Best airline cost and comfort wise for Travel to India during Jul 2009

idlebrain · Post by **idlebrain** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 8:00 pm

Since you can fly from Houston, I highly recommend Emirates. I recently traveled by Delta and it really sucks.
Emirates has excellent IFE system, USB port to plug your own USB media, power point to work on laptop, excellent food & service.

rmandy · Post by **rmandy** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 8:31 pm

Any ideas for one way fare to Hyderabad.

we can fly from atlanta, washington dc, charlotte,virginia and any other nearest airports that can be driven 6-8hrs.

Will that help to get better one way prices?

OUr issue is we dont know the exact dates we leave as we are dependent on US citizenship interview\oath dates.

direstraits88 · Post by **direstraits88** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 5:44 am

After June 5th it gets more expensive.. Before June 5th, you should be able to get off-season price. Your best bet may be still Air-India when it comes to price. And they fly from DC now (via new york of course)

skkavi · Post by **skkavi** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 10:48 pm

We are planning a trip in end of June (after 20th) from SFO to Chennai, but going thru Europe for a short trip (7 days), we are family of four with 7 and 4 kids..anyone interested to join as a family?
I got two quotes from my travel agency
lufthansa - 2000
Jet Airways - 1895

With Jetairways, I have to go to New york first before going to brussels and Chennai.

youngmom · Post by **youngmom** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 10:55 pm

skkavi;274752
I got two quotes from my travel agency
lufthansa - 2000
Jet Airways - 1895

Is this price because you are taking a break or fly through Europe is always expensive? It seems high compared to around $1500 quoted by Cathay Pacific if you fly via pacific.

skkavi · Post by **skkavi** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 12:05 am

The fare is high through Europe because it's summer and it's a peak season for air fares going though Europe. There is no penalty for the stop over period. You are right, in Cathay, it came to $1495 for adult, but we wanted to take a tour in Europe (London,paris,frankfurt/rome) for a week.

padsrik · Post by **padsrik** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 6:22 am

Finally, I booked tickets for our July return trip to Bangalore from Houston. I got a price of $1,450 through Qatar airlines. For my 9 yr old son the price is $1,180.

When I tried Qatar website I got a price of around $1,850, but my agent was able to get a price of $1,450 which I think is very good price for peak season.
After reading about Qatar airlines I am confident it is a good airline.

I will appreciate any updates on Qatar airline service experience.

farfromhome · Post by **farfromhome** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 7:00 am

padsrik;283648Finally, I booked tickets for our July return trip to Bangalore from Houston. I got a price of $1,450 through Qatar airlines. For my 9 yr old son the price is $1,180.

When I tried Qatar website I got a price of around $1,850, but my agent was able to get a price of $1,450 which I think is very good price for peak season.
After reading about Qatar airlines I am confident it is a good airline.

I will appreciate any updates on Qatar airline service experience.

Please look at this thread for Qatar Airways
http://www.r2iclubforums.com/forums/showthread.php/15915-Recent-experiences-flying-Qatar-Airways?highlight=qatar+airways