Thu, May 20
18:30
DFW
Dallas
9h 46m
Nonstop
10:16+1
LHR
London
$498
/ person
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Cheaper, or dearer for a long stop in the hub city. Either way, if the first flight is late the second airline owes you nothing.
Nothing beat the through fare on the recommended route.
A cheap hop to a bigger airport first, then the long-haul on a separate ticket.
No gateway combo beat the direct long-haul fares on this trip.
Buying the same flights a different way: an open-jaw ticket, a round trip that costs less than a one-way, splitting a group booking, a rail pass. Most are ordinary; any card that breaks an airline's rules says so on its face.
Not run on sample fares. On your own trip this is searched live.
A ticket past your city that costs less, where you get off at the connection. Never counted in any total.
Your Dallas → London flight can connect through Madrid with a gap of 25h. That's about 13 daylight hours in the city, once you are through the airport at both ends. It runs overnight, so you need somewhere to sleep, or to stay up. It costs $43 more than the cheapest fare for that leg (and $199 less than booking Dallas → Madrid and Madrid → London separately).
Madrid is on your list (you also stay there later). This single ticket gives you a 25h gap there for $43 more vs the cheapest DFW→LON, and $199 less vs flying DFW→MAD→LON on two tickets. If a day is enough, drop the later Madrid stop and re-run without it.
Your London → Athens flight can connect through Istanbul with a gap of 22h. That's about 15 daylight hours in the city, once you are through the airport at both ends. It costs $13 more than the cheapest fare for that leg.
Bonus city: a 22h gap in Istanbul on the way, for $13 more vs the cheapest LON→ATH.
Drag the cities into any order, set the nights, then pick any ticket we priced on each leg, paying a little more for nonstop or a different airline.
Drag cities into the order you want (or use the arrows), set how many nights each gets, then re-plan. The optimizer keeps your order and only picks the dates and flights.
Every leg of the recommended plan with everything we priced for it. Pay a little more for nonstop, a different airline, or a better time; the totals update.
Everyone does not have to fly home the same way. Put travelers on each option and the group total updates.
The return leg in the recommended plan.
About $394/person more than the plan's own flight home (estimate, verify before booking).
Ticketed Madrid → Austin for $339, get off at DFW (Dallas) and skip AA2681. Saves $64/person vs the $403 fare to Dallas. Carry-on only, one-way only; against airline rules.
Everyone doesn't have to fly home the same way. Put a number of travelers on each option; the total updates.
| Option | Per person | Travelers | Subtotal |
|---|---|---|---|
Madrid → Dallas nonstopcheapest | $408 | 2 | $816 |
add Istanbul for 3 nights, fly home from thereadd-on city | $802 | 0 | $0 |
| Travelers assigned | 2 of 2 | ||
| Return flights for 2 travelers | $816 | ||
| vs everyone on the plan's own return | no difference | ||
Cheap from where you will already be. The number is what it costs on top of the plan, and a negative one means the longer trip is cheaper.
Lisbon is $35 from Madrid versus $591 from home. Add it to the end of the trip and fly home from Lisbon for about $217 per person more than the cheapest return from Madrid that month.
Istanbul is $134 from Madrid versus $684 from home. Add it to the end of the trip and fly home from Istanbul for about $394 more per person.
Marrakech is $40 from Madrid versus $665 from home. Add it to the end of the trip and fly home from Marrakech for about $346 per person more than the cheapest return from Madrid that month.
Casablanca is $60 from Madrid versus $716 from home. Add it to the end of the trip and fly home from Casablanca for about $370 per person more than the cheapest return from Madrid that month.
Tunis is $89 from Madrid versus $899 from home.
Tbilisi is $118 from Budapest versus $1,054 from home.
Tel Aviv is $190 from London versus $892 from home.
Dubai is $302 from London versus $789 from home.
Nobody buys a trip like this in one sitting. This remembers which legs are already paid for, in this browser, so the plan is worth coming back to.
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