thaitraveller

Seems that Delta is now matching the BUD / USA fares. Have been monitoring the route for an upcoming trip. These were not there as recently as last night.

DETAILS
Budapest / San Francisco
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ITINERARY
Budapest (BUD) to San Francisco (SFO) - Wed, Oct 5

Delta 9694 Dep: 6:35AM Arr: 8:40AM 2h 5m Boeing 737 Business (Z)
OPERATED BY KLM
   Layover in AMS  4h 50m
Delta 9452 Dep: 1:30PM Arr: 3:25PM 10h 55m Boeing 777 Business (Z)
OPERATED BY KLM

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San Francisco (SFO) to Budapest (BUD) - Wed, Jun 21

Delta 9647 Dep: 1:45PM Arr: 9:05AM 10h 20m Boeing 787-10 Business (Z)
OPERATED BY KLM
   Layover in AMS Thu, Jun 22 2h 20m
Delta 9695 Dep: 11:25AM Arr: 1:20PM 1h 55m Embraer 195 E2 Business (Z)
OPERATED BY KLM CITYHOPPER


FARE AND BOOKING DETAILS

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Fare 1: Carrier DL ZS04TBJB BUD to SFO     $785.63
  Passenger type ADT, round trip fare, booking code Z
  Covers BUD-AMS (Business), AMS-SFO (Business)

Fare 2: Carrier DL ZS04TBJB SFO to BUD     $761.06
  Passenger type ADT, round trip fare, booking code Z
  Covers SFO-AMS (Business), AMS-BUD (Business)

United States APHIS Passenger Fee Passengers (XA)    $3.96
United States Customs User Fee (YC)    $6.11
Netherlands Passenger Service Charge (RN)    $16.40
United States Immigration User Fee (XY)    $7.00
Netherlands Security Service Charge (CJ)    $14.80
DL YR surcharge (YR)    $413.10
US International Arrival Tax (US)    $39.40
Hungary Airport Departure Tax (HU)    $28.00
Hungary Security Charge (FE)    $5.00
United States Passenger Civil Aviation Security Service Fee (AY)    $5.60
US Passenger Facility Charge (XF)    $4.50

Subtotal per passenger    $2,090.87
Number of passengers    x1

Total airfare & taxes    $2,090.87

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Fare construction (can be useful to travel agents)

BUD DL X/E/AMS DL SFO Q25.13 M 778.64ZS04TBJB DL X/E/AMS DL BUD M 778.64ZS04TBJB NUC 1582.41 END ROE 387.852436 XT 5.00FE 28.00HU 14.80CJ 16.40RN 6.11YC 7.00XY 3.96XA 39.40US 5.60AY 413.10YR 4.50XF SFO4.50

This ticket is non-refundable.

jerrychuang

Reminds me of my DL-ticketed BUD-SFO RT @ 600USD…

thaitraveller

How do we get that one!!!

aquanine

Time travel back to 2020 during the pandemic. Funny thing is that with rescheduling, some people still haven't flown their flights.

747jetter

I am sorry but departures from Europe especially from cheap points which BUD is considered to be this price is far away from special. You can get, even west coast, from BUD very often for max 1600 USD RT.

thaitraveller

I have been monitoring this route for the past 30 days and have booked and re-booked tickets several times. If there are any hints or hacks on how to get it to 1600 that would be amazing. Thank you

747jetter

My advice is sit tight and be ready because it comes and goes but no way I'd consider above 2k from BUD a deal rather than standard price.