has anyone every used Europebyair.com to ticket fares. I am going from rome to palermo. I am thinking of using Meridiana or Lufthansa. I do not see a sight for Meridina?

www.meridiana.it<BR><BR>Only in italian.<BR><BR>Andre

Me,<BR><BR>Regarding your other questions:<BR><BR>a) Haven't used Europebyair.com as their cheap "pass" fares aren't available to European residents<BR><BR>b) Rome to Palermo on Lufthansa???? I think you mean Alitalia! Another airline which flies the route is Volare:<BR>www.volare-airlines.com<BR>(again, only in Italian)<BR><BR>Hope this helps,<BR>Andre<BR>

Rome to Palermo is operated also by Air One, a partner of Lufthansa (for which Lufthansa code-shares). Most flights, however, are on Alitalia.

Thanks GAC!<BR><BR>Forgot about Air One - however I wonder if LH would sell you a ticket from Rome to Palermo. They probably only sell the codeshare as a connector to a flight from Germany to Rome, e.g. D&uuml;sseldorf-Rome-Palermo. <BR><BR>BTW the web site for Air One is:<BR>http://www.air-one.it/en/<BR>(in English - hurrah!)<BR><BR>Hope this helps,<BR>Andre

Acutally, Lufthansa does fly from rome to palermo without using it from the USA. I am using Continental from US because they were way less than Alitalia. So now I just need to get from Rome to Palermo and was trying to decide on Lufthansa or Meridiana. I was maybe going to use Europebyair.com if I was booking Merdiana.

I used europebyair and had no problems. Just went to the Aegean airlines ticket counter and they accepted it as normal.

Me,<BR><BR>That's interesting about Lufthansa - though their business rationale beats me.<BR><BR>Anyway, I would go with any airline which flies nonstop, namely:<BR>- Alitalia<BR>- Meridiana<BR>- Air One / Lufthansa<BR><BR>The three factors to take into account are:<BR>- price<BR>- schedule<BR>- the ability to check your luggage through to Palermo from the US (Continental will be able to tell you for which airlines this is possible)<BR><BR>Andre<BR>