Paris or not? A true dilemma
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Umm, it's pretty awful. But what can you do? It's no worse than Heathrow or JFK. Ok, maybe slightly worse because the French tend to walk so fast you can feel like you are in some kind of urban footrace.
But you won't get lost or anything. You may have to wait a long time to move through passport control -- or not.
It's quite simple to get from the airport to the center of Paris using public transportation.
But you won't get lost or anything. You may have to wait a long time to move through passport control -- or not.
It's quite simple to get from the airport to the center of Paris using public transportation.
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I have flown in/out of Schipol and CDG. The problem is that Schipol is so darn nice, other airports seem bad by comparison. CDG lacks decent signage so it has been hard for some travelers to figure out if they are in the right terminal or not, and occasionally a security glitch will make the check in process ungodly long. Bottom line: CDG is fine, but alot _over_ two hours for checking in prior to your departure time.
By the way, I also like AMS as a city, and I love Germany, but skipping Paris is foolish. Period. I agree that shaving a bit of time off of AMS and keeping 4 days in Paris is not a bad idea.
By the way, I also like AMS as a city, and I love Germany, but skipping Paris is foolish. Period. I agree that shaving a bit of time off of AMS and keeping 4 days in Paris is not a bad idea.
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I was in Paris a week and 1/2 ago and flying out of CDG was a bit of a mess due to construction they are doing on one of the terminals. It took over 2 1/2 hours to check in and another 40 minutes to get through security and take a shuttle to the terminal. Just give yourself plenty of time if flying out of CDG.
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Well we are definitely keeping Paris and hope to fly into Amsterdam, take a train to Paris and then another to Germany. We'll fly out of Munich, I hope. I'm allowing five nights for Paris.
The ITA software shocked me this morning with fares over $1,000 for the open jaw trip I research just two days ago with fares of about $800.
Has anyone had good luck with fares found on ITA? I just wondered if those fares are "real" and if, when you try to book them, they are actually available.
The ITA software shocked me this morning with fares over $1,000 for the open jaw trip I research just two days ago with fares of about $800.
Has anyone had good luck with fares found on ITA? I just wondered if those fares are "real" and if, when you try to book them, they are actually available.
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I use ITA all the time and the price shown on ITA is the same price given when I called the airline to purchase (print out the "booking details" for your flight on the ITA site and then give the exact ticket info to the airline sales office).
This assumes you purchase right away. As you discovered, fares vary day to day if not hour by hour.
This assumes you purchase right away. As you discovered, fares vary day to day if not hour by hour.
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Try www.onetravel.com as well
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Thanks for the links. I'm seeing that some fares don't include taxes and fees, which are surprisingly high. And some of the fares aren't actually available when you actually look into it. But overall it seems the ballpark is somewhere in the $800 range.
I love seeing all the options, and you guys have been so helpful with the open jaw thing. One more business trip at the end of the month and we'll have just about enough FF miles to get one free ticket, so we are holding out until after that and hoping fares don't go up too much.
I love seeing all the options, and you guys have been so helpful with the open jaw thing. One more business trip at the end of the month and we'll have just about enough FF miles to get one free ticket, so we are holding out until after that and hoping fares don't go up too much.