So read the fine print, and both measure and weigh your bag. If you re planning on buying some sou

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That said, hopping a low-cost airline to Italy isn t  always  the best (or even the cheapest!) way to go. Here are some things to keep in mind before tickets airline book online search you book your flight! Ryanair isn t your only option anymore.
The airline made famous for its 99p fares (and infamous for its customer service) remains loved, tickets airline book online search loathed and one of the most popular budget tickets airline book online search options out there. It also connects to 23 different tickets airline book online search cities in Italy, including Venice, Rome, Pisa, and Palermo.
That said? In recent years, Ryanair has had some serious competition. And it s debatable, once you add in the airline s many extra fees, whether it s always tickets airline book online search even the cheapest option. Extra charges include hefty baggage fees, a 2 percent charge for booking tickets airline book online search with a credit card online tickets airline book online search (impossible to avoid unless you sign up for Ryanair s own card), expensive on-flight snacks and food, and even the highly-controversial £60 fee, which is levied if you forget to print your boarding pass at home. Obviously, that adds up!
So when you re searching for a cheap flight in Europe, cast a wide net. EasyJet flies to 14 destinations in Italy, including Rome, Naples, Venice, Verona, and Bologna. tickets airline book online search Monarch  connects the U.K. with Rome, Verona, and Venice (although one of our followers notes that, in the past, they ve canceled flights with little to no notice).
Meanwhile, our vote for budget flights goes to Vueling tickets airline book online search , one of the newest, and, we think, best budget airlines out there. The cheap European airline already has 12 destinations in Italy, including Florence, tickets airline book online search and it connects them to a variety of hubs across tickets airline book online search Europe, like Barcelona, tickets airline book online search Madrid, London, and Paris. Best of all? We find that their planes, service, and attitude are top of the budget-airline industry. Don t forget to check the non-budget airlines, too.
Especially when you add in those extra fees, it s sometimes cheaper to book with a traditional airline. Lufthansa tickets airline book online search , British Airways tickets airline book online search , and Alitalia all can have surprisingly good deals—and tickets airline book online search without the extra fees and headaches. All three, for example, let you check one bag of up to 23kg for free, even if you re traveling only within Europe or Italy. Not to mention that they ll give you snacks, drinks, and maybe even a meal, for free! Talk about luxury.
To cast as wide a net as possible, always check aggregator sites (we like Kayak , Opodo , Vayama , Mobissimo tickets airline book online search  and Skyscanner ), which run through fares for multiple airlines, including most of the major ones.
But remember that  not  every airline chooses to have its fares included on every search engine—so it s worth checking airline sites individually, tickets airline book online search too. (Hey, we never said finding a cheap fare would be fast!). Heading to your budget flight? Great. Now weigh your bag. Measure its dimensions. And weigh it again.
Don t think that you ll be able to sneak that overweight bag past a sharp-eyed Ryanair or Easyjet attendant. Well, okay, you might  be able to at an Italy airport, where things tend to be slightly more lax. But probably not. And in London, Paris, tickets airline book online search or Dublin? No chance.
So read the fine print,  and both measure and  weigh your bag. If you re planning on buying some souvenirs on your trip, it s worth picking up one of those handy, portable luggage scales that you can get for less than $10, just to make sure you haven t added too much weight along the way.
It s also worth having an idea of whether you ll want to check a bag before  you book your budget flight—and definitely before you arrive at the airport. With Ryanair, for example, if you want to bring more baggage with you than the 10kg you re allowed into the cabin, that ll be an extra €15—if you re checking a 15kg bag, in low season, and select the option tickets airline book online search when you initially book your flight. The same 15kg bag will cost you €20 if you opt for it later, or €60 if you pay for it at the airport. (And in high season, that same bag costs you up to €100 or €140 if it s 20kg). What airport does my budget flight land at, again?
This is another consideration to keep in mind, and   one that can potentially add another expense to a budget flight. Instead of using a city s biggest airport, many cheap European airlines fly into smaller airports, often located farther outside the city center.
This isn t always an inconvenience. tickets airline book online search The airport tickets airline book online search for budget flights to Rome, for example, is Ciampino. To get from there to the Rome city center, you can either take a combination of a 5-minute bus ride and a 15-minute train ride (total cost: €2.50), a bus that goes directly there (about €5),  or a taxi (the flat, city-set rate is €30). From Fiumicino, the international airport, on the other hand, the train is either €8 or €14, a bus is €5, and a cab is €48.
But other cities tickets airline book online search can be a little tickets airline book online search trickier. For Milan, many budget European flights land at Milan Malpensa, 48km outside the city center (although Malpensa is well-connected to the city center by public transport, the Milan Linate airport, on the other hand, is just 7km from the city center). So always double-check where your flight is landing— especially  if you re trying to make a connecting flight, or if you re having a transfer come to pick you up! If you ve chosen a budget airline, go to the airport prepared.
Most charge you for drinks and (terrible!) food, so it s often worth having tickets airline book online search some snacks and sandwiches made up and bringing them with you instead. Also keep in mind that many of the low-cost European airlines, including Ryanair, make extra money off of selling you products on board, which can result in a nonstop parade of flight attendants up and down the aisle, calling out that they have a new product to sell.
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If travelling from the north of England, also check out little known Jet2 from Manchester or Leeds. A small budget airline, but more Easyjet then Ryanair, good service and paid checked baggage is 22 kilos. Daily direct flights during the summer season, and almost every day the rest of the time, with Rome service tickets airline book online search arriving at Fiumicino. Reply TennisWeBlog.com February 19, 2013 at 7:08 pm #
Thats s true, European airlines offers some pretty interesting tickets airline book online search flights to Italy. For example, tickets airline book online search I used Raynair from Warsaw, Poland to Bologna, Italy and it costed me only 100 euros !! That was just great, althought there may be even cheaper airlines in Europe. Ah and I d like to add that they were super comfortable and we landed 15 minutes earlier than we were supposed to ;D Reply Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.
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