Archive for December, 2010

European Airlines- High Taxes?

Saturday, December 4th, 2010

I get a lot of sale notices from both major and discount airlines, both European and American and I have stopped holding my breath trying to find good fares with the major European ones. I subscribe to Lufthansa, Air France and Iberia and every time I get one of their notices which advertise low fares, […]

Traveling with or without Children…..

Friday, December 3rd, 2010

There was a time when airlines used to offer discounts to children…. Two nice discounts were available: 1) a 25% discount for children between the ages of 2-12 whereas they would get their own seat and 2) an 80% discount for children under two who would travel as lap babies. These discounts helped to cut […]