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I will be backpacking around western Europe in May, and was planning on taking at least two flights (Munich to somewhere in Italy, then from wherever I end up in Italy to Spain).  I was wondering if it is going to be expensive and unrealistic to book these flights as little as a few days in advance.  Thanks.

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I guess your speaking of budget courriers.  You most likely can book that soon, but it won’t be a budget price.  Usually about 3 weeks before the flight their prices start to steadily go up. 

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Yes, I was thinking of budget carriers.  So if I try to book the flights soon, they will be highly priced?  Are you suggesting that I wait until about 3 weeks or more before I plan on flying to book them?

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Maybe this year is crazy, but Euro low-cost carrier flight prices are already starting to increase 8 or 9 months in advance. If you know your itinerary, I’d say to book it now. I do have to point out that it’s possible the carrier might have a sale, but look at what you are likely to save versus lose. For example, if you see a fare for 5 Euros plus tax right now, you will save very little if there’s a sale in a few months for 1 Euro plus tax, but you’ll lose a lot if it goes up to 100 Euros plus tax.
 
But you do have to be very sure of your itinerary, because changing it will be quite costly.

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yeah, then again I’ve never taken flights in the summer high season.  In any other season, if you book at least 3 weeks in advance, the price should be well below 100 euro.  But you should probably use some other advice than mine on this one.

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I’ve already booked a budget flight for travel in August.  It was only 0.01 Euro (plus taxes), so it was worth booking it early.

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the cheapest way to fly, is RyanAir.com, but theres one problem.  they dont fly out of munich, So if you could get to another German city i would try.  Go to Ryanair and see if you find any good flights

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Ryanair is good, but so are a lot of other airlines. Check here:

http://www.whichbudg…

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You can also try bestflights.com.au. They also have plenty of cheap flights.

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Are we talking inter-European flights here?  I am also looking at flying from somewhere in northern Europe to Rome so I don thave to ride a train. 

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Whichbudget.com and Skyscanner.net are good for isolating budget flights within Europe.

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I know that for us here in Edmonton. We spoke to a travel agency and they suggested for us to purchase our flights to England come February or MArch for a June flight.
Thatx with Air Transat I’m almost certain.


We are looking at 700-800 round trip including taxes if we purchase then.
otherwise after those months were looking at $1000 roundtrip with taxes…so were getting our flights next month YAYYY