Xandrios

The summer 2017 schedule is now bookable

irishguy28

Yay! That seems to have snuck up on us unawares!

Time to book those 4 A3 legs to maintain Gold again then

nieszprot

Looks like it has not been completed yet. No flights found from ATH to WAW, OTP or SOF.

Furry

"Flight schedule for 26.03.2017 onwards is not yet available." when trying to search ATH-SKG for example.

nk15

They may be loading it gradually. Keep in mind that some of the cheapest fares are not loaded until 2-3 weeks later or even much later...

Xandrios

My favorite route AMS-ATH is available until half september 2017; prices are the same as the current fares.

However, yes, not all routes may be available and not all fare classes may be loaded.

Duke787

Yep - looks like parts are loaded but not all notably still waiting on JTR - ATH for my own booking purposes next May (either revenue or as part of the award flight home - whichever opens first).

sokolov

In my experience, national routes get loaded last, except ATH-SKG.

KLouis

Keep in mind that (very) soon most, if not all domestic flights will be operated by OA (on A3 metal). This may be one of the reasons why domestic flights are not yet in.

KRS

I am looking at some A3 flights for Easter next year, and it seems like there is a cut-off for cheaper fares on March 24/25 2018.

For instance ATH-TLV has low fares most days up to and including March 24, while in the opposite direction cheap fares can be had every day up to and including March 25. I realize that this is a popular time fro travel to Israel, but it seems that the lower fares have not been loaded that far ahead since all days after these dates are full price, i.e EUR 286 vs EUR 39-61.

Does that sound plausible, and if so when can I hope/expect the lower/promotion fares to be loaded?

Appreciate any info/advice from the experts here!

palcsaky

They load the summer season flights (April-September) from late September/ early October.

Xandrios

End of March is the beginning of the summer season. I'm actually surprised there are any fares at all beyond that point They generally load the promo prices for S18 (Summer '18) at some point during the W17 season. That can be directly at the start (End of Oct '17) or weeks/months later.

I'd advise to set up a price alert on some OTA for the flight(s) you are interested in, so you will be notified when something changes. However be aware that flights to Greece at/around Easter are generally not loaded with promo/cheap fares. Expect fare availability of P/U/T classes to be pretty much non-existing the first weeks of April next year (Even after they do load promo prices).

[edit]
Hold on, are you talking about regular or Orthodox easter? Around Orthodox Easter (April 8 and week before/after) Aegean will be more expensive than normal. Perhaps if you fly before regular easter (April 1) things may be better/cheaper in general.

KRS

Thanks guys.

I am talking about travel to Tel Aviv (from northern Europe) on March 24'ish, returning 1 April'ish.

Will set up an alert as suggested ^
Not interested in the P U T Go-Light classes anyway

KLouis

Catholic/Protestant Easter is on April 1, so due to heavy travel for that as well, I am not amazed that prices are up as well.

djjaguar64

I did not want to star a new thread. Trying to book for June next year. But it seems the ATH CAI fare besides T,U & P is very expensive. If I call and request a specific fare will they be able to issue the ticket? I guess I will have to pay the booking fee. Or is there an online site that shows A3 fares and booking classes.