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Fly around Europe for as little as twenty bucks one way! (from CouchSurfing - Travel Tips)

CouchSurfing - Travel Tips: "Fly around Europe for as little as twenty bucks one way!
6/13/05 8:56pm written by CouchSurfing member
If your planning a low cost trip to Europe look into regional European airlines. Airlines like Easyjet, Ryanair, Germanwings and Snowflake offer deals that are so amazingly cheap it's hard for Americans to believe. For the most part these airlines don't advertise in the U.S and to buy tickets you have to go to their websites. In April I was planning to go from Berlin to Krakow. Train fare was about 160$ roundtrip while a one way ticket on easyjet cost fifteen bucks! I'm planning to go back to Europe in September and recently looked into airfare from London's Stansted airport to Berlin. The price: 8.99 euro. That is about thirteen dollars. The only drawback to flying with these cheapie airlines is that to get these deals you generally have to buy tickets at least a month in advance, which doesn't allow for much flexibiltiy. Also, there are no refunds if you cancel or miss your flight (as I did!) Some of the airports (such as Stansted iin London) are inconveniant. However airports such as Berlin's Schoenfeld, which houses easyjet and Germanwings, are very accessible. There is an S bahn station directly in front of the airport and will get you into the heart of Berlin for two euros. I know trains are romantic and all that, but c'mon, for travellers on a budget, you can't beat twenty six bucks round trip."

Easyjet does not allow more than 20 kilos and Ryan Air more than 15 (but have a 10 kilos handbag plus). So travel as light as you can.

Posted by Spidey at 1:23 PM