Now that we are in mid-April 2016, summer fares under $1,000 per ticket for travel to Europe have dried up from western USA airports. Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal and some other Canadian airports offer travelers wanting low fares for summer 2016 travel another chance to get tickets under $700 USD round trip. Of course you have…
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Paris Orly by Air France bus

Paris Orly is the primary airport for domestic flights within France. I arrived to Paris from London Heathrow on an Air France flight into Paris Charles de Gaulle CDG. Roissybus was very convenient for 11 EUR with direct nonstop service to Paris Opera from the airport. The bus ride took about one hour. My hotel…
InterContinental Le Grand Hotel, a storied institution of Paris

There are two InterContinental Hotels in Paris with InterContinental Le Grand Hotel Paris across the street from Palais Garnier, the Paris Opera and InterContinental Paris Avenue Marceau, near the Arc de Triomphe. Most of the reviews I have read comparing the two hotels show a preference for Le Grand Hotel. Hotel Location in Paris The…
Oneworld and Skyteam $640 to $680 SFO or LAX to Scandinavia, even Christmas week
Fares from LAX and SFO to several airports in Denmark, Norway and Sweden are the lowest fares to Europe once again. Delta and KLM have lowest fares at $630 to $640 round trip. Oneworld fares with American, British Airways and US Airways are $30 to $40 higher at about $680 round trip. Some dates offer…
American Airlines Executive Platinum Challenge routing ticketed and six intra-Europe flight choices

Three trips to Europe to earn American Airlines AAdvantage Executive Platinum elite status are ticketed. Six airline tickets for intra-Europe travel are ticketed. This is a long piece detailing in part how I created a multi-faceted European itinerary for September 2015 while pulling in some 40,000 EQM and 70,000 redeemable miles in American Airlines AAdvantage,…