Wikimania-Transport/From North America

This is a collection of options, organized by dates, city, convenience, and price, for getting to Frankfurt from North America for the conference. Feel free to add more information.

A few guidelines for people adding things to this page:

  • For itineraries that require a connection, allow at least 2 hours for the connection. A cheap flight with a 45-minute connection window isn't so great.
  • Don't include options that require overnight stopovers in another city; besides being inconvenient, these rarely save you money after lodging costs.

(Note: Price sources are the airlines' websites unless specified otherwise.)

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  • Arriving: Thursday, August 4 (Note: this means departing North America on Wednesday, August 3)
  • Departing: Tuesday, August 9

From Atlanta

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Best price [Nov. 13]: $1007 (one stop, Delta/Singapore Air via New York City [orbitz.com])

  • Nonstop [Nov. 13]: $1015 (Delta), $1106 (Lufthansa [orbitz.com]), $1116 (United)
  • One stop [Nov. 13]: $1007 (Delta/Singapore Air via New York City [orbitz.com]), $1025 (Delta/British Airways via Manchester going, nonstop Delta returning [orbitz.com])

From Chicago

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Best price [Nov. 13]: $856 (Lufthansa nonstop going, Lufthansa/BMI via Manchester returning [orbitz.com])

  • Nonstop [Nov. 13]: $1036 (American), $1086 (United), $1137 (Lufthansa [orbitz.com])
  • One stop [Nov. 13]: $856 (Lufthansa nonstop going, Lufthansa/BMI via Manchester returning [orbitz.com]), $880 (Lufthansa nonstop going, Lufthansa/United via London returning [expedia.com]), $1016 (Alitalia via Milan)

From Los Angeles

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Best price [Nov. 13]: $1088 (British Airways/BMI going, Lufthansa/British Airways returning, via London [orbitz.com])

  • Nonstop [Nov. 13]: $1257 (Lufthansa [orbitz.com]), $1267 (United)
  • One stop: [Nov. 13]: $1088 (British Airways/BMI going, Lufthansa/British Airways returning, via London [orbitz.com]), $1094 (British Airways/Lufthansa via London [orbitz.com]), $1101 (Delta via Cincinnati), $1110 (British Airways via London [orbitz.com]), $1111 (United via Chicago going, Washington DC returning)

From New York City

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Best price [Nov. 13]: $748 (Lufthansa nonstop going, Lufthansa/United via London returning [expedia.com])

  • Nonstop [Nov. 13]: $776 (Singapore Air), $826 (Delta), $867 (Lufthansa [orbitz.com]), $877 (United), $927 (Continental)
  • One stop [Nov. 13]: $748 (Lufthansa nonstop going, Lufthansa/United via London returning [expedia.com]), $802 (Alitalia via Milan), $846 (KLM via Amsterdam), $850 (Iberia via Madrid)

From Seattle

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Best price [Nov. 13]: $1073

  • One stop [Nov. 13]: $1073 (American/Lufthansa via New York going, Lufthansa/United via San Francisco returning), $1097 (Delta via New York)

From Toronto

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Best price [Nov. 13]: $1341 (nonstop, Air Canada [expedia.com])

  • Nonstop [Nov. 13]: $1341 (Air Canada [expedia.com])
  • Air Canada has frequent seat sales. If you can time it properly this price can drop as low as $900 or so. -- Grunt 00:35, 2004 Nov 14 (UTC)

Just the Conference

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  • Arriving: Friday, August 5 (Note: this means departing North America on Thursday, August 4)
  • Departing: Monday, August 8

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