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At Square One for Eastern Europe trip.
1. I've not traveled abroad for three decades.
2. This Summer I need to get from Denver, CO, USA to Krakow, PL. 3. After 10 days or so, Munich back to Denver Given this can anyone here offer tips on airlines, flight scheduling tips or tricks? Between Krakow and Munich we're still planning but I'd like to get the ends anchored. many thanks, tf |
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At Square One for Eastern Europe trip.
The Fronny:
1. I've not traveled abroad for three decades. 2. This Summer I need to get from Denver, CO, USA to Krakow, PL. 3. After 10 days or so, Munich back to Denver Given this can anyone here offer tips on airlines, flight scheduling tips or tricks? Between Krakow and Munich we're still planning but I'd like to get the ends anchored. Hi TF, Can't help you on the flight specifics (your travel agency will be able to do a decent job, I suppose). But perhaps I can suggest things to do and places to visit between Krakow and Munich. Of course, it all depends on what you would like to do or see. Culture? City trips? Night life? Nature? Shopping? Sports? What does your group look like? Solo? A pair? A family? How do you prefer to travel? Train? Rented car? It's all feasible. -- Erick |
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At Square One for Eastern Europe trip.
"The Fronny" wrote in message ... 1. I've not traveled abroad for three decades. 2. This Summer I need to get from Denver, CO, USA to Krakow, PL. 3. After 10 days or so, Munich back to Denver Given this can anyone here offer tips on airlines, flight scheduling tips or tricks? Between Krakow and Munich we're still planning but I'd like to get the ends anchored. many thanks, tf I suspect Lufthansa will probably offer the most convenient option but not necessarily the cheapest. They have a Denver/Frankfurt flight and you can then connect to/from their flights to Krakow/Munich. United will probably also appear to give the same routing but a bit of digging will almost certainly show the underlying flights are Lufthansa. A word of warning. You might find that a trans Atlantic ticket with a separate ticket in Europe to be cheaper. The airlines now look upon such transactions as separate contract with no connection between them. That means that if you miss the connecting flight it can be very, very expensive because you have to buy a new ticket. The low cost carriers in Europe (easyJet/Ryanair/Whizz and the like) are past masters at such things but even if you have all Lufthansa or all BA tickets if you don't get it all on one ticket (and remember a reservation is NOT a ticket - a reservation can have multiple tickets) problems can arise. Allowing at least one night at the connection point is the only sensible option even though I suspect many people will jump in "we've done it" stories. |
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At Square One for Eastern Europe trip.
"The Fronny" wrote in message
... 1. I've not traveled abroad for three decades. 2. This Summer I need to get from Denver, CO, USA to Krakow, PL. 3. After 10 days or so, Munich back to Denver Given this can anyone here offer tips on airlines, flight scheduling tips or tricks? Between Krakow and Munich we're still planning but I'd like to get the ends anchored. This summer? Get to planning - you're already behind. Fares are not low, and it's high season. An example, smack dab in mid-summer, has you at around US$ 1500, minimum, for your r/t fare, and prices shoot straight up from there. A competent travel agent might - stress _might_ - be able to do better. Use aggregator sites like hipmunk.com, kayak.com, opodo.com and/or momondo.com to get an idea for what's out there. All of these offer multi-city options for planning a so-called open-jaw itinerary: Denver to Krakow (DEN-KRK) outbound, Munich to Denver (MUC-DEN) inbound. There won't be anything like a direct flight either outbound or inbound, but you'll see some one-stop options. One-stops from DEN are on Star Alliance airlines, including Lufthansa, United, Air Canada, and LOT. Otherwise, you're looking at 2-stop flights, and they aren't necessarily cheaper. You have more options from Krakow to Munich: train, bus, or air. Good luck! |
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At Square One for Eastern Europe trip.
On 05/13/2012 08:29 PM, The Fronny wrote:
1. I've not traveled abroad for three decades. 2. This Summer I need to get from Denver, CO, USA to Krakow, PL. 3. After 10 days or so, Munich back to Denver Given this can anyone here offer tips on airlines, flight scheduling tips or tricks? Between Krakow and Munich we're still planning but I'd like to get the ends anchored. many thanks, tf Which ever way you book it, you'll have 1 stop MUC-DEN and 2 stops DEN-KRK. When you say "between Krakow and Munich" bear in mind that one-way car rentals between countries can be extremely expensive. If you want some sightseeing and a grande tour one possibility would be DEN-MUC return with LH/United, then drive to KRK and back to MUC. That way you could take in Regensburg, Nuremburg, Prague one way and Bratislava, Vienna and Salzburg the other way. |
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