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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I look for non-stop of course but it's usually much more expensive! I think some of you travel very infrequently or have very high budgets that allow for you to really decide between spending $1,200 extra on a flight vs having a connection.  My budget simply does NOT allow for that.

I'm booking my flights as far out as I possibly can for as cheap as I can.  The things that will make or break a flight for me are as such: how MANY connections will there be? If there's more than 1 connection, that's a no.  I usually can find tickets for the same with just 1 connection.  WHERE is the connection....is it in a huge airport where I need to go through customs and it's only an hour layover? No. If it's in a tiny airport that won't be problematic, sure!

I also look at what's included in the flight: (I'm often flying transatlantic so for me the big questions are if I can have a carry-on + personal item, meals included, and entertainment).  If I have to pay for my carry-on for EVERYONE, my food, and there's no entertainment....it better be an INCREDIBLE deal or I'm not taking it.  Ex: Currently can choose between Icelandair or Playairlines.....cost is the same if you include even just 2/4 persons bringing a carry-on but really a worse deal with play because the kids won't get any food or entertainment and no one gets any drinks....soo big difference to me.

I'll make sacrifices but I have limits.  Another limit is, if I'm traveling in winter AND with my kids....we have to have at least a person item+ carry-on.  I pack light but not THAT light.

Besides those things, I'm pretty flexible! I want to travel as MUCH as I can: winter break, spring break, summer break with my family of 4 and go to incredible places with a total max budget of 12k....so choices have to be made! [/quote]

The other piece is....sometimes if a layover is REQUIRED for the flight deal, you can manage to get a LONG layover in a small city that is easy to navigate and have a bonus city.  We did that recently and it was WONDEFUL!! Not only did we save roughly 1k AFTER all expenses in our mini stopover but it was one of our best parts of our trip! It would have cost us $1,750 more out of pocket for non-stop flights AND we wouldn't have had ANY of those experiences.  We weren't originally to visit this city at ALL but now we LOVE it and are 100% going back.  It was a huge bonus to me and I will never not go for these awesome layovers/stopovers....explore more! [/quote]

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