Hey Guys!!
Just want to know if somebody can send me information about some travel agency that offers good prices on th tickets, yesterday I tried to buy my tkts ($1110) and the travel agent told me that the prices went up
$ 2028 via Lan Chile NYC-Lima leaving on Dec 18 and coming back on Jan 2.
Can you believe that?????????? I planned to go with my husband but spend $4000 just on tkts????

Hope to get some responses soon...

Hugs

Vi [size=3]

Tickets to Peru are ridiculously expensive. My wife left last Tuesday to Lima for a 10 day visit and we paid from Miami $640.00. I used to pay around $380.00 a year ago. Thanks gas prices.

Try looking into leaving out of Miami to Lima on LAN or American and get separate tickets for the trip from New York to Miami. My quick search would put at around $1,300.00 total each. Still expensive, but better than the $2,000.00 your travel agent wants

A travel agency I have used in the past is www.abstravel.com


Good luck

From cincinnati, Ohio via delta $759 only 1 stop (in january 2007)
try use www.travelocity.com to find best prices they change every time

prices have been fluctuating a lot recently. I too have seen the huge jump around that time unfortunately. I am looking at round trip tickets from DTW or CLE to LIM Dec30/31 with a return Jan7/8. Also need a matching flight from LIM to DTW/CLE on Jan7/8. Prices have gone up around 300$ per flight for NW/Continental, but AA has only jumped about 50 bucks.

Then again, they did the same thing about 3 months ago and then went back down again when I was looking at my tickets for the first of Sept.

I still looking with no luck, we'll see what happen in the next weeks a few travel agencies put us in waiting list.... wish us luck.....

Vi

VEROKA!!!
Te pasaste!!!!!!!!!!!! encontre en www.travelocity.com un super precio, $1185 via Lan with 1 stop in Guayaquil (1.30) I will try to buy it as soon as possible.
Thank you very much....

Vi

HOLA SABES HE ESCUCHADO DE UNA AGENCIA ON LINE QUE SE LLAMA COSTAMAR.COM, ME HE ENTERADO QUE ALLI TIENEN MUY BUENOS PRECIOS, PERO CREO QUE TE TIENES QUE REGISTRAR CON ELLOS, HEY, NO PIERDES NADA CON INVESTIGARLO, CREO QUE LA PROXIMA VEZ QUE VALLA AL PERU LO TRATARE TAMBIEN, SUERTE.......

We always buy them tkts, we call one of the office here in New York and there is a peruvian lady that always helps us to get amazing prices, but I think that this time we are just going to use the internet.

You should constantly check all carriers. Delta, LAN, AA, Continnental, AeroMexico, etc.

The prices for Christmas will be higher than any other part of the year. But try adjusting your departure and return dates. Look at flying out of another Airport. i.e. Miami vs Atlanta vs Newark vs JFK vs Washington vs DFW vs Houston etc.

Look into taking indirect flights, maybe a flight like Atlanta to Mexico City to Lima, or Miami to Quito to Lima, or Miami to Santiago to Lima. Also look into taking the overnight flights that leave out of Miami usually. They tend to run a lot cheaper. Also a lot of times the prices will drop within 28 days of the departure date. So you may want to buy your ticket later.

Although more expensive you could buy now fully refundable tickets, and then keep checking everyday for cheaper tickets--and when you see them, buy the cheaper ones and get your refund for the ones you buy now.

Thanks Guys!!
I bought my tkts last weeks, I got a very good price for me and my hubby, I'll be leaving for Lima on Dec 18th and Sil on the 21rst both direct flights via Lan Chile (we always use that airline)'cause is more convenient for us.
Anybody else going to Peru for Christmas?????????

Saludos

Vi

Vi.......... how much did end up paying ??????

Sorry for the late response

I paid for mine $ 1119 Dec 18 - Jan 2
For Sil $1437 Dec 21 - Jan2

both direct flights. Departure from JFK

that's not too bad. I managed to get tickets for under 900 for the trip for the first of Oct for the interview. I am scared of ticket prices for january now

For that time of the year........... very good prices............. ENJOY your trip

I'll definitely enjoy it, and I agree with you we got very good prices. Tkt prices for january start to go down after the 15th.

Not sure if this wil help but since you are in NYC call Avianca Air, see what it costs to fly to Bogota , www.avianca.com and then on to Peru from Bogota. Last summer I went to Bogota then wanted to visit friends in Buenos Aires, from here, Las Vegas, it was over $2200 RT. I flew to Bogota, &650 RT and then bought my tickets to BA for another $650 RT. Check it out, may work may not. Just need to find out what airlines fly out of Bogota and then on to Lima or whereever. I will say that my tix for this Christmas are double as well. Not so much based on fuel costs but remember it is summer there in our winter and also the holiday travel is always more expensive. Good luck.

Doug

I AM A TRAVEL AGENT AND CAN FIND YOU THE BEST DEALS TO GO TO PERU. MY GIRLFRIEND LIVES DOWN THERE AND I HAVE VISITED MANY TIMES. WE ARE IN THE K-I PROCESS. LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEED HELP FINDING FARES AS I CAN DEFINITELY FIND YOU THE BEST RATE.

Me gusta travelocity por que te da muchas opciones para escojer y siempre hay que ir chequeando por que los precios varian.
tambien quiero viajar a peru para comienzos del prox año.
ya estoy emocionada contando los dias que faltan

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Try Air-Savings.com....I found a one-way ticket to Lima for $622!

I'm leaving in 2 weeks......

$622 for ONE WAY??? that's pretty expensive .

$622 for one way??? That's pretty expensive




$622 for one way??? That's pretty expensive

Every other site I checked started at around $1100.00 for One Way....so I was thrilled to find a ticket for just $622.00!

I researched Travelocity, Expedia, Cheap Tickets, Hot Wire, and several others that specialized in international travel. It's pretty insane

This will sound backwards, but sometimes it is less expensive to get the round trip ticket. You might try to search it that way too.

I agree - RT flights are usually cheaper than one way (believe it or not).

Also, if the flight originates in Peru (not in the US) it is more expensive -- the Peruvian gov't puts a much larger tax on the tickets than the USGOV levies. This tax is in addition to the exit tax you must pay.

We use one of the consolidator travel agencies to buy our tickets: Costa Azul Travel or Mi Boleto Travel. We usually pay less than $800 MSP-LIM RT on Continental (via Houston). Sometimes we've paid as much as $900 but that was quite high for us. We've found them to be the best bet above the online sites, by far.

Key is having flexible dates and start way ahead of time: 6-8 months for the XMas season.

In Lima, FERTUR is a good agency and can sometimes give you a good price too. Ask for Yolanda.

My inlaws once got a great LIM-NYC fare via Wong (yes, the grocery store....).

Thanks for the suggestions

I actually did a search for Round Trip before I ever committed to a purchase. I researched for several weeks before settling for what I did. The option I found with Air-Savings was by far the best of any of search I performed.

I will use your recommendations when deciding who to use for purchasing tickets out of Lima....hopefully for 2!!!

Vi

where did you buy your tickets for that price? on line or with an agency.. I'm looking for tickets to go to Peru but they are way to expensive now....

Terry
Mystery25



Vi

where did you buy your tickets for that price? on line or with an agency.. I'm looking for tickets to go to Peru but they are way to expensive now....

Terry
Mystery25

The owner of the travel agency (Miami) is a former student from my school in Peru, she always gives excelent prices, I don't remember the name of the agency but this is the number 1-800-490-8942 ask for Susana,Angie or Monica.

Good Luck!
Vi

Miami-Lima-Miami at the end of February 2007 $700.00....!!!!!!!! Have they lost their minds ??????

I used to pay about $400.00

Outrageous... there ought to be a law !!!!!

Really??????
That expensive???????????????????????????? plop!! I thought that february was considered low season, and my sister is coming to visit me. Maybe if you wait a little bit and check the prices later?????
Vi

Great Thanks!