Least expensive air travel from Omaha to four continents - Europe, Asia, South America and Africa.
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 – you can't drive to another city.
I used the Google, Delta, United, American Airlines, websites in researching this assignment. During the second wave of finding flights, and searching different cities, I was able to go from a total of $3109.28 to down to $2780.10 for a savings of $329.18.
I tried the following three-week periods from now until Sept. 1: June 4- 25,
2020 (Iceland); August 4-25, 2020 (Taiwan); June 9-30 (Guyana and Egypt)
The following cities: Reykjavik, Iceland; Taipei, Taiwan; Georgetown,
Guyana; Cairo, Egypt
Insert airfare graphics here.
Sum total of all four airfares (previous Airfare
iteration, all dates 10 August- 1 September, 2020)
Europe:
____$610.11 (London, England) _______
Asia:
____$850.35 (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) _______
South
America: ______$667.78 (Quito, Ecuador) _____
Africa:
___$981.04 (Casablanca, Morocco) ________
Total
price: $3109.28
Europe: ____$577.35_______
Asia: _____$744.15______
South America: ____$586.15_______
Africa: _____$872.45______
Total price: $2780.10
Submitted by Victoria Follin