Cheap Transatlantic Airfares from $250 Roundtrip Including Tax

by Gary Leff

Via Flyertalk, there are some great fares to Europe on American Airlines (as Iberia codeshares), such as JFK – Paris for $288 roundtrip, all-in.. slightly less to Milan.. and DC to New York to Madrid for about $350.

Dan’s Deals has written up the fare as well:

Bookable on Travelocity.

This is valid for many dates. Post the ones you find! And be sure to post if you find other valid cities!

Sample valid dates: 03/24/11-03/29/11.

JFK-Milan is $251 with tax for those dates.

JFK-Brussels is $283 with tax for those dates.

JFK-Paris is $291 with tax for those dates.

The flight is sold as an Iberia codeshare, but it will on AA.

Now, the codeshares are a bit annoying as I don’t expect them to earn full mileage. Iberia flights between the US and Spain earn 100% miles on discounted fares, but if you fly say New York – MIlan on American Airlines but with an Iberia flight number it may be treated as an Iberia flight that isn’t to Spain and give only 30% miles.

Still, it’s a cheap way to Europe and back for anyone in New York and potentially from other East Coast cities as well.

About Gary Leff

Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel - a topic he has covered since 2002. Co-founder of frequent flyer community InsideFlyer.com, emcee of the Freddie Awards, and named one of the "World's Top Travel Experts" by Conde' Nast Traveler (2010-Present) Gary has been a guest on most major news media, profiled in several top print publications, and published broadly on the topic of consumer loyalty. More About Gary »

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Comments

  1. You are correct Gary – if it’s booked with a IB codeshared number, you’ll earn only 30% of the miles on non-USSpain flights, even though you’re on AA (or any other airline) metal.

  2. Does anyone know what % credit one gets if one provides the BA number instead of AA or IB frequent flyer number?
    TIA,

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