Traveling to USA to get a cheaper flight
I'm planning to go to Germany next year. A direct flight from my home country (Dominican Republic) would be about USD $1400. I have B1/B2 US visa and I was wondering if it'd be possible for me to purchase a round-trip flight from DR to Miami and then a second round-trip flight from Miami to Frankfurt. That'd save me up to $500 dollars, which is a considerable amount. I'd like to know if there'd be any issues with me entering the U.S twice in such a short period of time (around 10 days).
Best Answer
You can do this but if your first flight is delayed you can run into serious problems, since it's not a single booking. Re-booking your second flight on the same day could be quite expensive.
I think your $1400,- number is too high. Consider alternative options using budget carriers. In Spring 2018
Eurowings offers Puerto Plata<->Cologne round trips for as little as $600,-
Air Berlin has Punta Cana <->Dusseldorf for about $1000,-.
Condor offers Punta Cana <-> Frankfurt for about $820,-
Added benefits: these are non-stops.
Disclaimer: these don't go every single day, so a bit of date flexibility will help. Some of these can also be combined with other cities in Germany. Air Berlin will take you to Berlin (from DUS) for only a few bucks more.
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