American and US Airways are putting Brussels (BRU) and Zurich (ZRH) on sale from a lot of cities in the US. It is also entirely possible that there are other cities in Europe on sale too. It is also possible that BRU or ZRH might not be available from a particular city – e.g., Brussels not available from LAX.

There are a few cities where we didn’t found availability. They are mainly American hubs and Delta hubs:

• Dallas (but available from Houston and Austin)
• Philadelphia (come up to Newark)
• Miami (but available from Fort Lauderdale)
• New York (but available from Newark) – EDIT 7/10/2014, 10AM : we see some availability from LGA
• Phoenix (but available from Tucson)
• Atlanta
• Cincinnati
• Detroit
• Minneapolis
• Salt Lake City
• This list is not exhaustive — just what we found to be not available.

Update 7/12/2014 @ 12:50PM Eastern – fare gone

 

Sample Travel Date:

• Sample from San Francisco to Brussels on US Airways
• September 29th – 6th

Fare Availability:

• Valid for travel on the outbound from September 11th – October 15th for Sunday through Wednesday departures from the United States and Monday through Thursday departures to the United States. Must purchase at least 3 days in advance of departure

How to Search for Availability:

• Use ITA Software Matrix Airfare Search and use the following search criteria:
  • Departing from: SFO
  • Outbound Advanced Routing Code: us+
    
    
  • Destination:  BRU
  • Return Advanced Routing Code: us+
  • (Click on Advanced Routing Codes link to enable advanced routing code input)
  • (For American availability, replace us+ with aa+ on the Advanced Routing Code fields)
  • (For other departure cities, replace SFO with your departure city)
  • Select “See calendar of lowest fares”
  • Length of stay “0-7” (the max date range is 7 days. So 0-7, 5-12, 7-14 etc)
• Beginner’s Guide on How to Use Matrix by ITA Software
• How to Read Airfare Rules and Use It to Your Advantage

Fare Class:

• American: O
• US Airways: R

Routing:

• SFO – PHL (Philadelphia) – BRU (Brussels) – PHL – SFO. Some segments might be operated by Air Berlin, US Airways, American and its partners under US Airways or American flight numbers

Stopover:

• Not permitted
• How to Take Advantage of a Stopover

Mileage:

• 11,821 miles or 5.8 cents per mile

How to Book:

• Support us by using our Orbitz link to book with dates found on ITA Software Matrix Airfare Search. Make sure you select “Additional Search Options” and then “Narrow the search to my preferred airlines” and select American or US Airways

Accommodations

For hotel bookings, we recommend that you only book using online travel agencies (Hotels.com or Hotwire.com) if it is a non-chain hotel. We don’t want you to miss out on earning rewards with chain hotels.

• Accor Hotels
  • Sofitel, Pullman, M Gallery, Grand Mercure, Novotel, Mercure, Ibis
• CheapTickets
• Country Inns and Suites
• Design Hotels
• Expedia
• Hilton Hotels
  • Waldorf Astoria, Conrad, Hilton, DoubleTree, Embassy Suites, Hilton Garden Inn, Hampton Inn, Homewood Suites, Home2
• HomeAway.com
• Hotels.com
• Intercontinental Group
  • Intercontinental, Crowne Plaza, Hotel Indigo, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Staybridge Suites, Candlewood Suites
• Marriott International
  • Marriott, JW Marriott, Courtyard y Marriott, Renaissance, Residence Inn, Fairfield Inn & Suites, Springhill Suites, Delta Hotels, Moxy, AC Hotels, TownePlace, Autograph Collection, Protea Hotels.
• Orbitz
• Preferred Hotels & Resorts
  • Preferred, Sterling, Summit
• Radisson Hotels
  • Radisson Blu, Radisson, Park Plaza, Park Inn, Hotel Missioni
• Venere
• Wyndham Hotels
  • Wyndham, Tryp, Wingate, Hawthorn, Microtel, Dream, Planet Hollywood, Ramada, Night, Baymont, Days Inn, Super 8, Howard Johnson, Travelodge, Knights Inn

Car Rentals

• Avis – US and Canadian Rentals
• CarRentals.com
• Fox Rent A Car
• Hotwire
• Orbitz
• Payless Car Rental
• Sixt Car Rental – Good Agency for Rentals in Europe

Background Information:

Belgium:

• Visa: US Citizens – Not required. Other nationals, check the TIMATIC Visa Database
• Currency: Euro (EUR). $1USD = 0.73EUR

Switzerland:

• Visa: US Citizens – Not required. Other nationals, check the TIMATIC Visa Database
• Currency: Swiss Franc (CHF). $1USD = 0.89 CHF

Tips for saving when using credit cards at international destinations:

• No Foreign Transaction Fee Credit Cards to save on international purchases
• Don’t get hit with Dynamic Currency Conversion
• Get your taxes refunded when shopping
• How to Avoid International Data Roaming Charges

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• Go to the The Flight Deals page

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