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HookShot posted:If you want people to find you a cheaper price you might want to tell them where you're starting from. gently caress. I'm dumb. From ORD!
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Ally McBeal Wiki posted:SAS is looking to be the cheapest (minus LOT which lol no thanks, unless anyone can refute a few hundred lovely reviews found online) at $854 with one stop either way (Copenhagen, Stockholm). Anything I'm missing? Any others doing this run for cheaper? You should fly LOT on ORD->WAW if it's the cheapest flight. That route always runs a dreamliner, and it's a fantastic flight. I took it twice, loved it. One of the best transatlantic flights I've had in coach. (Though maybe SAS flies new planes too.) Edit: Well I just looked and I see the awesome priced one (~$650) has a 19 hour layover in both directions. The better one (4 hour layover) is quite a bit more expensive (~$900). I guess it depends on how much money vs. time is worth it to you since the SAS flight I see is $1100 (or, oddly $1000 on Expedia--I'm always wary of that). Saladman fucked around with this message at 13:20 on Oct 17, 2016 |
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Expedia can gently caress off since one time I booked tickets through them that guaranteed one piece of checked luggage included and I got to the airport and had to pay an extra $120 because it turned out that wasn't true at all.
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HookShot posted:Expedia can gently caress off since one time I booked tickets through them that guaranteed one piece of checked luggage included and I got to the airport and had to pay an extra $120 because it turned out that wasn't true at all. The results of booking hotels with them can be fun too! As an observer I mean, not as the person getting hosed over.
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Hi thread, I'm looking for a round-trip for 2 adults from the Bay Area to England:
The cheapest I found so far (maybe at around 4 AM sometimes) would be at $605 each, but searching on Kayak, that would lead me to Priceline's website, and it would tell me it actually costs like $1,000+ each for some reason.
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Yoshi Jjang posted:Hi thread, Check this out: http://www.secretflying.com/2016/oakland-san-francisco-usa-london-uk-352-roundtrip-vice-versa-288/
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meatpotato posted:Check this out: Whoa, nice. That made it super easy. Thanks! 
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Ally McBeal Wiki posted:gently caress. I'm dumb. From ORD! LOT is fine; no carrier is going to be great in coach. I'd take their 788 out of ORD all day long if it was the cheapest.
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Yoshi Jjang posted:Whoa, nice. That made it super easy. Thanks! I'm jealous; those things almost never happen out of CLT. The last time one did (OGG trip) I couldn't do it because my wife's PhD class schedule was being a bitch.
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Mackieman posted:LOT is fine; no carrier is going to be great in coach. I'd take their 788 out of ORD all day long if it was the cheapest. Just bit the bullet and took the non-10+ hour layover SAS flight for $855. gently caress I forgot how expensive it is to fly to Europe! (Just saw ORD to HCMC Vietnam for under $500 RT!)
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Ally McBeal Wiki posted:Just bit the bullet and took the non-10+ hour layover SAS flight for $855. gently caress I forgot how expensive it is to fly to Europe! (Just saw ORD to HCMC Vietnam for under $500 RT!) Given some prices, that's really not that bad. It all depends on where you're going, where you're leaving, and when.
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You know what's cool? Showing up at the airport and having the gate agent tell you they upgraded you to business class because they overbooked the plane.
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Whip Slagcheek posted:You know what's cool? Showing up at the airport and having the gate agent tell you they upgraded you to business class because they overbooked the plane. For about a 3 year span, that used to happen to me about 50% of the time when I'd fly. No idea why but I always seemed to get upgraded. Has slowed down a lot, but here's hoping! Mackieman posted:Given some prices, that's really not that bad. It all depends on where you're going, where you're leaving, and when. Oh, no, I totally realize. I lament the whole pricing thing that it's somehow cheaper to fly someone from Chicago to Vietnam than it is to fly 'em to Germany. It's like half the distance but almost twice the price. Craziness. Yes I realize it's just the way it is. But I think it's crazy.
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Picked up San Diego to Tokyo nonstop last week for $600/ea, nonstop, during cherry blossom season (and spring break). JAL branded as AA. Woot!
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I feel like this probably gets posted a lot but I really have to ask: Is there some catch to SecretFlying? Some of these deals just feel way too good to be true
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Xinder posted:I feel like this probably gets posted a lot but I really have to ask: Is there some catch to SecretFlying? Some of these deals just feel way too good to be true Not usually, it's all about availability and flexibility.
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And living in a major market that gets those flight deals. If you live in a region that is served by one airline, get out your wallet.
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Xinder posted:I feel like this probably gets posted a lot but I really have to ask: Is there some catch to SecretFlying? Some of these deals just feel way too good to be true The deals are all real. Sometimes with the "error fares" you have a chance of getting your ticket cancelled (although I've heard in practice this almost never happens).
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Saladman posted:The deals are all real. Sometimes with the "error fares" you have a chance of getting your ticket cancelled (although I've heard in practice this almost never happens). Most (probably 90%+) of SecretFlying's deals are not error fares. No risk of cancellation there.
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Pro Travel Hack: If you're contemplating doing a connecting flight through Frankfurt or Munich, shove a toothpick under each of your fingernails. If still contemplating, repeat cycle. 
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Whip Slagcheek posted:Pro Travel Hack: If you're contemplating doing a connecting flight through Frankfurt or Munich, shove a toothpick under each of your fingernails. If still contemplating, repeat cycle. I did both of those in one trip. Toronto-Frankfurt-Lisbon and then Barcelona-Munich-Toronto with Lufthansa. Didn't find it too bad and even got picked up off the plane, swept through a makeshift passport control, and delivered right to the gate in Frankfurt because the first plane was running late and the connection was in 15 minutes.
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You got spared the human lab experiment that is navigating the terminals.
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Munich Terminal 1 is my favourite place because after security there is literally one place to get food so it always has a 30+ minute lineup. Also Terminal 2 goes forever.
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The US bound Munich terminal had zero food options once you pushed through security except for vending machines. Frankfurt is what I imagine hell is like.
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Whip Slagcheek posted:Frankfurt is what I imagine hell is like. I dunno, I feel like Hell would be significantly more cheerful than that long underground tunnel between terminals, and there'd be less walking involved.
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Directly with delta; got two adult tickets, a child, and infant in seat. All Round-trip. 2 days later, the price is down $240-300ish per person, I learned about this "Best Fare Guarantee" a day too late apparently. Is there any other recourse? Where should I have bought instead? delta posted:Case Number 21759701
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Chunjee posted:Directly with delta; got two adult tickets, a child, and infant in seat. All Round-trip. Sounds like the fares dropped on in the market you bought after you bought them. It sucks, but it does happen sometimes. Not really much recourse on it.
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Hey thread, Need a round trip for 1 adult over the holidays.
I've looked around and all the prices seem to be at or above a grand. I've done this trip before for 600 bucks and I hope I didnt just get lucky with that.
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Jizz into Darkness posted:Hey thread, I live in Vancouver, I wouldn't bother coming here over the holidays. Seattle has much more culture to it and things to do.
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Jizz into Darkness posted:Hey thread, If price is the most important thing, you could do SEA-LHR for $750 and then get a cheap LCC ticket to AMS or BRU pretty easily. Other than that, yeah, it's about $985.
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Hi thread, I'm looking for 1 adult round trip Vancouver to London (UK). Departing 10th-11th of December, returning some time between xmas and new years. Looks like I'm paying $1200-1500 CAD for 10th-27th, does that sound right/any recommendations? Thanks! (Edit: that's for direct flights)
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Hello All! I'm heading down under, on the other side of the globe, to reunite with my wife who's living in Australia. Looking for the best price for Toronto to Melbourne, leaving between January 2nd-7th 2017 and coming back ALL the way later in September 3rd-8th Either airport in Toronto (YYZ YTO) will do and it doesn't matter how many stopovers. The cheapest I've found so far is $2500 (CA) round trip. Is that the best I can hope for? I don't mind swallowing that cost but I'll feel like an rear end in a top hat if I find out I could have saved a couple of hundred bucks
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Tasky posted:Hello All! I thought "hey what about looking for deals from Vancouver, I bet there are a ton of those." And there are some decent prices, like CAN$1800 on your itinerary, ... but holy poo poo it is expensive to fly between Vancouver and Toronto, like CAN$600 expensive. What the hell, Canada? It's like double the price of flying from NYC to LAX or similar distanced routes in the US.
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Saladman posted:I thought "hey what about looking for deals from Vancouver, I bet there are a ton of those." And there are some decent prices, like CAN$1800 on your itinerary, ... but holy poo poo it is expensive to fly between Vancouver and Toronto, like CAN$600 expensive. What the hell, Canada? It's like double the price of flying from NYC to LAX or similar distanced routes in the US. Ahah tell me about it. It's actually more expensive to stay and vacation in our country than travel abroad half the time. Why must we be so big and vast??
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Saladman posted:I thought "hey what about looking for deals from Vancouver, I bet there are a ton of those." And there are some decent prices, like CAN$1800 on your itinerary, ... but holy poo poo it is expensive to fly between Vancouver and Toronto, like CAN$600 expensive. What the hell, Canada? It's like double the price of flying from NYC to LAX or similar distanced routes in the US. Yeah, inter-Canada flying is ridiculous, I usually drive to Seattle, go to wherever in America is closest to my eventual destination, and fly to there then drive back to Canada when I have to cross the country.
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Can't remember if I found this here or not, but I subscribed to this guy's for-pay flight-deals emails a few months back ($40 a year or so?) and I am suitably impressed. https://scottscheapflights.com/ I booked three people R/T nonstop from San Diego to Tokyo during spring break for $1,800 total. Phenomenal deal. He sends out (verifiable) good deals all the time - almost every day. A+++. Would buy again.
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Bizarro Buddha posted:Hi thread, It's Christmas and that's about as good as you're likely to find.
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That's exactly what I thought, thanks!
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To update on my quest to find a cheaper ticket, I went back onto Google Flights, was looking for about 5 minutes, and in that time a round-trip Toronto to Melbourne came up for the dates I wanted at $2,043! Christmas comes early this year! Thank you thread for all of the really helpful links and the advice : )
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photomikey posted:Can't remember if I found this here or not, but I subscribed to this guy's for-pay flight-deals emails a few months back ($40 a year or so?) and I am suitably impressed. Doesn't make that much sense to pay for someone to steal deals from Flyertalk etc. which is what 99% of these blogs do (many for free)
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