For the past month, I've been watching Lufthansa flights from Texas through IAD to fly to Rome with fares ranging from $1175 to $1275 in October. I know there is not right time to purchase, but is this ballpark probably as good as it gets? The $1175 lasted only a couple of days and then it popped back up. For that price LH lets us connect through DC the night before, which makes it really nice for the 4 of us traveling together. It's also an open-jaw ticket out of Florence coming back. Thanks for your thoughts/experience.
Posted by
New York, NY, USA
11294 posts
I don't know about the price, but I like that you're also thinking of other factors. I agree that having a good itinerary for your needs is worth paying a bit more for. (I've seen people choose miserable itineraries or connections to save $100, which I think is a great example of the term "false economy").
Posted by
San Francisco Bay Area (USA)
16058 posts
Turkish has some special going on from Houston (IAH) The route is: IAH>IST>FCO They want about $850 in October.
However you need to go to Houston first. That's close to 3 hr drive from Austin, I think.
Posted by
Green Bay
21157 posts
$1150 range is what we are seeing for the fall. If you have a certain vacation schedule or event you want to see in Italy, you might as well bite now. If you are flexible, you can wait a little longer for a fall sale to come along. It happens.
Posted by
Sammamish, WA
403 posts
I think that looks like a really good fare. I am helping coordinate a fall trip to Italy for a group of friends, and few have found fares to match the ones you found. I'd grab it!
Posted by
OP
Kyle, TX, USA
92 posts
Thank you all for your feedback. I guess there's always the dream of below $1000 fares that fit all of dates, routing parameters I have!