Tips for Cheap Airfare to Israel?

Silver Member Joined: Jan 14 2009 Posts: 738 Location: NY

Does anyone have advice for getting cheap tickets (5) from JFK to tel aviv?

Does anyone have the name of a travel agent who can help?

We'll also need a cell phone..
.. and a miracle

We'd like to fly out and return before the yomim tovim if possible (might not be), otherwise, after sukkos we suppose...

in case anyone has more advice, we're open Smile

Tia,
Rivka

Platinum Member Joined: Feb 20 2009 Posts: 7672

We got good rates and customer service from Do All travel agency in BP. You're pretty last minute, though.

Are you talking about aliyah flights? WOuldn't Nefesh b'Nefesh do that?

If you're thinking of just roundtrip tickets (as opposed to one way), see if you can move the dates. Leave well before yomtov and return well after. Or consider flying non-direct, check different cities (airlines) for transfer. Though after Succot should get cheaper.

Silver Member Joined: Jan 14 2009 Posts: 738 Location: NY

Thanks for your replies. We decided to travel after succos and base our travel dates more on cost. It is round trip. I wish I could say it was for aliyah!

I may check out Do All, but I need a real crackerjack travel agent who can get us awesome prices and knows what she's doing. I'll collect some travel agent names... even in Israel, if anyone can post more.

Thanks!
Rivka