by Lufthansa Flyer | Feb 8, 2014 | Airlines |
Lufthansa is offering EXTRA seats for a fare sale this weekend for travel between the USA and Europe. Among the best fares is a roundtrip between New York and Milan for only $619, Chicago to Copenhagen for only $879 and San Francisco to Stockholm for $839.
There are many more great fares available and cover most of Lufthansa’s destinations in Europe from their USA gateways.
The extra seats will be available this weekend only. On Monday, inventory will be reduced for the duration of the fare sale that ends on March 6.
Be mindful of who is operating the flights. In some cases your flight may be operated by United, SWISS or Brussels. Additionally, please be aware that these fares are considered discounted economy fares so they may or may not earn miles for your frequent flyer program.
Additional terms & conditions for this sale:
Departure must take place between February 22 and March 27, 2014.
Return must take place between February 22 and September 27, 2014.
14 day advance purchase is required.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Jan 26, 2014 | Airlines |
SWISS is currently holding an attractive First and Business Class fare sale for travel in April from their USA Gateways. Anytime these fares go on sale it creates a great opportunity to experience one of the best First Class and Business Class products that exist for flights between the USA and Europe. Normally fares for these premium cabins can be twice as much!
For FIRST CLASS (click for fare website), fares from New York’s JFK and Newark range from the mid to upper $5000 range for most popular European destinations such as Prague, Rome, Paris, Vienna, etc. The lowest fare is from NYC to Florence for only $5493.
From the West Coast, fares range between the upper $6000 / lower $7000 range with Florence again being the best deal for $6493 from San Francisco or Los Angeles.
For BUSINESS CLASS, fares range from the upper $2000 to lower $3000 range from East Coast gateways. From the West Coast, fares range between the mid $3000 to mid $4000 range.
Be mindful when booking because some of the flights are operated by United or Edelweiss (using SWISS Aircraft). To maximize the experience I would suggest you make sure you pick the SWISS operated options for your transatlantic segments.
Terms and conditions are sparse, but at a minimum you must depart between April 13 and 25, returning no later than May 1. The fare sale makes for a nice ‘Spring Break’ opportunity!
by Lufthansa Flyer | Dec 19, 2013 | Airlines |
Lufthansa is offering attractive fares between the US and Europe in general for the first quarter of 2014, but a city pair that is most attractive is New York – Frankfurt. Fares run as low as $699 for travel between JFK and Frankfurt and are only a few dollars more for Newark Departures. Departures from other US gateways to European destinations range in the low $1000 levels as should be expected for this time of year.
The fare sale is in place through January 9, 2014 and is valid for departures between January 9 and March 27, 2014. Return flights must take place between January 18 and April 27, 2014. When I looked at a few sample bookings, it seems that bookings made for departures between January 9 and 17 required a January 18 or later return to qualify for the $699 fare. The worst case scenario would require a 9 day stay (Jan 9-18) to qualify for the lowest fare. Booking tickets for travel after these dates did not have a minimum stay associated with them. Please note that there is a 14 day advance purchase period involved as well.
Be mindful when booking the fares and make sure you are flying on Lufthansa operated flights. In some cases flights were being operated by United and if you don’t pay attention, you may not realize that fact. Also, since this is a deeply discounted economy fare, be aware that you may or may not earn miles in your frequent flyer account. Most of these fares are booking to ‘K’ class so ‘YMMV’……literally! 🙂
by Lufthansa Flyer | Dec 1, 2013 | Airlines |
Getting into the retail holiday spirit, AUSTRIAN is offering everyone a 10% discount on all economy class flights booked on December 2. The offer is valid for travel taking place between January 1 and March 31, 2014. Flights must be operated by Austrian Airlines.
The offer will be available on Austrian’s Website. You’ll need to enter the code CyberMonday13 in order to have the discount calculated into your fare.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Nov 13, 2013 | Airlines |
SWISS has launched a fare sale from Zurich to Montreal with fares as low as CHF 599 (€486 / $653).
Tickets must be booked between 13 and 21 November and travel must take place between 20 November and 28 February 2014.
Though these are the official dates of the fare sale, when I looked for dates during the last 2 weeks of December and first week of January the sale fare was not available. Considering that this period covers Christmas and New Year, this should come as no surprise. However if your plans do not involved needing to travel over the Holiday, this is a fairly attractive sale.
Please note that these fares MAY not credit full mileage credit to your frequent flyer program since they book into SWISS’ ‘K’ fare. Earning miles on discounted fares varies greatly by frequent flyer program, so please be aware of that!
