Need flight advice, first time to Italy from ATL
#1
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Join Date: May 2005
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Need flight advice, first time to Italy from ATL
First trip to Europe- doing 3 nights in Venice, 3 nights in Florence and 3 nights in Rome. Family of five (three teenagers) looking to fly coach from ATL to VCE on Dec 22 and returning on Jan 3 or 4th from FCO to ATL
Connect in AMS, MUC, CDG or EWR? Concerned about weather winter delays and short connection times. Avoid connections and fly non-stop from ATL to MXP and take a train??
AVOD would be nice for kids but DL flight in Dec to MXP is 767. Do you recommend AF,LT,KLM?
Thanks for any advice!
Connect in AMS, MUC, CDG or EWR? Concerned about weather winter delays and short connection times. Avoid connections and fly non-stop from ATL to MXP and take a train??
AVOD would be nice for kids but DL flight in Dec to MXP is 767. Do you recommend AF,LT,KLM?
Thanks for any advice!
#2
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Venice, Italy
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First trip to Europe- doing 3 nights in Venice, 3 nights in Florence and 3 nights in Rome. Family of five (three teenagers) looking to fly coach from ATL to VCE on Dec 22 and returning on Jan 3 or 4th from FCO to ATL
Connect in AMS, MUC, CDG or EWR? Concerned about weather winter delays and short connection times. Avoid connections and fly non-stop from ATL to MXP and take a train??
AVOD would be nice for kids but DL flight in Dec to MXP is 767. Do you recommend AF,LT,KLM?
Thanks for any advice!
Connect in AMS, MUC, CDG or EWR? Concerned about weather winter delays and short connection times. Avoid connections and fly non-stop from ATL to MXP and take a train??
AVOD would be nice for kids but DL flight in Dec to MXP is 767. Do you recommend AF,LT,KLM?
Thanks for any advice!
#3
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muc,mxp,fra,vce all have fog and or snow problems in winter. i have had a lot of problems at jfk also. i presume ewr has similar problems, although i have not used it much in winter. i would still fly atl-xxx-vce, and return fco-yyy-atl. particularly with a family. i think those are real busy times at airports, and planes are quite full. we have avoided that problem by flying on dec 25, and then later in jan.
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First trip to Europe- doing 3 nights in Venice, 3 nights in Florence and 3 nights in Rome. Family of five (three teenagers) looking to fly coach from ATL to VCE on Dec 22 and returning on Jan 3 or 4th from FCO to ATL
Connect in AMS, MUC, CDG or EWR? Concerned about weather winter delays and short connection times. Avoid connections and fly non-stop from ATL to MXP and take a train??
AVOD would be nice for kids but DL flight in Dec to MXP is 767. Do you recommend AF,LT,KLM?
Thanks for any advice!
Connect in AMS, MUC, CDG or EWR? Concerned about weather winter delays and short connection times. Avoid connections and fly non-stop from ATL to MXP and take a train??
AVOD would be nice for kids but DL flight in Dec to MXP is 767. Do you recommend AF,LT,KLM?
Thanks for any advice!
Anyway, based on your list I'd avoid CDG and EWR, likely choode AMS or MUC.
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First trip to Europe- doing 3 nights in Venice, 3 nights in Florence and 3 nights in Rome. Family of five (three teenagers) looking to fly coach from ATL to VCE on Dec 22 and returning on Jan 3 or 4th from FCO to ATL
Connect in AMS, MUC, CDG or EWR? Concerned about weather winter delays and short connection times. Avoid connections and fly non-stop from ATL to MXP and take a train??
AVOD would be nice for kids but DL flight in Dec to MXP is 767. Do you recommend AF,LT,KLM?
Thanks for any advice!
Connect in AMS, MUC, CDG or EWR? Concerned about weather winter delays and short connection times. Avoid connections and fly non-stop from ATL to MXP and take a train??
AVOD would be nice for kids but DL flight in Dec to MXP is 767. Do you recommend AF,LT,KLM?
Thanks for any advice!