Back on 09 December 2012 I was writing about summer airfare prices.
I outlined what I thought was a reasonable price, and ideas I had about putting the trip together.
One idea: one way flights here and there. Another idea: round trip to say London, then single flights. I have been looking at the trip forwards and backwards with flexible dates and the prices have been stuck around $1700 a ticket.
Until today.
I had an idea yesterday during basketball practice... why not fly round trip from SFO to Iceland, then one way to London, and back to Iceland one way from Zurich or Paris?
Iceland to London is steady at $153 (for several weeks now).
Zurich to Iceland has always been a little cheaper than Paris to Iceland, at about $260 to $280. Today it is at $215.
The biggest change: round trip, SFO to Iceland is $960. The bad news is that it is on Delta. Good news is that KLM is right behind at $980.
Plugging that in I ended up with a total price of $1328, close to my target.
I am going to wait on the SFO-KEF tickets right now, hoping for a price drop and another airline to take the lead.
I am considering buying the KEF-LHR leg, and the ZRH-KEF leg now.
Advantage: lock in good prices.
Disadvantage: it ties my hands more on the flex dates for the round trip (costly) flight.
But... prices are dropping it seems.