airlines

Here's a hint to make reduce the cost of flying to many European cities, and your dollar go a little further.

With the current high value of the euro, it has to take more and more expensive for Americans, a vacation in Europe. In recent years, the euro, which appreciated far more than 50% against the U.S. dollar. By buying cheap flights from budget airlines you can significantly reduce European travel.

Instead of a directTransatlantic flight to your destination, you can often get a better deal by flying into a hub like London, UK, and then receive one of the many European low-cost 'airlines to the continent. This will give you both the freedom and flexibility to save more places to visit and perhaps a good few dollars. The great thing about the low cost is that you do not buy a return ticket, so you can customize your trip as you want.

Southwest airlines successfully pioneeredthe low-cost concept in the U.S. in the 1970s. In recent years the number of budget airlines in Europe has increased significantly and there are domestic hubs across the continent. Consider that just 10 years, your only options at a very over-priced flight with a national airline to take or alternatively sit on a train or bus, with very long journeys.

The main low-cost players are Ryanair, Easyjet and Air Berlin, but with many more smaller operators.

As an example, we sayYou want to fly from New York to Rome, Italy in the fall. The cost of flying on a random day is $ 860 via Spain with Iberia or $ 925 direct with Alitalia. Or you can access the competitiveness of a trip to fly to London for $ 640 and then book a return flight from London to Rome with Ryanair for the special offer fare of $ 80. Total cost-$ 720 plus a stopover in London if you want to save $ 205 or $ 140 off the cheapest direct and indirect scheduled flights, respectively.

Please note, flights to Londonfrom North America will arrive at Heathrow or Gatwick. The budget carriers generally operate from London Luton or Stansted – both are 1 hour north of the city and can be reached by bus or train. However, Easyjet operates some flights from Gatwick – its return flight to Rome costs 105 U.S. dollars on the date chosen above.

To get the best prices on budget airlines, you should:

Book as early as possible. As the plane fills up the ticket price rises.Fly veryearly or very late in the day.Fly week, Tuesday and Wednesday are the cheapest days. Avoid Friday and Sunday evening as they flew expensive.Avoid just before holidays and to destinations with major events such as major international football matches, as demand will be heavy.Check budget airline websites regularly Offers – sometimes Ryanair offers free flights, including taxes.

A caveat about low-cost airlines – sometimes they will not be cheaper than the fullService carriers especially if you are booking at short notice. To make price comparisons.

Also check how far from the airport from downtown. "Frankfurt" Hahn by Ryanair is actually around 80 miles from Frankfurt. Likewise, "Stockholm Skavsta Airport is 60 miles from Stockholm.

You should always allow time for the connections. Given the low cost nature of the business the budget carriers will not hold your hand if there are any delays or problems. MostFlights are usually on schedule.

Overall, for low-cost airlines in Europe that allow you to travel in order to achieve both very cheap and some of the out-of-the-way destinations such as Estonia and Slovakia, which you may have never seen before.