Discount Airfare To Europe
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Airfare discounts?
I am looking for cheap airfare from Europe back to the United States for Vacation. Most websites that I know of are only US based and will not accept start points or destinations outside of the US.
I was wondering if anyone knew of a website that will give me a discount or cheap rates on flights from Hania, Crete/Greece, flying to Boston, Mass. I have found a few sites but none have given me a ticket under 1500 Euro.
Any help would be appreciated.
You’re likely to do best on price if you take Air Berlin or another low-fare airline to Frankfurt or Munich, then take a separate flight to Boston. TUIfly and Condor are also on CHQ to FRA and MUC. I say Frankfurt or Munich because there are nonstop flights to BOS on United and Lufthansa.
Airfares to Europe Surging
These fuel surcharges are supposed to be helping the airlines offset higher oil prices and are adding as much as $100 and more to round trip ticket costs. In some cases ticket prices to Europe are double last year prices.
Fuel charges were added to ticket prices for flights on international routes two years ago as the price of oil exploded. These charges were reduced when oil prices fell at the end of ’08 in response to a worldwide recession. Oil prices in early May hit an 18 month high, peaking at over $87 per barrel. Prices have since dropped for July delivery to about $70 per barrel of crude oil. It seems like the recent price drop is not being considered for these price hikes.
The real culprit behind rising airline ticket prices is supply and demand. Over the last two years airlines have significantly cut the number of seats they are flying because of lower demand. American and Delta have reduced the number of seats they flew this April by 14 percent and 21 percent, respectively, compared to April of ’08.
With the economy improving, more people are flying again and U.S. airlines report that the number of leisure passengers is almost equal to ’08 levels. Business passenger traffic is also on the upswing, but not to the pre-recession level.
All this means that airlines can successfully charge more for their tickets. This in turn means that savvy travelers need to search for airfares on major travel internet sites such as Cheapfares, Expedia, and Orbitz, to find the cheapest fares available.