[REQUEST] Sydney - Europe July/sept PEAK SEASON

[Shanye2233]

Hi guys ,

Wife's parents wishing to join us in a upcoming trip to Croatia. They are kinda old school and don't understand the points with US and LM so they went directly to the travel agent, and looking at $2,400+ for flights return . Must be cheaper available. I tried showing them the s7 trick to get over to mow and cut across but they simply aren't interested.

Here's what I need with min connections times . Syd - zad on July 30th (2days+/-) and then zad-syd on 11th sept (2 days +/-) .


Any savings or input would be Greatly appreciated

 

[smit0847]

You're not trying very hard - in less than 2 minutes I found it for $2,100 on the exact dates you want.

 

[Shanye2233]

Sorry to hear that mate . Hope your alright and thanks for your input.

 

[docjames]

What else have you tried?

If you give them a stopover in eg. SIN/KUL or somewhere in the Middle East, you could look at separate tickets SYD to stopover point, stopover point to Zag.

There's fares SIN-zag-sin for ~S$1700

 

[whatmeworry]

Do you want them to go to Zadar or Zagreb? I could help you further, but my help will come at a cost.

 

[Shanye2233]

They want to fly into zadar . And they don't want long connections sitting in airports with no lounge access and I don't think separate tickets are a good idea either . I gave them the s7 routing with eihad for return trip of $3100 for both then I cheapie from mow to zad still not interested . The price they are paying I can get them first class but they just won't take it . They don't understand the miles/points .

For the above poster I'm happy to pay your cost !

 

[docjames]

Unless you want to explore options such as mixed ticketing with stopover (to minimise a mis-connect) then you're stuck basically with published airfares, which will mean unless one of a few airlines (due to the lack of options into ZAD) has a killer sale, you're stuck paying around the $2500 mark.

I understand why you (your relatives) don't, but your options to reduce the price are limited if they are highly inflexible, travelling in peak season.

You may find a few other options if you look also at travel into SPU then ground transfer from there.

 

[Shanye2233]

Thanks docjames jobs done . If you need some advice PM me for help maybe a RA certifcate .

 

[docjames]

What routing did you end up getting?

 

[Shanye2233]

I think they paid $2600 each with eihad. I did my best i flew around the world in F for a family of four for about the same price they paid . Even tho it was a mistake !

 

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