Cheapest U.S. city from which to fly to Frankfurt
Aug 28, 2014, 10:16 am
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Cheapest U.S. city from which to fly to Frankfurt
We are trying to use miles & vouchers (that will expire early next year) and minimal out of pocket money to visit family in Frankfurt over the holidays in Dec/Jan.
We don't have the miles to get all four of us from Seattle to Frankfurt, but thought it might make sense to use miles to get to the East Coast or somewhere that has better fares to Europe than Seattle might. Then, we can use our vouchers and cash to get us over the Atlantic.
I'm not sure this is optimal - but I thought it worth checking.
What city(ies) would likely have the cheapest airfare to Frankfurt from the U.S.?
Thanks in advance for your advice.
We don't have the miles to get all four of us from Seattle to Frankfurt, but thought it might make sense to use miles to get to the East Coast or somewhere that has better fares to Europe than Seattle might. Then, we can use our vouchers and cash to get us over the Atlantic.
I'm not sure this is optimal - but I thought it worth checking.
What city(ies) would likely have the cheapest airfare to Frankfurt from the U.S.?
Thanks in advance for your advice.
Aug 28, 2014, 11:05 am
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Cheapest U.S. city from which to fly to Frankfurt
It might help if you let us know what kind and how many miles and vouchers you have?
Aug 28, 2014, 9:05 pm
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Cheapest U.S. city from which to fly to Frankfurt
Given that you are in Seattle, I'd recommend you also look at flights out of PDX. Compare those and flights out of Seattle when you decide to book. PDX may be more competitive at times than SEA,with lower fares.
Aug 29, 2014, 9:46 pm
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Oddly enough I've usually found there is often no correlation between the flights with the cheapest price and the flights with award seats available. Can be frustrating when doing what you're hoping to do.
Aug 29, 2014, 11:48 pm
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Fares from Vancouver to Frankfurt can often be cheap (but not on Lufthansa). Also look at both SEA-FRA-YVR and YVR-FRA-SEA, because odd things can happen with the fares that way.
Consider destinations that are an easy train ride away also. For example, Amsterdam to Frankfurt is about 5 hours, I think (going by memory). Dusseldorf or Cologne both are easy rides.
Paris is about a 5-hour train trip.
Consider destinations that are an easy train ride away also. For example, Amsterdam to Frankfurt is about 5 hours, I think (going by memory). Dusseldorf or Cologne both are easy rides.
Paris is about a 5-hour train trip.
Aug 30, 2014, 3:28 pm
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We are trying to use miles & vouchers (that will expire early next year) and minimal out of pocket money to visit family in Frankfurt over the holidays in Dec/Jan.
We don't have the miles to get all four of us from Seattle to Frankfurt, but thought it might make sense to use miles to get to the East Coast or somewhere that has better fares to Europe than Seattle might. Then, we can use our vouchers and cash to get us over the Atlantic.
I'm not sure this is optimal - but I thought it worth checking.
What city(ies) would likely have the cheapest airfare to Frankfurt from the U.S.?
Thanks in advance for your advice.
We don't have the miles to get all four of us from Seattle to Frankfurt, but thought it might make sense to use miles to get to the East Coast or somewhere that has better fares to Europe than Seattle might. Then, we can use our vouchers and cash to get us over the Atlantic.
I'm not sure this is optimal - but I thought it worth checking.
What city(ies) would likely have the cheapest airfare to Frankfurt from the U.S.?
Thanks in advance for your advice.
Also the suggestions above about trains to FRA are definitely worth checking. As are some of the low cost carriers.