Cheap Flights

Jamie Rhein had a good Gadling post on Tuesday devoted to competitive flight pricing. It suggested that for all the talk about higher airfares, there are plenty of good deals to be found. My Lufthansa return fare in September would certainly corroborate Rhein's general point. I flew JFK to Frankfurt for $578 roundtrip, including all taxes and charges.

My search benefited from flexibility. Though my dates were fixed to within a few days, I didn't need to fly into a particular airport, and looked at an arc of arrival points from Zurich through Amsterdam.

Incidentally, looking ahead to the winter, I'm already seeing some very good fares in and out of Nordic hubs. I won't buy a ticket yet, though. The pre-Christmas airfare sales to Scandinavia are often quite good.