Cheap multi-route (open-jaw) flights
I need to get a flight Prague(PRG) -> Paris(CDG) and Paris(CDG) -> Budapest(BUD), in June. The Air France web system offers me an unbelievable price EUR 680.
If I try similar thing on the Czech Airlines system with a flight PRG->CDG and Geneve(GVA)->PRG, the price is cca EUR 160, similar to a return ticket PRG->CDG.
It seems that Czech Airlines are willing to consider such a ticket as "return" and offer the cheapest tariffs. However, Czech Airlines obviously won't offer me the flight I need.
Is there a way to convince Air France (or someone else) to offer me such a ticket? I know I can use the low-costs, but they are the last option for me, almost equivalent to taking the circa-20-hour trains.
(I apology if any of the "cheap flights" questions treat precisely the "different return" tickets, I wasn't able to find such information.)
Best Answer
I know you said you don't like low cost airlines, but Skypicker.com is a European (Czech) low cost air tickets search engine where you can find some of the lowest fares. It may well prove very helpful for the route you wish to take:
http://www.skypicker.com/levne-lety-z-velka-britanie
For 8th June 2013, Prague to Venice, Venice to Budapest the price would be 119.40 Euros (excluding taxes & fees of 18 Euros)
The trade off of course would be the time taken to reach Budapest >8 hrs.
Other tickets had varying prices, however the duration of travel is far longer, if you made your stopover in Paris (as you mentioned) the duration of travel is doubled & the price is approx. 170 Euros:
However the saving compared with paying 680 Euros that you quoted in your question I think makes up greatly for the time taken to travel, if you were to choose Venice as your stopover (in my honest opinion).
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