Good Deals on International Flights

Jeryhn

Hey H/A.

I'm looking for websites that offer good deals on international flights.
Anyone have some good experience with a particular booking company?

In case the following info is important:

- Departing from: Sacramento or San Francisco, CA. Arriving: Frankfurt, Germany.
- I won't be needing to rent a car or hotel room once I'm at my destination.
- Date of the trip isn't yet set in stone, and neither is the duration of my stay. I will need a roundtrip ticket, however.

Also, what time of the year and/or day is typically the best to travel on (assuming it affects the price of a ticket)?

Thanks.

xThanatoSx

There's the general tip of "Don't fly during peak season (i.e. major holidays)".

As for flights - anything you do is going to involve transfers, especially if you fly out of Sacramento. *looks a little more* I lie - you can get a non-stop from SFO to FRA, but it's nearly a grand more than some of the other options.

Just on a random search SMF (Sacramento) to Frankfurt, leaving March 20th coming back April 24th, US Airways has a $670 round trip ticket with 2 stop overs (Phoenix & Charlotte).

If you don't have set dates, it may be worth investigating an "open return" ticket - which may involve talking to an actual person as opposed to booking purely online.

Dulcius_ex_asperis

Summer is the peak season for Europe (OMG Eiffel Towerz lol!). Tickets will be cheaper, generally, from September to about March.