Lufthansa’s EARLY BIRD Fare Sale From Germany To The World – 2013 Travel!!

Lufthansa has recently launch a fare sale for travel in 2013. This fare sale ends on June 26, 2012. The fares cover destinations worldwide. For example: Germany to US fares range from €499 to €650, Germany to Asia fares range from €519 to €680 and Germany to South America fares range from €749 to €799. There are too many fares to list individually but there are some great deals to be had. To see specific fares, please visit the Fare Sale Webpage.

The fares cover departures from German cities between 15 January and 28 February, 2013 and must conclude between 20 January and 28 May, 2013.

I don’t recall seeing a fare sale go out so far in advance. This opportunity however does let you plan your holiday now and have something look forward to!

As with any fare promotion, there are Terms and Conditions:

Purchase by: 26.06.2012
Departure period: 15.01.2013-28.02.2013
Return period: 20.01.2013-28.05.2013
Minimum stay: 6 days or Saturday to Sunday
Maximum stay: 3 months
Rebooking not allowed
Nonrefundable

Lufthansa’s Fall Fare Sale To Europe

Lufthansa is taking an early start to one of their fall fare sales promotions. The current sale which runs until July 11, 2012 has several attractive fares. For example, New York – Berlin is only $644.00 (Roundtrip/taxes) and New York-Moscow is only $721.00 (Roundtrip/taxes). Otherwise most fares from the East Coast to Europe range from $673 to $1103. Fares from the West Coast (San Francisco) range between $1103.00 to $1253.00. Keep in mind that these fares are valid on flights operated by Lufthansa, Air Canada, Austrian, Swiss and United.

These fares are typical of fall fare sales but normally at these price levels the seats do not last for long (remember, you must book by July 11!). So if you have plans to travel to Europe this fall, this may be a great opportunity to book your tickets. I suspect a Business Class Fare Sale will be coming soon as well and based on past offers and those fares have ranged from $2200.00-$3500.00 for East Coast departures to Europe. Stay tuned for that!

For more information, including fares from other US gateways, please visit the Fare Sale Webpage

As with any Fare Sale, there are terms and conditions. In this case they are as follows:

Purchase by: 07/11/2012
Departure period: 08/26/2012-12/12/2012
Return period: 09/02/2012-01/12/2013
Advance Purchase Period: 14 days
Fares are shown in U.S. dollars.
Travel Economy Class on Air Canada, Austrian, Lufthansa, Swiss or United.
Fares are based on round-trip purchase (PUR) and mid-week travel.
Saturday night stay is required. Weekend surcharges up to $70 round-trip.
Maximum stay is 1 month.
Date changes before and after departure: permitted at $250 per change.

Star Alliance Route Announcements

AEGEAN:

Athens-Barcelona effective October 28 will be reduced from 5x/week to 4x/week.
Athens-Budapest effective October 28 will be reduced from 4x/week to 3x/week.
Athens-Milan Malpensa effective October 28 will be reduced from 10x/week to 8x/week.
Athens-Moscow Domodedovo effective October 28 will increase from 1x/week to 3x/week.
Athens-Paris Charles DeGaulle effective October 28 will be reduced from 14x/week to 12x/week.
Athen-Rome effective October 28 will be reduced from 12x/week to 9x/week.
Athens-Vienna effective October 28 will be reduced from 5x/week to 4x/week.
Thessaloniki–Moscow Domodedovo effective October 28 will increase from 2x/week to 3x/week.

AIR CHINA:

Beijing-Mosco Sheremetyevo effective October 28 will be reduced from 1x/day to 5x/WEEK.

LOT POLISH:

Warsaw-Beirut effective June 15 had resumed 3x/week service.

SOUTH AFRICAN:

Johannesburg-Accra effective August 15 will increase from 6x/week to 7x/week.
Johannesburg-Brazzaville effective September 13 will begin 2x/week service.

TAM:

Porto Alegre-Buenos Aires (Jorge Newbery) effective July 2 is CANCELLED.

THAI:

Bangkok-Sydney effective between October 1 and October 27 will be reduced from 12x/week to 11x/week.

TURKISH:

Istanbul-Belgrade effective October 28 will increase from 12x/week to 14x/week.
Istanbul-Dniepropetrovsk effective October 28 will increase from 3x/week to 5x/week.
Istanbul-Ekaterinburg effective MARCH 30 will increase from 4x/week to 6x/week.
Istanbul-Gothenburg effective MARCH 30 will increase from 10x/week to 14x/week.
Istanbul-Helsinki effective MARCH 30 will increase from 12x/week to 14x/week.
Istanbul-Manchester effective MARCH 30 will increase from 12x/week to 14x/week.
Istanbul-Houston effective APRIL 1 will begin 4x/week service.

UNITED:

Newark–Istanbul effective MAY 13, 2013 will increase from 5x/week to 1x/DAY.

Previous Star Alliance Route Update (June 14).

Source: www.airlineroute.net