I have a Rick Steves tour planned for The Best of Portugal in May. I have not purchased airline tickets as of yet. It’s about 6 months out. Have I missed my window? The prices seem quite high. Am I being too picky to want just one stopover, 2 1/2 to 3 hour layover, not changing airline companies midway and not arriving too late in the evening?
Posted by
Hudson Valley
2267 posts
Something sounds off—TAPPortugal is usually very competitively priced. From NYC and BOS, at least.
Posted by
Cascais, Portugal
1826 posts
I’ve been traveling back and forth, as have my family, for over seven years now, and they are always costly unless you are just traveling from the east coast. Plan to pay around $1000 round trip.
And, all the airlines only make one trip a day and in the case of TAP, not every day. It will be depend on the airline as to what time you arrive. I’ve never seen a flight arriving later than 6:00 pm from the States.
Use Skyscanner or Google Flights to search. These sights seem to have the best variety and direct you to the airline for booking.
Posted by
OP
2 posts
I will check out these sites and keep watching the fares. We are traveling from San Francisco in May,2023. thank you for your thoughts.
Posted by
Gettysburg PA
7235 posts
Be sure you are searching for a "multi-city" flight or "open jaw" not 2 one way tickets.
Flights from Dulles to Lisbon on TAP are about $500 right now for dates in next August.