Most people want to, let’s say, visit Italy for two weeks. How on earth can they add another three days in Lisbon? It’s extra time and extra money (hotels, food, local travel). In short: it doesn’t end up being a real savings. |
Then don’t complain. Direct flights are always more. You want to save money? Layover and pack light. |
I gut $1100 to Italy (for May) on Aerlingus. |
| The last few summers I paid about $2300 (booking a bit late), so I think this year is no worse. |
Because most schools around here start in August. |
If you have an open mind it does. 10 days in Italy and 3 days in Portugal sounds great to me. It's more fun and economical to visit more places in a single trip. |
Right,so not peak summer, and with a connection. |
But the layovers are usually impossible—like 50 mins in Lisbon. Nobody is going through customs and making the next flight. Nobody. Do people actually fly Norse? What’s that like? |
Lisbon is fun for a couple who enjoys food and wine. It’s not exactly a destination for families with little kids. |
They ended their Dulles flights. Probably a prelude to going out of business next winter. |
That's on you. You can certainly have a fun few days in Lisbon with kids. At a certain point, some of you just want to spend excessive amounts on travel. People offer a bunch of ways to save thousands, and yall come up with lots of middling complaints. You then have the nerve to complain about how expensive it is, when it's just because you insist on choosing every hit of convenience over price. |
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CLT to DUB----$885
Mid-May American Google Flights |
| No. There are no deals. Do you think there’s some $400 fare that everyone is just ignoring because they want to pay $2k a ticket? |
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Look at flights from NYC or Philly or Balt. Look at flying into a cheaper closer city then training to your destination.
I’m flying Asia but flying to LAX with miles. Layover a few hrs and then red eye direct ti Shanghai. Or I can fly direct to Japan and do a trip there and Hawaii because the flights are so good. It’s mixing and matching. It’s not skip hopping but matching the best flights and figuring out another way to leverage your budget that’s a good deal. It does suck going E. It’s a better deal going W this summer. |
That’s not cheap, but I wouldn’t call $1100 to London, high either. |