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In general, flying to big hub airports will be cheaper, for example SFO, LAX, JFK, London, Amsterdam, Bangkok, Sydney, Nairobi and Buenos Aires. Don t confuse these with airline hubs, i.e. airports controlled by one airline and which therefore have less competition.
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I m also in the process of finalizing hotel reservations and booking with TeamKilimanjaro for the climb. Next steps: the consulates to get the travel visas and the travel clinic to get all the necessary inoculations.
another option I didn t mention in the post is courier flights. The are restrictions (no checked luggage, no long stays), but it might be worth it. Make sure to compare with consolidators and regular travel sites as well.
For example, try CheapTrips . Lifetime membership is $40. Right now, they don t seem to have great flights (their cheapest one for early August is $900). There are some Air India flights available for the same time period for half that price (check out flyfromusa.com ).
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