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 mainly used Google Flights, Frontier and Southwest to look at fares overall. I used Kiwi for many days.
Instead of soley using Google Flights, I used actual travel websites. Kiwi.com was the one that worked best for me. They have interactive maps that show the cheapest airports in each country to fly to. The only thing you have to work around are dates. Everything is pretty easy to follow. In my Africa travel plan, the stop in London includes a 7 hour layover, but your arrival airport is different from the departure airpirt. You fly into Gatwick from Orlando, and leave London through Stansted. A charter bus runs for 17 euros from airport to airport, equalling about $20 in US currency.
Europe: $575
Asia: $591
South America: $478.85
Africa: $745
Total price: $2,389.85
Submitted by Reggie Wortman on (2/21/2020).