Transatlantic fares High
Feb 4, 2005, 2:17 pm
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Originally Posted by hammerj
Non-stop JFK/EWR to Rome for spring/summer 2005 are running above $900; last year this time they were around $600. Time to wait or time to buy?
Help!
Help!
Feb 7, 2005, 7:44 pm
#3
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 44
Originally Posted by graraps
Play around with dates, airlines, etc. The cheapest published fare for 10th June is $425 (return, excl taxes&charges) on LO, and there are at least a dozen published fares (on various airlines) below $600, so you should be able to do better. Why do you have to go nonstop??
By asking the airline search to look + / - 7 days of my proposed date i was able to save $300 on a trans-Atlantic trip (LHR to SEA/TAC with BA) by choosing to fly a day earlier than i was planning on doing.
