When do you get the lowest fare for international flights?
I'm going to Germany in July and can seem to pinpoint the best time to purchase a flight. Flights from the Washington DC area are currently between $700 and $800. Will these prices go down? What site is the best to purchase from?
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If you can get a price of under $1,000 to travel in the summer, I would jump on it. I doubt the price will come down anymore. July is peak travel time so tickets are usually expensive.
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you may try http://www.europeanvacation3.com for cheap flight tickets as it's search over 450 sites for price comparison and which would help to choose cheap flight tickets from those search result.
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Hi, I read your response on another question about prices and I answered you on there. But just in case you don't look here it is again. ;o) We are stationed in Germany and I just bought my parents tickets to come out here in May. I looked on Kayak.com And North west by far was the cheapest. On Kayak.com though you actually have to go to the NWA website to book your flight. But they search different airlines. I was able to get two tickets for $964 total. Which is $482 each. We were really wanting them to come in June or July but since the prices doubled in June we just couldn't do that and still be able to travel around Europe for 2 weeks. So we chose May. Yep I just searched on www.nwa.com and from Washington DC to Frankfurt(wasn't sure just guessed) they were 700 something. But in May they were like $515. But check Kayak.com they were by far the cheapest I found. Good luck and have a Great time! Oh one more thing. I don't know where you are going in Germany but you might try surrounding countries that are close to your destination ( if any) We checked in Luxembourg and Belguim. Sometimes they are cheaper of course it just depends on where you are wanting to go. It would have been fine for us because all three places are around the same distance for us to drive to get them. ANyway, I just thought I would throw that out there for you as another option. I checked several different cities in Germany and Frankfurt, Stuttgart, and one other one were all around $730 in July.. But Dresden and other places were over $1200 per ticket. Sorry for the novel. Hope this helps though! EDIT One more thing. The reason I like kayak.com is that they show a calendar that says the lowest rates for that month.
