$397 to Paris
 

USAir will take you to Paris from Baltimore or Washington, D.C. for $397 for travel from September 22 through October 25. Must buy ticket by Sept. 18. The fare probably also applies to Philadelphia and maybe Pittsburgh because that is where the flights would leave from.

Yes, but you must endure the PHL-CDG and CDG-PHL segments. Uncomfortable plane, very small seat pitch and a cabin crew seemingly at war with each other which spills over in their attitude and treatment of the passengers (customers). The good news is that our flights arrived safely. <BR>P.S. The ground arrangements at CDG for USAir are really poor. (Little information, too few staff and very long lines.)

I have flown four different carriers from East Coast to CDG and I think USAir is one of the best. The 330 out of Philly is much more comfortable than the 767 out of Pitt and our crew was great! Paul, I don't know what kind of ground arrangements you were looking for but it is very easy to walk outside and get in line for a taxi. $397 is a great deal and I hope some are able to take advantage!

Don't know what Paul is so bent out of shape about. We fly USair to Paris through Philadelphia and have good service, new planes and the gate is fine in CDG. The fare is good from just about wherever USAir flies according to my e-mail notification.

I thought the A-330 USAir flights I took from Paris to Philly and back were pretty comfortable (for economy) and they had excellent inflight entertainment. Terminal 1 at CDG is pretty shabby, but it's no big deal to get into town or catch a train.<BR>The only real problem was going through customs at Philadelphia. This is a nightmare. On my trip, several large international flights arrived at the same time (all regularly scheduled flights), letting out hundreds of passengers, but Philly only had FOUR customs/immigrations workers on duty. I had 90 minutes to catch my connecting flight and didn't even come close to making it. Anyone flying into Philly from overseas needs AT LEAST two hours to make their connecting flight (after going through the ridiculous immigration/customs line, I had to go through another security line to get to terminal B. They only had ONE x-ray machine working to handle the hundreds of international passengers trying to make connecting domestic flights). <BR>BTilke (Brussels)<BR>P.S. Because I'm American, I got to go through the "fast" line at immigration. The non-Americans waited about twice as long as I had to. Appalling, incompetent, inexcusable. There is no reason it should take passengers two hours to pass through immigration and then transfer to another terminal. And that was the time needed for people who simply had their passports stamped and had no problems with the x-ray machines.

I feel that I must defend USAirways, also. Their flights to FRA, LGW, and CDG are just fine. It's $377 from PIT to CDG for this sale; in Sept. it's a direct flight, I believe, but changes to one stop in PHL in Oct. Only advantage to plane change in PHL is that you do get the airbus, which has more room and everyone has his/her own viewing screen and choice of programs. PIT to LGW is on airbus, also.

And who cares what the CDG terminal is like unless you're hanging around for a connecting flight? We did not have a long line at all when returning to PIT in May at the USAirways counter in CDG. Detaxe and all worked very smoothly.

It is good to hear that you are happy with USAir PHL-CDG-PHL. The seats in the A-300 in economy are too small unless you are 5' 7" or less. At 6' 3" they are rather uncomfortable. The problem with CDG is not the terminal but USAir that has not enough ground personnel to check you in, gives out minimal information and is at best choatic. We are going back to France this fall and have enough miles on USAir to get one free ticket. My wife says it isn't worth it and as a result we are paying for 2 tickets to go another way.