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Originally Posted by FurnaceFace
Looking for flights to Italy the beginning of September. Best I've found so far are ~$1500 which doesn't seem good to us. Doesn't really matter where we fly into in Europe - London, Frankfurt, Paris, etc as the in Europe flights are cheap.
Thoughts on when we might typically see seat sales for that time period?
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Hi Furance,
It's not just you, the flights to Europe this summer and fall are sky high to everyone. Yet, the demand must be there, as the airlines have not relented and dropped their prices as of yet. There are decent prices up until about mid-June.
London Gatwick on Air Transat or Thomas Cook are usually your best bet of getting to Europe cheaply from Calgary.
Sep 2-9 is $1059 after tax on Air Transat. 9-16 is $979. 2-16 is $1009.
Although, by the time you factor in your inter-Europe flight + the nickle and diming those budget airlines will give you + hassle + possibility of having to spend a night or two in London (depending on connections), the $1500 Lufthansa flights to Rome might look more attractive (and easier on your body than the Air Transat sardine cans).
Hopefully we will see some decent fall prices this year, or even summer for that matter. Ideally, you would want to get to London on an Air Transat flight in the $750 or less range. It can be done in the spring, so fall shouldn't be out of the question, although possibly more likely in mid to late September rather than early, but that's just a guess.
It's impossible to say if/when they will occur. Right now the cheaper Transat flights are up to about mid-June, or 6 weeks ahead. 6-8 weeks ahead seems to be a general rule of thumb for when Transat decides to offer cheaper flights, if they do. So, theoretically, you could still give it a few months or so of watching, but there are no guarantees.
cM