Cheapest city to fly into
May 10th, 2011, 04:17 PM
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Cheapest city to fly into
I am traveling to visit friends at Ramstein Airforce Base in Germany. What is the cheapest city to fly into that would be within a 2 to 4 hour drive of the base?
May 16th, 2011, 04:44 PM
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Presuming you are coming from N. America and want a direct flight;
Frankfurt - the most frequent direct destination in Germany for American/Canadian airlines - about 1:30 from Ramstein. which is near Kaiserslautern.
Cologne - about 2:30 hours
Munich - about 4 hours.
Nothing else comes close except Paris (4 :30) and Brussels (3:30), but if you are renting a car, you would be better off doing so in Germany.
Frankfurt - the most frequent direct destination in Germany for American/Canadian airlines - about 1:30 from Ramstein. which is near Kaiserslautern.
Cologne - about 2:30 hours
Munich - about 4 hours.
Nothing else comes close except Paris (4 :30) and Brussels (3:30), but if you are renting a car, you would be better off doing so in Germany.
May 17th, 2011, 04:19 AM
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Frankfurt International (FRA) would be the obvious choice (and will have most connections to North America or elsewhere).
Frankfurt Hahn airport (HNH) has only intra-European low-cost flights.
Closest airport to Ramstein is Saarbrücken (SCN) - 50kms/30mls.
You'd want a rental car from there, though.
Both Lufthansa/Star Alliance and Airberlin.com serve SCN.
Lufthansa got connecting flights thru the Star Alliance network to any halfway major US airport.
Airberlin only to JFK and MIA.
Due to the wonders of modern airfare calculation, it can sometimes be cheaper to add a connecting flight to a smaller airport than to fly only non-stop from hub to hub. So it does not hurt to check.
Frankfurt Hahn airport (HNH) has only intra-European low-cost flights.
Closest airport to Ramstein is Saarbrücken (SCN) - 50kms/30mls.
You'd want a rental car from there, though.
Both Lufthansa/Star Alliance and Airberlin.com serve SCN.
Lufthansa got connecting flights thru the Star Alliance network to any halfway major US airport.
Airberlin only to JFK and MIA.
Due to the wonders of modern airfare calculation, it can sometimes be cheaper to add a connecting flight to a smaller airport than to fly only non-stop from hub to hub. So it does not hurt to check.
May 17th, 2011, 04:50 AM
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kayak.com
cheapoair.com
2 great discount sites to play around on
FRA
DUS
MUC
might all work well for you best deals there vary.
Swissair runs great deals into ZUR sometimes
great deals on insertion there for me.
find cheapest faresimply take regional train like a local
to your destination and save a tonne...
if flexible find very best deals on airtech.com sometimes
Happy Travels,
cheapoair.com
2 great discount sites to play around on
FRA
DUS
MUC
might all work well for you best deals there vary.
Swissair runs great deals into ZUR sometimes
great deals on insertion there for me.
find cheapest faresimply take regional train like a local
to your destination and save a tonne...
if flexible find very best deals on airtech.com sometimes
Happy Travels,
May 17th, 2011, 05:22 AM
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Frankfurt is most likely the best but depending on when you are going and your departure point, you may also get deals in Luxembourg or Hamburg.
Don't expect to get on the base alone unless you have a military ID. Otherwise, your friends will have to meet you off base.
Don't expect to get on the base alone unless you have a military ID. Otherwise, your friends will have to meet you off base.
May 17th, 2011, 01:49 PM
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I was going to say the place that you find the cheapest airfare to?
I think this depends on the airport you are flying from...the cheapest for me coming from London would likely be different than someone flying from Seattle, or Montreal, or Orlando...
I think this depends on the airport you are flying from...the cheapest for me coming from London would likely be different than someone flying from Seattle, or Montreal, or Orlando...
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