Least Expensive Airfare to Four Continents

Least expensive air travel from Omaha to four continents - Europe, Asia, South America and Africa.

Outline

  1. Ground rules
  2. Method
  3. Influence of travel dates
  4. Least expensive round-trip to Europe
  5. Least expensive round-trip to Asia
  6. Least expensive round-trip to South America
  7. Least expensive round-trip to Africa
  8. Sum total of all three airfares

Ground rules

This is somewhat of a competition. I give extra points for the person with the least total airfare to all of these continents. All airfares must be roundtrip from Omaha, and must for be a three-week period from now until Sept. 1. It can be two different airlines, in which case you would present two different graphic files. The timing must be such that you can make the connection. Provide at least 3 hours. If the connection has you spending the night at the airport, you must include the cost of a hotel.

Generally, the least expensive fares to these destinations are from coastal cities in the US, like LA and New York. In order to get the lowest fare, you need to find the least expensive coastal city and the least expensive flight from Omaha to that city. Sites like Kayak and Expedia won't do this automatically. There may be some ground transportation involved in transferring to a nearby airport. Include the ground transportation cost and associated graphics. Bigger cities have multiple airports so don't get confused. New York, for example, has five airports: JFK, LaGuardia, Newark, White Plains, and Newburgh. Only three offer international flights. The cheapest flights are often from the smaller airports that charge a lesser fee for landing.

You don't need to check luggage but you do need to include a carry-on bag.

Prices vary widely during this period. They also vary by day of the week. You must present screenshots of the airfare with sufficient detail to verify the dates, connections, and price - including taxes. Use only commercial airlines - you can't use military aircraft or family connections with commercial companies. The flight leaves from Omaha 窶� you can't drive to another city.

Method

I used the kyak and sky scanner websites in researching this assignment.

Influence of travel dates and cities

I tried the following three-week periods from now until Sept. 1. I tried the following cities.

Least expensive round-trip from Omaha to Europe

 

 

 

OMA-KEF 7/08

KEF-OMA 8/3  ＄616 KL

Least expensive round-trip from Omaha to Asia

 

OMA-TPE 5/8

TPE-OMA 5/28 ＄783 UA

Least expensive round-trip from Omaha to South America

 

OMA-POS 5/5

POS-OMA 5/27 ＄479 UA

Least expensive round-trip from Omaha to Africa

 

OMA-GIG 3/11

GIG-OMA 4/1 ＄954 DL

Sum total of all four airfares

Europe: $616

Asia: $783

South America: $479

Africa: $954

Total price  $2,832

Submitted by Takanori Ikeda on February 13, 2020.