My girlfriend and I are travelling to Italy this fall. Aer Lingus is
starting service from San Francisco to Dublin, for $400 round-trip. We
have no objection to flying into Dublin, hanging out, and flying down
to Rome. I haven't done much international travelling, but I know that
fares fluctuate and great deals can be had if you are patient. However,
my gut tells me that it doesn't get any cheaper than this. Any input?
Thanks,
Pete

"Pete" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> My girlfriend and I are travelling to Italy this fall. Aer Lingus is
> starting service from San Francisco to Dublin, for $400 round-trip. We
> have no objection to flying into Dublin, hanging out, and flying down
> to Rome. I haven't done much international travelling, but I know that
> fares fluctuate and great deals can be had if you are patient. However,
> my gut tells me that it doesn't get any cheaper than this. Any input?


Sounds like a good price to me.
You could take a further Aer Lingus flight down to Italy, or take a chance
with Ryanair, who are not always cheaper than Aer Lingus out of Dublin.

--
Trish

Dublin

On Tue, 01 May 2007 03:21:47 GMT, Pete <[email protected]>
wrote:

>My girlfriend and I are travelling to Italy this fall. Aer Lingus is
>starting service from San Francisco to Dublin, for $400 round-trip. We
>have no objection to flying into Dublin, hanging out, and flying down
>to Rome. I haven't done much international travelling, but I know that
>fares fluctuate and great deals can be had if you are patient. However,
>my gut tells me that it doesn't get any cheaper than this. Any input?
>Thanks,
>Pete

I was playing around with www.kayak.com last night and found
some incredibly low Air India and Aer Lingus New York-London
fares early next year.

Try flights out of New York and Washington to major European
capitals. The competition is fiercer, and you can probably
pick up reasonably cheap flight from SFO to either of them.

Having said that, Dublin is a pleasant stopover and that
price looks good. Make sure it includes all taxes. I had an
Aer Lingus £3 flight from LHR to DUB that was over £40 after
taxes and charges.


Cheers, Alan, Australia
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Alan S <[email protected]> wrote in
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> I was playing around with www.kayak.com last night and found
> some incredibly low Air India and Aer Lingus New York-London
> fares early next year.
>
> Try flights out of New York and Washington to major European
> capitals. The competition is fiercer, and you can probably
> pick up reasonably cheap flight from SFO to either of them.
>
> Having said that, Dublin is a pleasant stopover and that
> price looks good. Make sure it includes all taxes. I had an
> Aer Lingus £3 flight from LHR to DUB that was over £40 after
> taxes and charges.

Thanks Alan. Actually, it turns out that we will be stopping in
London on the way to Italy, and I did run across the "0.01 Euro" fare,
plus the 31 Euro fuel charge. Still, I'll take it!

Pete

"Trish" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>
> "Pete" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> My girlfriend and I are travelling to Italy this fall. Aer Lingus is
>> starting service from San Francisco to Dublin, for $400 round-trip.
>> We have no objection to flying into Dublin, hanging out, and flying
>> down to Rome. I haven't done much international travelling, but I
>> know that fares fluctuate and great deals can be had if you are
>> patient. However, my gut tells me that it doesn't get any cheaper
>> than this. Any input?
>
>
> Sounds like a good price to me.
> You could take a further Aer Lingus flight down to Italy, or take a
> chance with Ryanair, who are not always cheaper than Aer Lingus out of
> Dublin.

Thanks for the response, Trish. Turns out we will be stopping in London
before Rome, and that the Aer Lingus and Ryan Air fares from Dublin to
London are obscenely cheap, even after the surcharges.
Pete