Maybe Brussels or Zurich wasn’t your thing. Well, American and US Airways are attacking United and Star Alliance fares to Vienna [VIE] and Geneva [GVA]. Like last night’s attack fare to Madrid and Zurich, it is available pretty everywhere except the cities below.
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)
- 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 Vienna on American
- 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: aa+
- Destination: VIE
- Return Advanced Routing Code: aa+
- (Click on Advanced Routing Codes link to enable advanced routing code input)
- (For US Airways availability, replace aa+ with us+ 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 – DFW (Dallas) – LHR (London) – VIE (Vienna) – FRA (Frankfurt) – PHL (Philadelphia) – 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:
- 13,095 miles or 5.9 cents per mile
How to Book:
- Book on AA.com or USAirways.com with dates found on ITA Software Matrix Airfare Search.
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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