alitalia - did you know...
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alitalia - did you know...
...that if you book your flights on the Italy (alitalia.it.com) website it is MUCH cheaper? An Italian friend of ours let us in on this. In fact, we'll be flying from Rome to Catania, Sicily the end of Sept. On the US Alitalia website, the tickets are ~$1195 RT for 2. On the Italy Alitalia website, the tickets are ~$495 RT for 2 - and yes that is US dollars. If you are at all familiar with airline websites, you can muddle your way through without any language translation.
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Hi J,
I checked Rome/Catania for Sept 30 and got 152E pp ($190) on the Italian site and $297 on the US site.
At www.whichbudget.com its 55E.
I checked Rome/Catania for Sept 30 and got 152E pp ($190) on the Italian site and $297 on the US site.
At www.whichbudget.com its 55E.
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Bellastar, yes the prices are in Euros, but when you convert the prices to USD, it is less than the US site. The US site quoted me approx $1195 for 2 RT tickets; the Italy website quoted me Euro 358 which = approx $453 USD.
$453 is much less than $1195 in my calculations.
$453 is much less than $1195 in my calculations.
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Bellastarr - it is RT because when you provide the dates of travel, it gives you both outbound AND inbound flights - you don't really get to choose from a wide selection. For instance, if you choose to leave at 8:55 a.m., it will give you that departure as well as specific return options. It seems as if the returns are "tied into" the departures. It's not AA where you can select from many departures and many different returns.
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thanks so much for this tip- I am still plugging in dates on the site hoping you're right!
But I just entered dates for September to Rome from NYC and got a price in Euros of 832 plus 183.49 taxes and fees- which converts to $1278 and change $US. Maybe I am missing a step?
thanks so much for this tip- I am still plugging in dates on the site hoping you're right!
But I just entered dates for September to Rome from NYC and got a price in Euros of 832 plus 183.49 taxes and fees- which converts to $1278 and change $US. Maybe I am missing a step?
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Bellastarr - perhaps it is only inter-Italy flights that come out cheaper. If you note in my original post, we are flying from Rome to Catania, Sicily. THAT flight is definitely cheaper on the Italy website. Hopefully your flights will work out. I did not intend to be misleading in my postings.