Airfare to Italy- what do you think?
 

My husband &amp; I are looking to go to Italy from Newark, late August or early September &amp; the fares are sky high right now, between $1100 &amp; $1300. We are going to hold out &amp; see how low the rates go or maybe possibly use our One Pass miles. How low do you think the fares are likely to go? <BR><BR>Just asking...

Jacquee4: I'd hold out for a lower fare. There is bound to be more than one &quot;fare&quot; sale, especially on British Airways via London.

Do hold on a bit longer. We went to Italy 2 times in Sept. The first time we paid $748.00 and last year we paid $787.00. <BR>We are going to Spain in Sept and I am waiting for anything under $800.00. From past experience that should be in May or June....

I agree with Dotti. I went to Italy last September from Chicago and couldn't find anything under $1,000. I looked for months. My travel agent was able to go through a consolidator that she uses, and I got my airfare for $780.

I searched &amp; searched about 3 months before my late August trip flying into Athens and out of Venice, the lowest I was able to get out of JFK was $1100. The only way to bring it lower probably would be to fly into London, and then book with one of the many economy airlines that fly from London to Italy. I can't speak to the Sept rates though, they may come down. The best time would probably be to purchase in late May early June (3 months before).

I had the same experience last year for June trip to Italy. After the first of the year, the fares were all around $1,000 USD PP. I kept checking Orbitz and other sites daily until I caught a sale by American Airlines and got the tickets for just under $600 each. The sale only lasted 2 days and then the fares went right back up. You have to be able to act quickly when you see something, it's worse than gambling on mortgage interest rates. <BR><BR>I think you should wait a while for August. Probably nothing but full fare right now, unless you want to fly before April 2003.

Did you try www.tiss.com. We could get tickets for April around $700 from Denver. From Newark your fares should be more reasonable. M.

Marilyn, that seems to be a bad link. Can you check?

TISS is now www.flights.com, but the old link should work, too.

Hi Jacquee<BR> I found you a fare of $771 total from JFK to FCO in Iberia at http://airtravelcenter.com/indexb.html<BR> at 3:54 PM EST on 01/09/03.<BR> <BR> Go to the link at &quot;A Mix of...&quot;