This article is about how you can sometimes use a nested ticket buying strategy to lower the cost of travel when planning on travel to Europe or some other international destination or region two or more times in a year. United Airlines and Star Alliance carriers have a fare schedule today for low priced flights…
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United-SAS $587 LAX to Oslo April-May; $648 Aug-Sep
United Airlines has fares as low as $587 from Los Angeles LAX to Oslo OSL Norway. In combination with SAS and Swiss on some itineraries, there are fares in the low $600s to Gothenburg GOT, Copenhagen CPH, Stockholm ARN and a couple of other Scandinavian airports. Departure dates for lowest fares are April to mid-June…
United-Swiss LAX to Moscow $657 March-May; Sep-Oct
Star Alliance carriers United Airlines and Swiss Airlines combine routes for a $657 to $668 ticket Los Angeles LAX to Moscow DME Domodedovo Airport with low fare departure dates from March to May and September-October 2016. United Airlines – Swiss Airlines Los Angeles LAX – Washington IAD – Geneva GVA (United Airlines) – Moscow DME…
Africa on sale LAX and SFO to Mt Kilimanjaro $847 Star Alliance
Eastern Africa is on sale today. $847 is the lowest fare I recall in the past year departing from California to fly to JRO, Mt. Kilimanjaro Airport in Tanzania. Flights to eastern Africa are on sale primarily with Star Alliance. There are good fares with Skyteam airlines and Qatar too. Most of these deals are…
Delta and United LAX or SFO-Athens $645-$675 round trip Jan-April 2016. Stay into summer
United Airlines and Star Alliance fares from San Francisco to Athens are as low as $660 round trip for departures from January through April. There are many available dates, including weekends at low fares. This route has been one of the low fare spots to Europe from California with fares the past few months in…
LAX or SFO to Dubai $660 SkyTeam and Star Alliance
There are low fares from California to Dubai this month. LAX and SFO have been priced under $700 round trip with several airlines for many dates from January through May 2016. I have written about low fares from California to Dubai DXB a couple of times this month with Star Alliance fares in the low…
Safari fare Swiss $903 LAX to Dar Es Salaam

Swiss Airlines has an $903 round trip fare from Los Angeles LAX to Dar Es Salaam DAR, Tanzania. I call this a safari fare due to Tanzania developing a significant safari resort tourism sector in the country. Hilton, Marriott and Hyatt have new resorts in the country. Check out the Tanzania Tourism Board website for…
Swiss SFO-BUD Budapest $652
Swiss Airlines offers San Francisco to Budapest at $652 round trip for departures from January into late April. This fare is available on most dates. Star Alliance partners Lufthansa, United, Austrian offer similar fares. Swiss K class offers 50% flight miles with United Mileage Plus making this the best Star Alliance airline choice for earning…
Swiss $723 SFO to Mumbai, India. Analysis of LH/LX Economy K class for UA award miles

Swiss Airlines and United Airlines, along with Lufthansa and Air Canada, offer a low $700s round trip fare from San Francisco to Mumbai BOM. This article evaluates different ways to ticket and credit flight options to India among the different Star Alliance carriers to earn the most redeemable award miles in United Mileage Plus. First…
United Airlines $662 SFO to Budapest round trip; SkyTeam $679
United Airlines and Star Alliance members Swiss, Lufthansa and Brussels Airlines offer San Francisco SFO to Budapest BUD at $662 to $690 from this week into mid-March 2016. Skyteam also has this route on sale for a few dollars more. United Airlines ticket flying UA, LH and LX San Francisco SFO – Chicago ORD –…