American Airlines Sale
I was looking for an inexpensive way to get to Greece from RDU in September and decided to check on the direct flight from Raleigh/Durham(NC) to London. I found a fare for about $600 including tax and then found flights from London to Athens for about $220. The $820 including tax is not a bad fare, so you may want to check out the fares from a city close to you and see if you can find a cheap one on American to London and then the connecting flight to Athens on another airline. Visit the GreeceFlights Strategy #3 page for ideas on how to get to Greece(although you can use this strategy to get to different countries in Europe also).
If you find flights, make sure that you have enough time between flights to ensure that you don’t miss one of them. That could be trouble as neither airline is responsible to get you anywhere at a certain time. They just have to get you there… what’s a safe amount of time? 4-5 hours at the least, but even that might not be enough if your flight is very delayed! An overnight stay isn’t a bad idea…but remember, that it will add to the cost getting over there, so the inexpensive ticket will be a little more expensive if you have to add hotel, food and other misc. expenses.
You might also want to look into Travel Insurance…..