I found airfare for $808.00 flying from Kansas City to Heathrow and from Venice to Kansas City. The flight is leaving in early June and returning in late June. Does anyone know if this is a good price? Can I expect airfare to drop as the dates get closer? Thank you for your replies. Laurie

I think that it is a good price, and to answer this specific question - - <BR><BR>&lt;&lt;Can I expect airfare to drop as the dates get closer?&gt;&gt;<BR><BR>The answer is clearly no (speaking in generalities). That doesn't mean that you might not find a sale pop up - - but the chances are not all that good that it will exactly meet your needs (assuming that this meets them to your satisfaction).<BR><BR>I have seen some consolidator fares that MIGHT be a tiny bit better than that (they don't list Kansas city so it would take a phone call to know for sure), but I think they are only for travel ending bu June 3 or 13. They're quite a bit higher for travel through mid-August.<BR><BR>Best wishes,<BR><BR>Rex<BR>

For our trip to Europe this past May, we needed an open jaw from Houston to Frankfurt and London back to Houston. Found a $636 fare on American the end of February and took it. Never did see anything cheaper. In fact, as the date got closer, the price went up to around $800.

ttt, for Laurie<BR>

Thank you for your replies, Rex and Bettyk. I also found a flight from Des Moines, which is closer to us, for $765.00 including taxes. But, I was hesitant to book it because the first 2 legs are on United.<BR> The website was economytravel.com and I have never used them before.<BR><BR>Rex, can you recommend a good consolidator that I could check with as our dates get closer?<BR><BR>Thanks again for your help. Laurie

I previously found this answer about consolidators here on this forum, and got a good quote from this company last spring. But I ended uo not buying from them because we decided to go with FF miles instead.<BR><BR>Author: Rex ([email protected])<BR>Date: 12/22/2001, 12:18 pm<BR><BR>Message: I do not have a lot of experience with consolidators, but I did have a good epxerience with one - - www.the-joy-of-travel.com - - this past fall. They found me a better fare (on some routes, but not on all) than I could find elsewhere. Their website is essentially worthless - - but it does list their toll-free number - - 1-888-AIR-TIXX - - and the help you get from a real human is non-pushy and professional. Occasionally, you might only get voice mail there, but they will call you back.<BR><BR>Best wishes,<BR><BR>Rex<BR>

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Thank you for the information, Rex. Also, thank you to the person who is topping for me.[: Laurie

Two other possibilities are<BR><BR>www.affordablepoland.com<BR><BR>and<BR> <BR>www.consolidatorwebfares.com<BR>