We appear to have arrived at a workable compromise, involving our staying here for the next two years but first spending the summer in Israel. I talked to my boss today and she is ok with my telecommuting for two months; she will check with her boss tomorrow. So I came home tonight and started checking out fares.
And nearly fainted.
The best fares I can find would be eight thousand--yes, that's EIGHT THOUSAND--dollars for all of us. That's with Avtalyon in my lap.
I know fuel prices are through the roof. I know the dollar is in the toilet. But EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS?! Two thousand dollars per adult??
Does anyone have any better ideas than the usual online routes? Anyone?
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oh, my. guess we're not going any time soon! Sorry, no ideas.
Hatzlacha on making it all work!
Israir? I just did a quick search for your size of family, on random dates (beginning of June to end of August) and came up with less than $6,000. Still bad, but much better. If you're flexible on dates that should help.
Also, I know that Delta just started their NYC-TLV direct flights, so they might still be having some promotions. Another idea is that it's often cheaper to fly a European airline with a stopover in their hub city.
I checked Israir. $6551, but that's from New York, and we all have to get there first, which, when you factor in everything, is going to cost us either another thousand dollars.
I found $7550 on BA from here--that's the best I've managed so far.
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