Flights to Germany

Lisa, have you checked into flying into Frankfurt instead of Munich? It's a 2 hour drive on the Autobahn. Frankfurt has a lot more options and from my lmited experience slightly better price options. If you read Tom Parsons of Bestfares.com, his opinion has changed on when to buy. I would sign up for some price alert email update. Airfare is much harder to predict than in the past. Used to the further out would get you a better price. I think those days are over. It also depends on the carrier. P.S. I just checked Columbus to Frankfurt in January and the airfare is $1200.

Fares will probably still be high right now as that is over a year away. I would keep checking and I usually buy about 6 months ahead if the price looks okay. I usually also fly into Frankfurt as there is a direct Delta flight from Detroit. From there you can get a car and drive to Munich or take a train. June will be prime time so fares may not be 1000.... all you can do is keep checking.

Lisa, I agree with Terry kathryn. Wait until about year-end before you start thinking about booking flights, as the prices may change a lot by then. When pricing flights that far in the future, I suspect the airlines build in a generous "cushion", to cover possibilities like fuel or labour cost increases. If you wait until later, the prices will be adjusted to more of a "market value". I'll be flying into Munich this year on an open-jaw flight, and that's roughly what I'm paying, so you should probably budget for that amount. I doubt the prices are going to get much cheaper. Happy travels!