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How to shop business class tickets to Rome
Hello.
I have traveled a lot, but I admit I am not very savvy at securing the best deals for our flights. We want to travel from Boise, ID, to Rome in the month of September. Business class is a must (done with being pretzeled in coach!). We are flexible on dates but I cannot seem to do a business-class search for an entire month of rates. Skyskanner has coach fare comparisons but I am just getting lost and confused. I really want to do this right this time. I have 1,400,000+ points on our Cap One Venture card to use. Any advice would be appreciated.
[USER=1660]@PATTY HUSK[/USER]
Welcome.
ITA Matrix is very power full tool for searching for flights, but it’s not a booking site and can be hard to use.
[URL=’https://matrix.itasoftware.com/#view-flights:research=BOIROM-ROMBOI’]https://matrix.itasoftware.com/[/URL]
For travel in September with 1 week stay in Rome I’m seeing a starting price of just under $4K, is this what you are seeing also?
Using Google flights for searching might be easier for you.
[URL=’http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.com/2015/06/09/using-google-flights-to-find-cheap-fares/?_ga=1.152003504.886473818.1455060131′]http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.com/2015/06/09/using-google-flights-to-find-cheap-fares/[/URL]
I assume you know that Capital One Venture is really a cash back card and that 1 points is really just 1 cent worth of travel? So your 1.4 million points are really just $14000 worth of flights?
While it may not be all that bad a cashback card if you are an small spender.
[URL]http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.com/2016/03/04/capital-one-venture-travel/[/URL]
It’s not a good card when putting as much spend on it as you seems to have done.
[URL]http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.com/2015/08/04/capital-one-venture-card/[/URL]
[QUOTE=”No Name, post: 14182, member: 268″][USER=1660]@PATTY HUSK[/USER]
Welcome.
ITA Matrix is very power full tool for searching for flights, but it’s not a booking site and can be hard to use.
[URL=’https://matrix.itasoftware.com/#view-flights:research=BOIROM-ROMBOI’]https://matrix.itasoftware.com/[/URL]
For travel in September with 1 week stay in Rome I’m seeing a starting price of just under $4K, is this what you are seeing also?
Using Google flights for searching might be easier for you.
I assume you know that Capital One Venture is really a cash back card and that 1 points is really just 1 cent worth of travel? So your 1.4 million points are really just $14000 worth of flights?
While it may not be all that bad a cashback card if you are an small spender.
[URL]http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.com/2016/03/04/capital-one-venture-travel/[/URL]
It’s not a good card when putting as much spend on it as you seems to have done.
[URL]http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.com/2015/08/04/capital-one-venture-card/[/URL][/QUOTE]
google flights is just basically a stripped down version of Google/s ITA Matrix isn’t it?
[QUOTE=”Jacob McCarthy, post: 14183, member: 104″]google flights is just basically a stripped down version of Google/s ITA Matrix isn’t it?[/QUOTE]
Think it uses the underlying search engine, but the user interface for first time users is much easier and it also offers links to booking for a number of airlines.
[QUOTE=”No Name, post: 14185, member: 268″]Think it uses the underlying search engine, but the user interface for first time users is much easier and it also offers links to booking for a number of airlines.[/QUOTE]
yes, I like the direct links in google flights
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