*A RTW ex-Europe Y Fares changed prices today
#1
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Where my head rests (presently MIA)
Programs: UA, AA, DL, SW, JB, Spirit; Hilton Diamond, Marriott Gold, Hyatt Discoverist
Posts: 111
*A RTW ex-Europe Y Fares changed prices today
While researching flights for upcoming fifth RTW ticket using the staralliance.com RTW booking engine, I have noticed that there was a jump mid-research in prices for starting and ending in specific countries, with cheapest european destinations jumping from 2517 euros to 2747 euros (if using European Union as residency or 2703 USD to 2950 USD if using United States as residency). I didn't change any other aspects of itinerary... the following countries now appear to be the cheapest starting countries in Europe:
Bosnia & Herzegovina cheapest followed by tie with Bulgaria, Croatia, Montenegro, Albania, Italy, Greece, and Turkey.
FYI for all planning to begin their next RTW Star Alliance ticket in Europe, just in case travel agents or individual airlines haven't caught up with the price shift in Star Alliance proper.
I have only looked at prices for Y-class Economy fares... not for other classes. Again, routing and mileage changes may affect pricing and taxes, but the above shifts again were for exact fares from this morning compared to a half hour ago from this post.
Bosnia & Herzegovina cheapest followed by tie with Bulgaria, Croatia, Montenegro, Albania, Italy, Greece, and Turkey.
FYI for all planning to begin their next RTW Star Alliance ticket in Europe, just in case travel agents or individual airlines haven't caught up with the price shift in Star Alliance proper.
I have only looked at prices for Y-class Economy fares... not for other classes. Again, routing and mileage changes may affect pricing and taxes, but the above shifts again were for exact fares from this morning compared to a half hour ago from this post.
#2
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: INN
Programs: *G (M&M SEN), PC, SPG, Sixt Plat
Posts: 50
i am searching for a cheap european starting point for a rtw in C coming january.
any ideas?
earlier there were pricing sheets online and i remember a website with prices for different countries, but seemingly i cant find any actual information at a glance besides the hiding *A rtw online booking tool...
any ideas?
earlier there were pricing sheets online and i remember a website with prices for different countries, but seemingly i cant find any actual information at a glance besides the hiding *A rtw online booking tool...
#3
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Where my head rests (presently MIA)
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i am searching for a cheap european starting point for a rtw in C coming january.
any ideas?
earlier there were pricing sheets online and i remember a website with prices for different countries, but seemingly i cant find any actual information at a glance besides the hiding *A rtw online booking tool...
any ideas?
earlier there were pricing sheets online and i remember a website with prices for different countries, but seemingly i cant find any actual information at a glance besides the hiding *A rtw online booking tool...
An external link to the old prices is here: http://bit.ly/1ynNwH8
It is because of a lack of updates that I used the *A website online booking tool to price out every country in Europe to come to the conclusion of which countries were cheapest, and hence discovering the price spike.
I suspect (though can't confirm) that the cheapest Y countries I listed would be the cheapest C countries as well ex-Europe
Good luck... Cheers
#5
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Join Date: Apr 2005
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By the way, nice Instagram