Grading Last-Call Summer Business Class Fares to Europe
Grading Last-Call Summer Business Class Fares to Europe
Perhaps you’ve only just now felt the heat and woken up to the fact that summer has started.
As a result, many of you have procrastinated on pulling the trigger for a well-deserved European summer vacation.
But wouldn’t you be eager to pull that trigger if the price was right? Thought so. That’s why we’re here to help with a special set of research.
Here’s a quick fare survey from some of the top U.S. cities to the lowest-fare European cities—for travel in August and September.
Some of these fares are so good (see chart below), it’s hard not to pull the trigger now if Europe is on your list for potential travel this summer. Happy hunting.
Grading Summer Business Class Fares on Major Airlines
| U.S. Departure Cities | Grade | Range | Sample Routes |
| Los Angeles | Amazing | Under $2,500 | Moscow |
| Very Good | $2,501 to $2,900 | Madrid | |
| Decent | $2,901 to $3,000 | Athens, Barcelona, Copenhagen, Dublin, Stockholm and more | |
| Normal / Everyday | $3,001 to $3,500 | Brussels, Frankfurt, London, Zurich and more | |
| San Francisco | Amazing | Under $2,500 | Helsinki |
| Very Good | $2,501 to $2,900 | Barcelona, Madrid, Munich | |
| Decent | $2,901 to $3,000 | Athens, Copenhagen, Manchester, Stockholm and more | |
| Normal / Everyday | $3,001 to $3,500 | Amsterdam, Brussels, Geneva, London and more | |
| Chicago | Amazing | Under $2,300 | St. Petersburg, Moscow |
| Very Good | $2,301 to $2,600 | Helsinki, Rome, Sofia | |
| Decent | $2,601 to $2,900 | Athens, Barcelona, Brussels, Madrid, Paris | |
| Normal / Everyday | $2,901 to $3,000 | Budapest, Dublin, Lisbon, Prague, Oslo, Stockholm | |
| Dallas | Amazing | Under $2,300 | Bologna |
| Very Good | $2,301 to $2,500 | Madrid, Barcelona | |
| Decent | $2,501 to $2,900 | Amsterdam, Madrid, Dublin | |
| Normal / Everyday | $2,901 to $3,300 | Helsinki, London, Rome, Copenhagen and more | |
| Houston | Amazing | Under $2,500 | Helsinki, Valencia |
| Very Good | $2,501 to $2,800 | Amsterdam | |
| Decent | $2,801 to $3,000 | Barcelona, Copenhagen, Lisbon, Shannon, Athens | |
| Normal / Everyday | $3,001 to $3,300 | Brussels, Munich, Rome, Zurich and more | |
| Miami | Amazing | Under $1,800 | Moscow |
| Very Good | $1,801 to $2,200 | Bologna | |
| Decent | $2,201 to $2,900 | Madrid, Barcelona, Dublin, London, Rome, Paris, Venice | |
| Normal / Everyday | $2,901 to $3,200 | Amsterdam, Athens, Milan, Zurich and more | |
| Boston | Amazing | Under $2,250 | Bologna, Dublin |
| Very Good | $2,251 to $2,400 | Manchester | |
| Decent | $2,401 to $2,700 | Amsterdam, Belgrade, Istanbul, Paris, Lisbon, Shannon | |
| Normal / Everyday | $2,701 to $3,300 | Copenhagen, London, Rome, Zurich and more | |
| New York | Amazing | Under $1,800 | Moscow |
| Very Good | $1,801 to $2,000 | Barcelona, Madrid, Dublin | |
| Decent | $2,001 to $2,200 | Lisbon, Berlin, Brussels | |
| Normal / Everyday | $2,201 TO $2,500 | Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Copenhagen, Zurich and more | |
| Washington, DC | Amazing | Under $1,900 | Moscow |
| Very Good | $1,901 to $2,300 | Bologna | |
| Decent | $2,301 to $2,900 | St. Petersburg | |
| Normal / Everyday | $2,901 to $3,300 | Athens, Copenhagen, Dublin, London and more |