Good Summer Rates Usa To Moscow...

[RickM]

Wow!
Just ran a few searches from Boston to Moscow and couldn/t find anything under a thousand...
That's "doubled" from a month ago...
I guess the height of travel season has started.

Anyone aware of any cheap summer flights to Moscow?
Isn't there a place online you can "bid" a low rate if you have a little flexability?

Thanks all...

[JohnG]

... in response to Good Summer Rates Usa To Moscow..., posted by RickM on May 20, 2004

Usually when I go I fly to NY (from Florida) on JetBlue, and then take Aeroflot out of JFK to Moscow. I have found that to be the cheapest way to go, and Aeroflot flies Boeing 767 jets.

Another tip: you won't find as good bargain rates on the Internet as you can with a Russian travel agent in this country. My wife and several of her friends have purchased tickets from Russia House in Miami, and taken Lifthansa or Swiss Air from here to Moscow or Ukraine. For some reason, the Russians have pretty good deals for going to that part of the world.

[Bobby Orr]

... in response to Good Summer Rates Usa To Moscow..., posted by RickM on May 20, 2004

Early second week of June departure and return late third week of June $648 taxes and whatever other fees included.  I bought it from Russian National group on Aeroflot.  My visa was an additional $150.
I bought the ticket two months ago.

[Bobby Orr]

... in response to NY to Moscow and back, posted by Bobby Orr on May 21, 2004

Sorry, I looked at exactly what I payed and it was $678 (not $648) everything included for my round trip ticket.

[Mike]

... in response to $678, posted by Bobby Orr on May 21, 2004

Man that's a greate price! Have fun, and if you're interested my wife has a flat in central Moscow for rent!

[AllenB]

... in response to Good Summer Rates Usa To Moscow..., posted by RickM on May 20, 2004

I feel your pain.  Had to pay $3800 for Anna and I to go to Ukraine this summer.

[gator70]

... in response to Good Summer Rates Usa To Moscow..., posted by RickM on May 20, 2004

The simple fact is all planes are full. If not just now the airlines all know they have balanced capacity with demand. So by the time the plane flies all seats will be full.

So the airlines can afford to keep pushing the rates up.

All of us who have been flying recently have noticed a lack of empty seats.

The only answer is to be creative on the routes. Use all the smaller airports and the planes still have capacity in the system left.

[Frank O]

... in response to Good Summer Rates Usa To Moscow..., posted by RickM on May 20, 2004

I think ALL airlines & travel to ANYWHERE is up in general thanks to the oil scam the Arabs are running. Continental, which is the airline I use (KLM) to travel to Kiev, just announced yesterday or the day before an increase in fairs.

[MarkInTx]

... in response to Re: Good Summer Rates Usa To Moscow..., posted by Frank O on May 20, 2004

Trying to get a flight overseas right now for summer is exceptionally hard.

I've been told this by several reservation agents.

Simple supply and demand.

[cherokee]

... in response to Re: Good Summer Rates Usa To Moscow..., posted by Frank O on May 20, 2004

they could easily lean on the oil producers....
what a crock!
they say we'll be paying what they pay in europe soon! the only problem with that is we don't have the option of mass transit like euro countries do. bend over cause here it comes...

[Bobby Orr]

... in response to blame our Gov't. for it, posted by cherokee on May 20, 2004

If we would only classify SUV's and pickup trucks as "trucks" and not let them drive in the left hand lane and raised the price of gas to say 5 dollars a gallon, maybe people would not buy gas guzzlers anymore.  Maybe we would finally move to alternative fuel sources and let the f$cking arabs drink their fooking black sh*t.

[cherokee]

... in response to Re: blame ourselves for the mess, posted by Bobby Orr on May 21, 2004

I'm all for alternative fuels, bring em on....too bad our gov't has their hands in the oil producing pocket books....
too much money to lose for them thar greedy bastages.