Airfare to Italy in Sept/Oct?
Mar 24th, 2004, 01:52 PM
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Airfare to Italy in Sept/Oct?
Hello there. I'm looking for a good price for airfare flying from San Francisco, into Rome and then out of Venice, back to San Francisco, for late Sept/early October. The best I've found is $895. Is this an ok rate? I would prefer to book the tickets for peace of mind, but this seems high to me. What do you guys think? Thank you!
Mar 24th, 2004, 02:43 PM
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I think you can watch for 60 days. I would not rate your chances very good at better than $100-125 lower. But I think your "contra" risk is not too bad (i.e. the risk of the price going higher). I'd put the "upside/downside" right at 50:50 for the next 60 days (maybe even 90?).
Assuming you see no better by June 1, and if $895 is still available to you then, I'd put your upside/downside risk at 20-30% chance of 100-125 lower, and 70-80% risk of $150-400 higher (by waiting another 30 days).
It's a little bit like blackjack, holding 15 - - except that the consequences are not quite so drastic. Making the wrong decision doesn't mean that your trip is completely "busted"!
Best wishes,
Rex
Assuming you see no better by June 1, and if $895 is still available to you then, I'd put your upside/downside risk at 20-30% chance of 100-125 lower, and 70-80% risk of $150-400 higher (by waiting another 30 days).
It's a little bit like blackjack, holding 15 - - except that the consequences are not quite so drastic. Making the wrong decision doesn't mean that your trip is completely "busted"!
Best wishes,
Rex
Mar 25th, 2004, 02:08 PM
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I might add - - thinking of another post today about terribly high (July) fares from the west - - it could matter a great deal whether this is weekend/weekend travel, or might include a weekday (especially Tue or Wed). And precisely _when_ in "late September". Days could matter - - I'd put considerably better odds on Tue, Sep 28 for example - - than on Sat, Sep 18.
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Try www.airfare.com. I bought a ticket going from LAX to Paris, then from Rome back to LAX for only $587 on American Airlines. I am leaving on sept 7 and coming back on sept 23. Good luck!
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It never fails. You really can learn something here every day. Paris sounds like it might be a good fit for beachgirlz...
Your airfare.com website has a fare on USAir of 533.01 + 97.14 (taxes, $630.15) for SFO-CDG Sep 28-Oct 12 (using arbitrarily chosen dates) - - and then you can get to Italy for 29.99 euro each way on www.volareweb.com
Would it kill you to spend a night in Paris (presumably subtracted from some part of your Italy itinerary), and save $200 in the process?
Or just keep watching...
Your airfare.com website has a fare on USAir of 533.01 + 97.14 (taxes, $630.15) for SFO-CDG Sep 28-Oct 12 (using arbitrarily chosen dates) - - and then you can get to Italy for 29.99 euro each way on www.volareweb.com
Would it kill you to spend a night in Paris (presumably subtracted from some part of your Italy itinerary), and save $200 in the process?
Or just keep watching...
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