Why are USA to Europe round-trip airfares more expensive than Europe to USA round-trip airfares?

6/5/2015 1:33:00 AM

Buy a U.S. to Milan ticket with departure whenever you next want to be in Milan and as long a stay as permitted by the fare rules (e.g., six months or one year). Then buy a Milan to U.S. ticket with departure for when you want to come home, and a return for when you next want to go to Milan. Repeat as desired. You are nesting tickets, which is permitted by airline rules. But you need to be aware of the maximum stays permitted by various fares.

6/6/2014 7:58:20 PM

I see flights leaving SFO->MXP on June 16 and returning MXP->SFO June 30 for $1,009 (Delta), $1,100 (KLM), $1,069 (AA) which is not significantly different from your $1,003.

We’re already a week into June. If you try to book too close to departure time, you may not get the best price, because of demand and supply. School holidays and other peak travel times are going to attract premium prices.

September is a nice time to go to Europe.

6/6/2014 7:38:43 PM

It depends on the demand for those tickets – perhaps more Americans want to go to Europe, so the airlines can charge more?

Here is a tip that will help you. The origin of your flight means nothing. It’s not where you live, it’s not where you are for months before the flight, it’s just an airport. And where you fly to is also not where you live or where you are committing to stay the whole time. It’s just an airport. So, you want to go SFO-Milan-SFO a lot? Don’t throw anything away, just think differently. Let’s say you want to spend January, April, and August in Milan.

Look at the price of a one-way ticket SFO-Milan Jan 1st, a one-way ticket Milan-SFO Aug 31st, and a return ticket that combines those two. Buy whichever is cheapest, the two one-ways or the return.

Buy a return ticket Milan-SFO Jan 31st and SFO-Milan April 1st. As though an Italian wants to visit the US for 3 months. Similarly Milan-SFO April 31st and SFO-Milan August 1st.

Presto – you have saved $953*2. In some cases, such as trips for less than a week on airlines that changes less for “Saturday night stays” the savings can be even more impressive. This technique is called “nested returns” and while it’s only useful to people who make the exact same trip a lot, it sure is useful. Some people recommend you don’t do the first set of tickets (Jan 1 and Aug 31) on the same airline as the others; some say it doesn’t matter.

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