by Lufthansa Flyer | Apr 24, 2014 | Fare Sale, Featured, Lufthansa |
Each year Lufthansa conducts an Early Bird Fall Fare Sale and provides attractive fares to those already planning trips for the 3rd and 4th quarter. Last year the sale was held in July so this year’s version is even an “Earlier Bird” sale.
Budapest seems to be the best deal during this sale with fares as low as $830 from Chicago and and only $930 from Los Angeles. Other USA gateways to Budapest run in the low $1000 range.
Other deals are available between the US and most of Lufthansa’s European destinations and in most cases fares are running between $1100 (East Coast/Midwest departures) to $1300 (West Coast departures).
The Terms/Conditions are as follows:
Tickets must be purchased by MAY 8, 2014.
You must depart between AUGUST 24 and OCTOBER 25, 2014.
You must return between AUGUST 31 and JANUARY 25, 2015.
Tickets must be purchased 14 days ahead of departure.
Keep in mind that these fares are valid for travel on Lufthansa, SWISS, Austrian, Brussels, United or Air Canada so be mindful when booking your trip. I say this because the amount of miles you’ll earn for your Frequent Flyer account can vary widely based on the carrier who operates your flight. In some cases, deep discount economy fares like this may earn 50% or even no miles depending on the program that you credit miles to. If you are uncertain, please let me know and I can help you figure out the best combination for earning miles.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Apr 16, 2014 | Austrian, Fare Sale, Featured |
AUSTRIAN will be running a promo this coming weekend with their ‘myHoliday’ group that will discount your companion’s ticket. ‘myHoliday’ focuses on low cost travel to some of Europe’s most exotic destinations including a variety of cities in Greece, Turkey, Southern Italy, Ibiza, Tenerife and Madeira.
For this promotion, if you book your tickets on Easter Sunday or Monday (coming up this weekend), you will be able to buy your companion’s ticket at 50% off. In essence this becomes a “Buy One, Get One at 50% Off” kind of deal.
Fares are available from Innsbruck, Linz, Graz, Vienna, Klagenfurt and Salzburg to approximately 40 destinations within the ‘myHoliday’ program.
Use this link to visit Austrian’s myHoliday website, just keep in mind that you won’t see the fare deals until Sunday and Monday.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Apr 14, 2014 | Fare Sale, Featured, Lufthansa |
Continuing the trend of $500 fares between the US and Nordic countries, Lufthansa is currently offering fares between Newark and Stockholm for $492 during parts of November.
Availability is fairly decent however departures need to take place on Monday with return flights needing to take place on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. It looks as though a minimum stay of 7 days is required as well. I haven’t had a chance to do a thorough testing of this fare, but the 3 or 4 sample bookings I tried on Google.com/flights basically shared the traits I mentioned above.
Please be mindful that these fares typically book into deep discount economy fare ‘buckets’ so in most cases these fares will earn little or no mileage for your frequent flyer program. However a fare this attractive sometimes trumps that detail!
