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Originally Posted by Weitz
Hey guys, got a quick question:
Were thinking of heading over to Greece in September next year. And then heading over to Germany for Oktoberfest.
Whats the best way to book flights for a trip like this? One way to Greece, one way to Germany, then one way home? Or some sort of package type of flight?
I've never flown over the ocean so I am unaware haha.
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My advise is to book your trans-Atlantic flight on its own as that'll be the most expensive one. Then you can book inter-Europe flights - they're generally pretty cheap. If you book for example Air Canada or Lufthansa with tickets all the way through to Greece & back as a package, it'll cost you a lot more than it would to just book a flight from Frankfurt (or wherever you fly into) to where you're going using Easyjet, Ryanair, etc.
Also, like I said - inter-Europe flights are relatively cheap compared to Canada, so shop around on the cities you can fly into from YYC - London, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, etc. Chances are that if you fly into one of those cities it will cost you about the same to fly to Greece, but you may save a lot of money on the trans-Atlantic flight. My go-to is KLM in & out of Amsterdam everytime I fly to Europe, it costs ~$1,100 round trip from Calgary and it's a direct flight. Schipol Airport is a pretty main hub so it's easy to fly anywhere in Europe from there and most of the budget airlines operate there as well.