What is the best place or way to purchase airline tickets (reasonable$) for Los Angeles to (central) Italy?

Question

First time to Europe. Travelling in Spring. I have three Fodor's books on Italy.

Answer 1

Go to www.sidestep.com Sidestep searches all of those other travel sites (orbitz, travelocity, expedia, etc) to find you the lowest fares. You can choose for it to search nearby airports (for example, Burbank or Longbeach as well as LAX) and you can sort results by times, price, stops, airline, and more. Sidestep will provide information as to what kind of aircraft for each airline you will be traveling on will be. I would reommend going to www.seatguru.com and checking out all of the seats you buy before making a choice, so that you can see the pros and cons of each aircraft, and which will be the best travel experience.

Answer 2

sidestep.com is a great website. Cheaptickets.com is also good. If you are flexible, you will be able to get the best deals. If you can use miles to purchase tickets, that is the cheapest. Some airlines offer discounted tickets for miles or free tickets with enough frequent flyer miles. Friends or family memebers can often donate miles to you (if you are lucky!)



I was in Cinque Terra in late March and it was beautiful - everything was in bloom - fresh lemons, calla lilies, olive trees, etc. Enjoy and buy some Limoncello for me!



Ciao...

Answer 3

Sign up for the airfare email alerts at travelzoo.com and travelocity.com. The promotions they send you are usually good for travel in the next 2-3months.



You can also try www.fly4less.com which publishes the lowest airfares for travel in the next 60 days.



Beware the Florence airport is/will be closed for runway repairs/upgrades until May 2006. All flights will be rerouted to Pisa, Bologna, or Rome.

Answer 4

expedia