Can anyone find me a cheap flight to germany? Preferably under 700 us $?
I am looking for a plane ticket from either Baltimore MD, or Washington DC that goes to any where in Hamburg Germany, over Christmas break. so departing around Dec. 17 (+/- one day) and returning on January 2nd???? help please
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Right now, it isn't going to happen -- the prices that are showing up (in the $900-$1000 range) are reflective of the cheapest available fares from the eastern US to Germany for that time frame. That doesn't mean that the prices won't drop -- airlines often put winter fares to Europe on sale at some point during the late summer or early fall, but keep in mind that because you're wanting to travel over the Christmas/New Year's holiday period, airlines may not have as much incentive to offer sales for those dates, because of the extra demand that occurs. At what point you decide to purchase your tickets, you might wish to try, in addition to being flexible on dates, to be flexible on airports -- it may be cheaper to fly into another airport, such as Berlin or Dusseldorf, and then take the train from there on Hamburg. You can also try being flexible with your airports in the US -- Air Berlin, for example, offers relatively inexpensive flights from the US to Germany, but their closest airport to you is JFK in New York. Though they haven't published their schedules yet for December, it may be worth checking with them to see whether it's cheaper to take Amtrak up to New York and then fly with them to Hamburg for your dates.
