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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Use airmiles to fly to and from Toronto, Montreal or Quebec City and then take your flight from there. [/quote]

Bad advice for two reasons:

1. Quebec city has no direct flights from DC, and no direct flights to Rome, so going from DC to Rome via Quebec city would involve 4 flights each way.

2. Canada has 1/10th the US population, so much less competition for air travel. This means flights originating from Canada to Europe are usually more expensive than flights originating from the US to Europe. Where there is a good deal is a single itinerary flight to Europe [i]via[/i] Canada. Air Canada in particular cannot always fill their big planes to Asia (and to a lesser extent, Europe) with just the Canadian market so they lower prices for US customers flying via Toronto or Montreal. For example, DC to Tokyo in September in Business on Air Canada is $6,100 from DC via Toronto, and $6,300 if you just fly direct from Toronto, even though both itineraries are on the very same flight between Toronto and Tokyo.[/quote]

A lot of people just hear about so-called "hacks" like this that might be a better deal 5% of the time. Rarely are they repeataable.[/quote]

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