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Why are flights so high now? (Israel) Please help me!!
« on: September 02, 2008, 01:03:37 PM »
I need to book a ticket to Israel, for a UM.

Oct 27th to March 24th, the dates are pretty firm.

Flying from MSP to TLV.

Tickets w/ 1 stop are coming up at $3000-4000!!!!!

I'm in shock, why is this happening?

Can anyone offer me some advice? I'd like to find a rate more like $1200-1500. Where have they all gone?

If anyone has an explantion or some bargain flight finding tips, please please please share with me.


Maybe an idea would be to buy miles off someone? Maybe that would bring my price down. Would someone please take a minute to share any ideas with me.

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Re: Why are flights so high now? (Israel) Please help me!!
« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2008, 02:13:36 PM »
why dont you call the travel agent that advertises on the main page of dans deals and call them. I bought tickets through them in may 2008 and they had tickets that no one else was able to get.

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Re: Why are flights so high now? (Israel) Please help me!!
« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2008, 03:01:05 PM »
im a a travel agent and will check prices for you

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Re: Why are flights so high now? (Israel) Please help me!!
« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2008, 06:25:36 PM »
You are looking for a ticket with a 5 month stay.
If you look buy a one way ticket, you should be able to find something cheaper.
Maybe not.

But as mentioned, you should definitely call the Global Tours- their number is on the top of DansDeals.com
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Re: Why are flights so high now? (Israel) Please help me!!
« Reply #4 on: September 02, 2008, 09:04:06 PM »
I did email them yesterday with all the info, but no response. Although the no response isn't a very good sign, I will have to give them a call to see what they have available.

When I looked into the one-way fares, they were going for about $1500, the price of a RT just last week when I checked prices!!

Please Chaim let me know what you find!

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Re: Why are flights so high now? (Israel) Please help me!!
« Reply #5 on: September 02, 2008, 10:49:18 PM »
KLM/NWA prices me out for 1649.00 but the stop is almost 10 hours long

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Re: Why are flights so high now? (Israel) Please help me!!
« Reply #6 on: September 02, 2008, 11:42:17 PM »
That's a good/better price, where is that 10 hr layover? I'm looking for a minor though, so thats most likely not a real option for me.

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Re: Why are flights so high now? (Israel) Please help me!!
« Reply #7 on: September 02, 2008, 11:42:30 PM »
Where is the stopover?

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Re: Why are flights so high now? (Israel) Please help me!!
« Reply #8 on: September 02, 2008, 11:55:36 PM »
Well, I just did another search. The prices just keep crawling upwards! Is their a reason for this that I'm missing? Over 3k to get to Israel? Anyone with advice please keep in mind where the ticket is starting from, MSP. And that it's for a minor, so certain criteria have to be considered. (like one airline company/partner, not a crazy long stopover, ect) I'm just wondering why the prices are so high? Will they go back down sometime soon...I really hope??

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Re: Why are flights so high now? (Israel) Please help me!!
« Reply #9 on: September 03, 2008, 12:40:22 AM »
I'm in shock, why is this happening?

...I'd like to find a rate more like $1200-1500. Where have they all gone?
Oct. 27 is the Monday after Simchas Torah.
March 24 is two weeks before Pesach.

Think about how many thousands of American kids are trying to fly from/to the US at the same time...

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Re: Why are flights so high now? (Israel) Please help me!!
« Reply #10 on: September 03, 2008, 12:59:24 AM »
Ok, yes that's true, but I can change the searches to couple weeks before or a couple of weeks after and it's the same price. I'm looking at different dates and it's not changing, maybe going up in some cases, but not lower. It doesn't appear to be related to the Jewish Holidays and kids flying back.

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Re: Why are flights so high now? (Israel) Please help me!!
« Reply #11 on: September 03, 2008, 09:32:32 AM »
call global tours at 877-see-tel-aviv

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Re: Why are flights so high now? (Israel) Please help me!!
« Reply #12 on: September 03, 2008, 10:28:35 AM »
ok...will do

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Re: Why are flights so high now? (Israel) Please help me!!
« Reply #13 on: September 03, 2008, 10:40:20 AM »
I found a 2-stop RT on BA for around 2k (1226 ticket + 827 taxes & fees).

MSP-ORD-LHR-TLV
(depart 3:15pm Monday and arrive 3:10pm Tuesday)

TLV-LHR-ORD-MSP
(depart 7:30am and arrive 11:25pm Tuesday)

That may not help if you require a 1-stop but the price is considerably cheaper.

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Re: Why are flights so high now? (Israel) Please help me!!
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Re: Why are flights so high now? (Israel) Please help me!!
« Reply #15 on: September 03, 2008, 02:20:20 PM »
I don't think 10 hours in ams is enough :)

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Re: Why are flights so high now? (Israel) Please help me!!
« Reply #16 on: September 03, 2008, 02:24:57 PM »
ya there is alot to do there ...................................

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Re: Why are flights so high now? (Israel) Please help me!!
« Reply #17 on: September 04, 2008, 04:34:59 AM »
one way tickets are just as expensive
try Virgin Air,  I just got one for two and a half months back to NYC from Israel and back for 1005

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Re: Why are flights so high now? (Israel) Please help me!!
« Reply #18 on: September 04, 2008, 04:35:10 AM »
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