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Peak season for airline ticket prices between California airports to Europe is mid-June to early August. If you can travel to Europe starting in the last week of July and first week of August, then you have the dual benefit of cheaper airfare and summer weather. Fare differences between June, July and August are illustrated…
IHG has a Europe Flash Sale with 30% discounts for IHG Rewards Club members at participating hotels with good rate discounts in some places for stays from April 5 to January 31, 2020. These are prepaid and nonrefundable rates, which knocks out booking any room too far in the future for me. I prefer flexibility…
Winter in Europe was appealing travel for me when I flew San Francisco to Copenhagen, then visited Malmo, Sweden; Prague, Czech Republic; Wroclaw and Krakow, Poland; Stockholm, Sweden in January 2017. Sure, the weather can be bitterly cold, but some days can also be brilliantly clear skies for wonderful photo opportunities. The crowds might be…
United Mileage Plus introduced a new award type Nov 1, 2017 for travel outside North America at 8,000 miles for nonstop flights of 800 miles or less in a single award region. This post is a general look at how these changes make intra-Europe travel easier and for many routes cheaper. Europe has exceptional coverage…
Last month I stayed 20 hotel nights in Europe spread across several major chains. Choice Privileges: 5 Points Plus Cash reward nights = 30,000 points + $225 for Ascend Collection Skt. Petri Copenhagen and Clarion Prague City. Marriott Rewards: 2 reward nights = 15,000 points at Courtyard Pilsen, CZ. IHG Rewards Club: 3 reward nights…
Marriott brand hotels in Europe have an offer for free breakfast for two on prepaid rates with a Visa card. This offer looks like the real deal with rates comparable to lowest advance purchase rates. Book reservations using 6ME promotional code by September 3, 2017 for stays through November 5, 2017. Marriott Berlin Friday July…
This past week I had a wonderful time in Europe on a very cheap, quickly planned trip to Europe when I saw opportunistic travel deals for January. My $800 trip last week, assuming same flights and hotels, would cost more than $1,000 this week, simply due to two airline and hotel rules changes. Two of…
Ticket prices in the $300s and $400s on major alliance airlines for LAX and SFO to cities across Europe, Lisbon to Helsinki, are deals not commonly seen in the past year for too many consecutive days. This week’s fare sale reminds me of last June when there were all kinds of rapid-fire flash sale types…
Turkish Airlines has not been on my flight deals radar for months. During spring 2016 there were some amazing deals with Turkish Airlines, but then a political coup attempt in July and repeated terrorist attacks around Istanbul including an airport attack made Turkish Airlines one of little appeal to readers based on the numbers. There…
As we were sitting in a pub in Bratislava, Slovakia two weeks ago drinking pints of beer for the big city price of 1.30€ per glass, Kelley sent out a tweet to her California winery drinking friends about the low price of wine at 1.50€/glass or 8€ per bottle in the pub . A quick…
