Thread: Rev pax - cheap booking tips?

I don't understand why you would not consider in advance to have plan A B C on Delta flights at N/C if you have a few days flexibility? (other than taxes)
NW privs are = in July after the merger joins bennies...what am I missing here? Are your required to book a ticket or just a seat request? Not understanding any of your dates re Sept then Dec
If you can still buy conf'd seats after 6/23 shakes out why not do it then?

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (mrs767er @ May 3 2009, 10:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

I don&#39;t understand why you would not consider in advance to have plan A B C on Delta flights at N/C if you have a few days flexibility? (other than taxes)
NW privs are = in July after the merger joins bennies...what am I missing here? Are your required to book a ticket or just a seat request? Not understanding any of your dates re Sept then Dec
If you can still buy conf&#39;d seats after 6/23 shakes out why not do it then?[/b]

I&#39;d love to nonrev to Seville (or near it) but I&#39;m a former NW employee after I had a seasonal job at MSP last summer. Definitely not enough to be a retiree or anything. As a result, I&#39;m just an airline geek at heart that has to cough up money to fly, wishing he could have the flexibility (in some ways) of nonreving once again. The dates are when I go to Seville and when I return (like I said, it&#39;s a study-abroad thing, not just a vacation)

Granted, I might be working for Mesaba at the regional airport where I go to school, the manager wants to hire me when a position opens up, but I don&#39;t know that I&#39;ll have the bennies when I&#39;m gone (hard to do that when I&#39;ll have a 3.5 month absence).

Of course, if you want to give me a buddy pass to MAD or BCN or something across the Atlantic, I&#39;m all ears (there are no US flights to SVQ, but enough within Europe)

Hi Brian

Try looking at kayak.com
I entered your dates and it came back with a price of $700 w 2 stops.

I&#39;ve had to do some pricing for family and have found that Iberia has had some pretty nice fares in the past (last summer EU)

I would always look at direct websites, like KLM running connecting special say MSP thru AMS to combat Iberia deals. Similar may be true to go past SVQ (Lufthansa via Fra?) to get good $

It&#39;s a game sometimes and keep in mind some engines like Orbitz etc only offer their cohorts so maybe there&#39;s a special on anotehr site that doesn&#39;t show--I know we&#39;re all a bit smarter than the average rev but they don&#39;t know half this stuff either!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Migflanker @ May 4 2009, 11:58 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

Hi Brian

Try looking at kayak.com
I entered your dates and it came back with a price of $700 w 2 stops.[/b]

Strange... I have been using Kayak, and haven&#39;t been getting prices like that, not out of MSP. Even if I do find something close, when I look at cheaptickets (where Kayak would find the fare at that price) it&#39;d be gone... must have been old information or something. Damn our industry making a game out of this

Brian you right , I did modify my search a bit. ORD to SVQ with 2 stops $699.
Good luck with the search and with your schooling.

Thanks... I&#39;m thinking that $740 from ORD-SVQ (could be cheaper, but like I said, I have to be in SVQ by 18:00) + $200 from MSP-ORD on UA = $940 after taxes. For a rev transatlantic flight like that under a grand, it&#39;s hard to get much better than that, right? Or would I be well-off to wait a while? Keep in mind, there will be quite a few others doing the same program, so I&#39;m sure they will make fares go up as they book

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (spongebue @ May 5 2009, 11:03 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

Thanks... I&#39;m thinking that $740 from ORD-SVQ (could be cheaper, but like I said, I have to be in SVQ by 18:00) + $200 from MSP-ORD on UA = $940 after taxes. For a rev transatlantic flight like that under a grand, it&#39;s hard to get much better than that, right? Or would I be well-off to wait a while? Keep in mind, there will be quite a few others doing the same program, so I&#39;m sure they will make fares go up as they book[/b]

Unfortunately Brian my crystal ball is out for repairs.
As far as when to buy your ticket, you&#39;ve done the research, you would be the best judge. Another site you might want to take a look at - skyscanner.

Ok, all booked. $900RT from MSP-ORD, then ORD-LHR-MAD-SVQ on a separate ticket (hey, I like layovers ). Not a bad price, and on my way back I&#39;ll be going from LHR-ORD on a BA 747, never been off the ground in one of those before