Sweet mother of airline ticket fares!!!

[ShirahBet 42]

In the recent approval of my husband's waiver and his impending trip to the consulate tomorrow to drop of his medical and clearances, I was curious to find out how much the one-ways are from either RBA or CMN... and holy expletives, Batman! On Delta, a one-way is averaging $3400 USD. Flights are much cheaper on Kayak but the travel times are 34 hours.

That's really it, I just needed to rant about the price of air travel.

[cclr 6]

did you look at round trips? Sometimes it is cheaper to buy a roundtrip and just not take the return, check a variety of return flight times and dates (since you won't use it you can be flexible) and see if that lowers the fare.

[ShirahBet 42]

Thanks, he'll buy the ticket after he gets his passport back from the embassy and he'll probably do exactly that... Although his mother is very ill, it's probably better to buy a round trip anyhow.

[Cathi 5,755]

what month is he traveling? I just booked 3 flights to Amman through Delta for May, booked it 2 weeks ago. It was $1230 per ticket round trip. We are flying Air France as part of Delta

PS i booked it right on their site, it was less expensive than any of the travel sites

[ShirahBet 42]

I've always traveled Air France/Delta to Morocco and usually find good rates. I think he'll look at the beginning of April so he can tie up loose ends. I just wanted to cry a little when I saw the one-way fares! Who do they think they're kidding! For that price, he can get a first class round trip ticket...

[Shoot Em Straight 385]

search kayak, RT and when u find closer to what you like...hrs and cost then go straight to AF and search the narrowed down dates there. There are always betters fares and flight times out there than what you quoted.

BTW if he is closer to Rabat ....that is a sweet airport and very easy to catch a flight from compared to CMN ( yuck)

[ShirahBet 42]

Yep, that's where I fly in and out of!

[Possiblymaybe 371]

Did you try Royal Air Maroc? They have non-stops from Casa to JFK for about $900

[Ismael&Blair 66]

Yes, the cost of the airfares is outrageous. I felt the same way too. My husband was able to find a 1 way ticket within 1 month of departure through ROYAL MAROC for about $1100 leaving from Casablanca straight to NYC. It was the best price for September 2013 within 1 month of purchasing it for departure.

The price may be high now too because of Spring Break and especially if you don't book 3 month ahead.

Anyhow, congrats to you & your husband reuniting!

Edited March 17, 2014 by Ismael&Blair

[myjourneytoo 49]

In the recent approval of my husband's waiver and his impending trip to the consulate tomorrow to drop of his medical and clearances, I was curious to find out how much the one-ways are from either RBA or CMN... and holy expletives, Batman! On Delta, a one-way is averaging $3400 USD. Flights are much cheaper on Kayak but the travel times are 34 hours.

That's really it, I just needed to rant about the price of air travel.

Yes the price is outrageous at this time because of spring break and the holiday (ester). It is best to book a round trip and ditch the return leg if you want. I just booked April 9^th to 23^rd with AF for $1050 round trip through my agent. Try online cheapoair had good prices. BTW I am flying from Dulles Washington. When I log in to VJ cheapoair are advertising $950 to CMN.

And we all rant about the prices it’s becoming more and more prohibitive to visit our loved ones spatially for me that I go 3 times a year.

best of luck.

[RFQ 110]

We booked tickets for about 500-550 one way from Cairo. Can it really be that much more from Morocco?

[RFQ 110]

http://www.bookonline.saudiairlines.com/pl/SaudiAirlines/wds/StartOver.action;jsessionid=7RQWTnGY102D55n1Lgrb5GBxwYYVdN9vkpFvrXpHTSQcXGtGWyys!-1121155913!-1769754116

Check this on Saudi Arabian Airlines (very nice) 738$ 22hr trip time (long i know) on April 15 Casa to JFK.


We used momondo.com to buy a ticket from JFK to his final destination and found some decent flights from Cairo to JFK as well on momondo-- SA airlines had the best fair and travel time to the US in our instance.

Edited March 17, 2014 by RFQ

[Ihavequestions 419]

A month ago I paid $536 from Detroit to Cairo (with a layover in Amman), and that was three days ahead of the flight. I purchased my ticket off of cheapoair.com.

Whatever you do, try to keep his departure ahead of that region's summer tourist season - June, July, and August.

[LizzieBee 25]

Prices within the US are outrageous right now, too, because of Spring Break and whatnot. Check for a few weeks later, and check cheapoair.com.

[ShirahBet 42]

Thanks all. Yes, airfares can be that outrageously different from Egypt than Morocco. The flights to JFK don't help since it's another 3-500 from JFK to Chicago. We'll see. He still has some stuff to wrap up and he'll start looking when the visa is in his hand, hopefully later this week.