It’s Still Flying: The World’s Best Airfares Are Here Months Later and are Now Even Lower

The World’s Most Ridiculously Amazing Airfare Strategy Nets Business Class for up to $92 Less than Coach on Delta & SkyTeam Partners to Europe and South America.

After 22 years of premium airfare analysis, we thought one thing was constant: Really great deals don’t stick around for long.

For one particular strategy however, spectacular fares are still ripe for the picking. These fares are not only still valid, but now, seven months later, on many routes they are even lower.

FCF’s Leg Stretch Strategy—A quick recap:

FCF readers have surely seen the special reports we’ve written under the heading “Leg Stretch Strategy.” The approach uses unconventional routings and a North American stop-over to save money on international tickets—in other words, it connects you with the world, using a U.S. city (your origin) as the middle-leg or stop-over.

Ever thought of your home as the stop-over?

It works if you live in the U.S. and do business or vacation in Europe twice a year or more, and you have a hankering to go to South America for whatever reason. This strategy gets you an irresistible.

The Leg Stretch Strategy packages these seemingly disparate destinations into one beautiful fare-friendly ticket that does NOT have to be done in one go. You can break up the itinerary to suit your schedule. Remember, your home is the stopover city, and you can stay there for months at a time, as long as your trip does not exceed one year.

It does this by making use of free round-trip stopovers on low-fare routes to South America from Europe. The trick is in the sequencing of the trip, and the first part is to get to Europe on a discounted one-way flight. It’s not hard to do.

From there, the sequencing goes: Europe to the U.S. (free stopover), U.S. to South America, South America to the U.S. (free stopover), U.S. to Europe.

How a Simple One-Way Ticket to Europe Unlocks Trips to Europe & South America for Just $2,358 in Business Class for Four (4) Long-haul Segments in Comfort

Airfare Math Like You’ve Never Seen

A New York to Amsterdam return ticket in economy typically ranges from ~$400 to $1,000; and a New York to Buenos Aires return ticket in economy ranges from ~$1,060 to $1,450 on Delta. That’s $1,460 at a minimum to fly economy—and easily $2,450, depending on your dates—while the LSS nets those same destinations in Business Class for $2,358.

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If you haven’t done so, we urge you to take another look at the Leg Stretch Strategy, because it is an astonishing way to save on airfares. The airlines could put a stop to this with a simple change in the fare rules, but they haven’t yet. That could change by the end of this paragraph. Don’t wait. Get out that bucket list and make it work for you.

The May LSS: Still Flying

The LSS fare outlined in May for a US—Europe—South Pacific itinerary in Business Class is still valid on Air New Zealand. Fares currently start at £4,158 (at today’s exchange rate, about $5,879). For details, see FCF’s May report.

The same hold true for the LSS for fares for travel U.S.—Europe—South America in Business Class on United, but fares are higher than Delta’s, for details see FCF’s August report.

FCF is sorry to report that fares for the LSS for travel U.S.—Europe—South America in First Class on American, first reported back in September, have expired.