Flights from Italy - Summer 2023

Probably not going to get all 30-50% back but just set a Google flight alert and you'll likely find a dip at some point, but taking the risk that flight completely sells out. Depends on how many options you have.

Thats exactly what we did. JFK to FCO. I ended up with 2 premium select tickets on Delta for about 1500 each. Somehow spotted a faredrop and added the MSY to JFK. The fare went so low Delta credited me 400 ish each for future use. I still need to book the JFK back to Louisiana, but have a few options and may stay in NYC for a day or so. I used google alerts and found the fare drop on a Sunday evening. I booked about 5-6 months ahead of time. United just posted a Europe sale. You could try IAH to FCO.

You may have to tweak your dates in italy for a more favorable fare. Try ATL and JFK. We also did Dulles to NAP last year with only 6 weeks planning. That was on united and stopped in Brussels. Virgin goes to Milan. I have never tried any of the pay to play airfare groups, but maybe someone has.

Sorry didn't realize not OP.

I've been looking for a few months now and they've gone up slightly over the past week or so. It looks like people are starting to buy as I'm seeing a few less seats available on the flights I've been looking at. Direct from Atlanta to Rome on Delta is ~$2100 right now. Comfort Plus is ~$2800.

Unless you just want to take a chance and wait in case they come down, I think this may be where they land unfortunately.

How much do you like discount airlines?

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Direct from Atlanta to Rome on Delta is ~$2100 right now. Comfort Plus is ~$2800.

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I just looked again today and coach is ~$2200-2400 and Comfort+ is now up over $3k. Tickets are starting to be purchased so I don't see them coming back down by much.

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I just looked again today and coach is ~$2200-2400 and Comfort+ is now up over $3k

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Coach is now ~$3000 for the two direct flights to Rome on Delta four months out(June 23rd specifically). There are still a lot of seats left too. This is nuts.

There are only a handful of comfort+ seats left though.

Prices have sky rocketed. For sure.

I usually book 4 to 6 months ahead of time but always get refundable fare in case of deals or special offers.

PSA for everyone: Search for flights from an InPrivate (if you use Edge) or Incognito (Chrome) or similar mode that clears your cookies. Close the window when you're done with the search.

If you use a regular browser without privacy extensions, the sites you're hitting know what you searched for this morning, yesterday, and the week before, even if you don't login.

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Your best bet may be trying just to get to a large airport stateside and book a separate ticket to your final destination

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Or (if time allows) book a flight to another destination in Europe that has a low fare. Stay for a few days then fly to Italy.

I was able to do that a few years back. Houston to Rome was very expensive but to London was MUCH cheaper. After two nights in London and cheap flight to Rome, it was actually cheaper than flying to Rome direct.

To be fair, I was flying to Rome by myself to meet some folks. So I was about to do London on the cheap.