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We are planning on flying from San Francisco to Amsterdam on Aug 20 and coming back from Vienna to San Francisco (open jaws). I used Google flights to find the best nonstop flights with our constraints. I'm wondering if this is too early to book that far out. But the price looks reasonable.
Here are some thoughts on this. The price seems to be quite good on KLM at $1097 but I don't have past travel pricing for this route. Some historical data on the web is hard to intrepret because the low price might be a 30 hour flight. The 3 months out price for KLM is $1000 so that late summer flight does not look too inflated by seasonal factors. I am thinking the pricing is decent right now maybe because (1) KLM flies the Boeing 787 dreamliner on this route, (2) the strong dollar. Just guesses.
On our previous European nonstop flights the price was in the $1500 range for SFO to Heathrow or SFO to Paris.
What do you think about buying now?
Another minor question: Do you pay for selected seating or do you perhaps wait until the 24 hour checkin to select your seats? DW wouldn't want to fly international seated away from me.
Here are some thoughts on this. The price seems to be quite good on KLM at $1097 but I don't have past travel pricing for this route. Some historical data on the web is hard to intrepret because the low price might be a 30 hour flight. The 3 months out price for KLM is $1000 so that late summer flight does not look too inflated by seasonal factors. I am thinking the pricing is decent right now maybe because (1) KLM flies the Boeing 787 dreamliner on this route, (2) the strong dollar. Just guesses.
On our previous European nonstop flights the price was in the $1500 range for SFO to Heathrow or SFO to Paris.
What do you think about buying now?
Another minor question: Do you pay for selected seating or do you perhaps wait until the 24 hour checkin to select your seats? DW wouldn't want to fly international seated away from me.
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