I am trying to plan out my vacation to Italy. One of the hard parts about the trip is that we want to go from Southern Italy to Northern Italy. Taking a train could take several hours and sitting in a train is not my idea of a fun vacation. So we decided to look online to see if there were any cheap flights from Naples to Italy. I figured there might be some sort of deal like Southwest Airlines which offers really cheap flights within California.
So I went to Expedia to search for a deal. I was not really expecting anything really cheap but figured it was at least worth a search. What I found I still can’t quite believe. I bought two tickets from Naples to Italy for $67. That is not $67 each. That is $67 TOTAL. What seems even odder is that the taxes and fees for the flight are $65. That means the tickets were $1 each! The tickets are from what seem to be a reputable airline, Meridiana, so I’m at a loss to understand how a flight can be so cheap. To compare, every other flight listed on Expedia with other carriers were for $330 each.
So what do you think? Am I going to show up at the airport only to fly I’m going to fly in the luggage compartment?
You will be fine. If you check out Ryanair, you’ll see that they have tons of routes for 1 Euro or 1 Pound.
I’m not sure how it works, but when I was backpacking in Europe somebody mentioned that these planes take a bunch of cargo but if it’s a passenger plane, there is some sort of tax/cost loophole. Completely unverified explanation….
Depending on where you are going, it can sometimes be more efficient to take a train. If I remember correctly, the Rome – Naples train is something like 5 hours. This is downtown to downtown service. These $1 flights tend to fly into the airports that are in the outskirts of town or 1 town over. Buses/Taxi, security, waiting at the gate etc. adds up.