Any ideas on cheap flights to France?
Cheap Flights
samantha c asked:
My roommate and I are looking to visit my boyfriend while he’s abroad in France. We want to go at the end of February (specifically feb 20-march1). I have checked all the major discount sites and the range is 700-800 dollars. Does anyone know where I can go to find some seriously cheap flights? We want to fly out of either nyc airport or newark and our destination is Lyon, France. We’re looking to do this as cheap as possible. Please help!
Annie
My roommate and I are looking to visit my boyfriend while he’s abroad in France. We want to go at the end of February (specifically feb 20-march1). I have checked all the major discount sites and the range is 700-800 dollars. Does anyone know where I can go to find some seriously cheap flights? We want to fly out of either nyc airport or newark and our destination is Lyon, France. We’re looking to do this as cheap as possible. Please help!
Annie
December 2nd, 2008 at 5:24 pm
You should be able to get the cheapest flights of the year for that travel window–because you will be outbound in cheapest part of transatlantic low season (ie, dead of winter!). Sign up for sale alerts on the route here: If you click “historical deals” on that page, it shows NYC-LYS has been on sale for $394 as recently as April, so travelling in low-season, you might expect a similar fare level for a late February departure.
Also check out consolidators and student/youth ticketing sources:
and top off with
A tip: search from “NYC” will show prices for JFK, Newark, and LaGuardia in the same search.
Among these sources and strategies, I think you will get the absolute best offer for NYC-Lyon during your travel window.
You might do slightly better just to Paris or Geneva, but when you consider adding train costs, the price/hassle ratio starts to tip back in favor of just flying. By the way, Delta operates a nonstop flight 4 nights a week on JFK-Lyon, so that’d be the one to go for–unless connecting was significantly cheaper with another airline having a sale, for example.
December 3rd, 2008 at 4:26 pm
I like a lot of the sites that were mentioned. Priceline is the best, I feel. Hotwire is pretty cheap too. rightflight.org has a section listing all international travel sites, and which are the cheapest. Might be worth looking around there.
December 5th, 2008 at 10:48 am
Try looking at
Also make use of websites that are particularly for France and surf auction sites like eBay to get a good bargain on airline tickets.
Also try searching other auction sites and vacation packages.
December 8th, 2008 at 10:01 am
Browse the website (all pages)
where discounted tickets of British Airways, Air India
and Jet Airways (to Brussels) are offered.
You can also click on the “cheapOair” banner in the
“Links” page of the website to find the cheapest fare
between 2 airports worldwide. Up to 65% discount
are offered on some routes.
Online booking has made travel more affordable.
December 11th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
“VR3 Travel”
December 14th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
See for a list of cheap travel sites. Once you find the lowest going rate, you may be able to haggle it down through Priceline or Hotwire.