I am flying to Europe at the end of May and returning to the US in the
end of July. I am flying out of Kansas City. I am flexible as to my
destination city in Europe. Are there some cities that are much
cheaper to fly into as opposed to others? I found a flight to Paris
for $420. I thought that seemed good, but is there a hidden gem
waiting to be found? Thanks for your help.

"Case Collard" wrote in message
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    > I am flying to Europe at the end of May and returning to the US in the
    > end of July. I am flying out of Kansas City. I am flexible as to my
    > destination city in Europe. Are there some cities that are much
    > cheaper to fly into as opposed to others? I found a flight to Paris
    > for $420. I thought that seemed good, but is there a hidden gem
    > waiting to be found? Thanks for your help.

If you found a return flight MCI-CDG on the dates quoted for US $420 then
grab it with both hands!

JohnT

That's pretty cheap. I am flying SFO to Frankfurt and the quotes are over
$1,000 rt.

"Case Collard" wrote in message
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    > I am flying to Europe at the end of May and returning to the US in the
    > end of July. I am flying out of Kansas City. I am flexible as to my
    > destination city in Europe. Are there some cities that are much
    > cheaper to fly into as opposed to others? I found a flight to Paris
    > for $420. I thought that seemed good, but is there a hidden gem
    > waiting to be found? Thanks for your help.

    > That's pretty cheap. I am flying SFO to Frankfurt and the quotes are over
    > $1,000 rt.

I just tried random dates in May (leave 22 May; return 21 June) SFO-FRA
and www.sidestep.com found British Airways at $551.48 round-trip. The best
Orbitz had was $701 on Northwest. If you click on the Sidestep link it goes
straight to the British Airways site, and the fare is indeed there and
available. I noticed this when looking in late June Chicago-Hamburg that
British was also far and away the best--even for a trip over two months.
This is HIGHLY unusual for a major carrier to be so cheap this far in
advance for a regular fare for late June! You might want to give them a
look.

Thanks I'll try that.

"Douglas W. Hoyt" wrote in message
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    > > That's pretty cheap. I am flying SFO to Frankfurt and the quotes are
over
    > > $1,000 rt.
    > I just tried random dates in May (leave 22 May; return 21 June) SFO-FRA
    > and www.sidestep.com found British Airways at $551.48 round-trip. The
best
    > Orbitz had was $701 on Northwest. If you click on the Sidestep link it
goes
    > straight to the British Airways site, and the fare is indeed there and
    > available. I noticed this when looking in late June Chicago-Hamburg that
    > British was also far and away the best--even for a trip over two months.
    > This is HIGHLY unusual for a major carrier to be so cheap this far in
    > advance for a regular fare for late June! You might want to give them a
    > look.

I went to sidestep and found that you have to download a program to get any
info. And their site has nothing about their privacy policy nor anything
about whether the program tracks your internet uusage and reports back to
them. I wouldn't download anything form them without this info. Just my
$0.02 worth.

"Peter L" wrote in message
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    > Thanks I'll try that.
    > "Douglas W. Hoyt" wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
    > > > That's pretty cheap. I am flying SFO to Frankfurt and the quotes are
    > over
    > > > $1,000 rt.
    > >
    > > I just tried random dates in May (leave 22 May; return 21 June)
SFO-FRA
    > > and www.sidestep.com found British Airways at $551.48 round-trip. The
    > best
    > > Orbitz had was $701 on Northwest. If you click on the Sidestep link it
    > goes
    > > straight to the British Airways site, and the fare is indeed there and
    > > available. I noticed this when looking in late June Chicago-Hamburg
that
    > > British was also far and away the best--even for a trip over two months.
    > > This is HIGHLY unusual for a major carrier to be so cheap this far in
    > > advance for a regular fare for late June! You might want to give them a
    > > look.
    > >
    > >

SCUBApix wrote:
    > I went to sidestep and found that you have to download a program to get any
    > info. And their site has nothing about their privacy policy nor anything
    > about whether the program tracks your internet uusage and reports back to
    > them. I wouldn't download anything form them without this info. Just my
    > $0.02 worth.

For what it's worth, I found the sidestep program to be very annoying. It
kept coming up and taking over every time I'd go to any airline-related web
site. Erased it and never looked back.

miguel
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