that only list cities and prices. Those are discount travel agents called "consolidators", who airlines use to dump large blocks of unsold seats cheaply, and they normally have the best fares. Generally the best fares are when you book at least 3 weeks in advance, but not more than 3 months in advance, of when you leave. |
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Finding Lowest Airfare Return USA-Italy with 3 Month Flexibility
I am living in the USA and would like to find the cheapest return air
fare to Italy. I am very flexible as far as time goes. It could be any time in the next 3 months. Fares to Europe vary a great deal by season, with the cheapest season being the winter, right now. The always helpful search at www.itasoftware.com finds a $550 fare from Dulles via Toronto on Air Canada (not a bad airline) on Feb 12th. It's worth checking the newspaper ads for consolidator tickets, but I'd be surprised if you found a better deal there to Rome. |
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Finding Lowest Airfare Return USA-Italy with 3 Month Flexibility
"John L" wrote in message ... I am living in the USA and would like to find the cheapest return air fare to Italy. I am very flexible as far as time goes. It could be any time in the next 3 months. Fares to Europe vary a great deal by season, with the cheapest season being the winter, right now. The always helpful search at www.itasoftware.com finds a $550 fare from Dulles via Toronto on Air Canada (not a bad airline) on Feb 12th. It's worth checking the newspaper ads for consolidator tickets, but I'd be surprised if you found a better deal there to Rome. We used http://www.1800flyeurope.com/ a couple of years ago. Was lots cheaper than anybody else. We flew Delta from SFO from via Cinncinati to Rome for $450 in Sept. |
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Finding Lowest Airfare Return USA-Italy with 3 Month Flexibility
On Jan 9, 6:18*pm, PeterOut wrote:
I am living in the USA and would like to find the cheapest return air fare to Italy. *I am very flexible as far as time goes. *It could be any time in the next 3 months. *I would be grateful if someone could tell me the best way to get the cheapest air fare under these circumstances. Many thanks in advance, Peter. Peter - You may find several of the databases at my international travel report site helpful. http://internationaltravelreport.com...rch_engine.htm Regards, Nicholas Crowder |
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Finding Lowest Airfare Return USA-Italy with 3 Month Flexibility
In rec.travel.europe PeterOut wrote:
I am living in the USA and would like to find the cheapest return air fare to Italy. I am very flexible as far as time goes. It could be any time in the next 3 months. I would be grateful if someone could tell me the best way to get the cheapest air fare under these circumstances. I second Iceman's suggestion for checking out prices at local bricks-and-mortar discount travel agents. Don't assume that the best price will be found online. In 2005 my local discount agent got me the transtlantic flight I wanted for hundreds less than I would have paid by booking it anywhere online. -- K. Lang may your lum reek. |
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Finding Lowest Airfare Return USA-Italy with 3 Month Flexibility
PeterOut wrote:
I am living in the USA and would like to find the cheapest return air fare to Italy. I am very flexible as far as time goes. It could be any time in the next 3 months. I would be grateful if someone could tell me the best way to get the cheapest air fare under these circumstances. Many thanks in advance, Peter. First step is to go to "http://vayama.com" which is the only on-line international consolidator I've found. I bought one ticket from them to Italy last November. It was about $200 less than the same flights bought from the airline. Note that the Vayama price is the total price, including taxes and fees, while the advertised prices in the newspaper by airlines and travel agents usually exclude the taxes and fees, which can be more than double the advertised price. What you should do is find the cheapest price on Vayama, then ask a local consolidator for a quote on the same itinerary. One advantage of Vayama is that they take credit cards, while very few consolidators take credit cards. Another thing I noticed, from SFO, is that the best price always seemed to be outbound on United (on a flight operated by Lufthansa, and inbound on Lufthansa. But I couldn't buy this itinerary on the airline web sites or on the normal travel sites, only on Vayama. I think it's because the consolidators are buying a bunch of segments that the airlines release to them, and then they piece them together without regard for having to be on the same airline. Also check sidestep.com, which compares a bunch of the sites like Expedia, Travelocity, Orbitz, and lets you check off "my dates are flexible." As an example, LV Fri, Feb 22 SFO AR Sat, Feb 23 FCO LV Wed, Mar 5 FCO AR Wed, Mar 5 SFO Vayama has a bunch of itineraries for $577. SideStep comes up with some similarly low priced itineraries _only_ on Orbitz--every other reseller is far more expensive, with CheapTickets starting at $873. This leads me to believe that Orbitz may be doing consolidation as well, perhaps they have a deal with Vayama. |
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Finding Lowest Airfare Return USA-Italy with 3 Month Flexibility
Király wrote:
In rec.travel.europe PeterOut wrote: I am living in the USA and would like to find the cheapest return air fare to Italy. I am very flexible as far as time goes. It could be any time in the next 3 months. I would be grateful if someone could tell me the best way to get the cheapest air fare under these circumstances. I second Iceman's suggestion for checking out prices at local bricks-and-mortar discount travel agents. Don't assume that the best price will be found online. In 2005 my local discount agent got me the transtlantic flight I wanted for hundreds less than I would have paid by booking it anywhere online. This is true. A good B&M consolidator will beat most of the on-line prices, which almost always don't include consolidator fares. If Peter would say where he's starting from, maybe someone could point out some consolidators in the area. Otherwise, check out "http://vayama.com". I used them for a flight from SFO to FCO last year. They're an online consolidator (the only one I could find actually). Here's an article about them " What really hurts now is all the very high fees and taxes, which unfortunately consolidator fares have to include as well. An advertised $300 r/t to Europe easily turns into $600. I could have gotten a slightly lower fare by flying to London, then taking Easyjet, but it would have been a hassle because Easyjet leaves from a different airport in London. |
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