There have been several deals posted on SecretFlying.com recently for global travel from Belgrade. One Skyteam fare that caught my eye today is $363 from Belgrade, Serbia to JFK and $498 to LAX. Star Alliance carriers compete at about $70 more round trip for departures.
These prices are seen on Google Flights and may be booked through major OTA sites. Often SecretFlying.com has deals that are a specific, obscure OTA fare pricing glitch. SecretFlying shows a 311 EUR screenshot for BEG-JFK. My searches indicate prices vary by about $100 on different OTA sites, so look around.
Departure dates: late August to March 2017, excluding December holiday period.
Air Serbia/KLM/Air France
Belgrade BEG – Brussels BRU – New York JFK – Stockholm ARN – Belgrade BEG
$391.86 (Cheapoair.com) August 24 – Sep 5
There are lower priced flights bookable online through European OTA sites. Google Flights searches show low fares, but Priceline increased fare by about $70 for most routes I checked. I found prices at 330EUR on European sites.
Air Serbia/KLM/Air France Belgrade BEG – Santa Ana SNA
$501 (Momondo.com search) Nov 6-14
Air Serbia/KLM/Air France Belgrade BEG – Los Angeles LAX
$512.56 (Cheapoair.com search) Jan 9-Feb 16
There are low fares to many places in the USA, like Las Vegas and San Francisco too.
The last flight example is the kind of ticket I am interested in finding since I bought a round trip ticket last week from Salzburg, Austria to LAX for a September flight and return to Austria in late December. I do not have a ticket back to the USA yet for January.
I seriously considered travel to Belgrade last month when planning my September trip. I ended up choosing an itinerary focused on the Alps of Italy, Switzerland and Austria. Belgrade looks like an option for getting me back to California in January at a low price with an opportunity to visit someplace new. Belgrade is considered one of the ‘happening’ cities of Europe.
Loyalty Traveler – Any partiers been to Belgrade, Serbia lately? (April 29, 2016).
Austrian Airlines Belgrade – New York JFK
401.64 EUR ($448 USD) Nov 16-24 (Dutch OTA site found in Momondo.com search).
Loyalty Traveler curated Airfare Deals and Google Flights and Kayak Explore tutorials.
Loyalty Traveler – Hotel Promotions Guide May 2016.