niravid

looking for flights around september from new york to israel.
best price i found 1075$ with aeroflot at http://www.gulliver.co.il (one of the biggest in israel)
any recommendations for better prices?

thanks

NoFlyZone

Be careful. You need to look at the total cost of travel, not just the air fare. In addition to restrictions which may deem that ticket to be sold in Israel only (and possibly only to Israeli nationals), there are a bunch of factors which may increase the overall price including:

. exchange rates and credit card fees for dealing with an Israeli agency
. increased overall time of travel. I checked random dates and the return flight necessitates an overnight in Moscow.
. any extended layovers in Moscow which may result in a hotel stay (not all airports are open 24 hours) and other costs
. Russia visa costs if the usual transit visa is insufficient

Turkish Air is showing at least one fare of $926 in September (11-25 Sept, randomly selected) with reasonable connecting times. And El Al has nonstop flights of as low as $1288.

dutyfree

Delta Airlines flies a 747 nonstop from JFK daily to Tel Aviv.

MrNuke

In addition to Delta, El Al flies direct from JFK and EWR, and United flies direct from EWR. Without knowing how long the planned stay is I see NoFlyZone's $926 on Turkish for multiple 1-2 week stays and United out of EWR is matching El AL's $1288 for a non-stop flight on multiple days as well.

doug_stallings

Although it might be cheaper, I can't imagine why anyone would prefer to travel to Moscow just to get to Israel to save a couple of hundred dollars.

At least Istanbul is sort of on the way (or at least not so far out of the way). But I'd choose a nonstop every time. There are options from both JFK and EWR.

Levo2

NoFlyZone is correct in that you should look at the entire cost of travel expenses. Sometimes picking the cheapest flight involves other expenses, so just make sure that is part of the process!

niravid

another HE site with great prices for NYC (lot polish less then 1000$) is www.topfly.co.il (must do internet order, but gets very nice price for flights)