December 13, 2007
How do you book flights for Europe online?
So I need to get from Zurich to Madrid and I guess the train ride would be long so I figured I'd just find one of those great inexpensive European flights I always hear about. A French woman told me to check out Kelkoo.com and Opodo.com but I didn't like either of those sites. I had to choose the UK versions to get English so the prices were in British pounds and pretty expensive.
So I went to Kayak.com where I had some success. I found a Spanair flight for $96 on Orbitz but I seem to remember some people having bad experiences with them so I thought I'd pay a little more and go to the Spanair.com site. As I was booking the flight the website told me there was an error...
That was a 1 stop flight anyway so we figured we'd try Airberlin which is nonstop. Kayak sent me to wegolo.com for that flight. I've never heard of them and while Kayak said it was a 1 way for $215 a person the actual site said it was not direct and $147/person.
So basically I've been confused everywhere I looked. Are there any easy sites you know of for booking flights around Europe?
Posted by James Trotta at December 13, 2007 10:05 AM | TrackBack
Easyjet only flies to London from Zurich but they criss-cross Europe Southwest-style. Good value. Try ebookers.ch but yes, most sites will assign a currency based on a European perspective. Finally, Expedia has some good deals too - I generally cross reference expedia with ebookers to find the best deal. Also, most Euro airports list all of their destinations and carriers on their websites. http://www.zurich-airport.com
Posted by: Laura at December 13, 2007 1:22 PMAs a travel agent, I have used www.airberlin.com for that particular routing in the past with much success. Try it!
Posted by: Linda Bator at December 13, 2007 1:31 PMI haven't booked with them, but flylc.com shows both AirBerlin and GermanWings as flying that route. When clicking on the GermanWings link, a booking engine brings up several nonstops on Spanair, Iberia, and Swiss (partners?) for 129 Euros and up (on a random date in January). I'd probably go direct to the airlines' sites to book. Flylc.com seems to be a good "first reference" for inter-European flights.
Posted by: Ken at December 13, 2007 2:15 PMAlso check www.whichbudget.com and enter the to/from cities. They tell you all of the airlines that fly that route, so you can book direct on their website.
Posted by: Laura at December 13, 2007 10:57 PMSee
http://www.euroflights.info/switzerland/zurich/
only shows these airlines from Zurich to Madrid:
Air Berlin, Condor
Google ads for European travel list:
www.smartertravel.com
www.momondo.com
BookingBuddy.com
www.Kayak.com