Budget European Airlines-Sterling
Europe is filled with discount carriers that can take you just about anywhere you want to go, for cheap, even with US dollars and despite even higher fuel costs on this side of the pond. Discount carriers include Ryanair, Easyjet, SkyEurope, Transavia and Sterling to name a few.
Sterling is a Scandinavian based airline and from Amsterdam they fly to Stockholm, Copenhagen, Oslo and Bergen, Norway. Of course, if you’re flying from a major Scandinavian city there are many more European destination options.
Obviously with any good deal you have to be somewhat flexible in the dates you can fly. But when we booked our plane tickets on Sterling about a month ago we got a fantastic deal. A one-way flight from Amsterdam to Stockholm and then another one-way from Copenhagen to Amsterdam cost a total of 125 euros including all taxes and fees. Even with the poor US exchange rate that is only $190 per person.
This is an especially good deal for traveling to Scandinavia in summer, the only time the weather is actually decent. These weren’t even the cheapest flights for this time of year, but they were on the cheaper end and of course you can pay much more with Sterling.
Sterling makes extra money if you want to pick your seats ahead of time-15 euros. And if you want an emergency exit seat that’ll run you 25 euros. Hey, remember when those seats were for oh, for emergencies! Anyways, the cool thing is that they only charge 3 euros per checked bag, which is much cheaper than the $15 fees that the US airlines are starting to charge now.
So even with US dollars, in expensive Scandinavian countries, budget traveling isn’t totally dead. Look for a review on Sterling when I return!
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Jul 8, 2008 at 7:51 am
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