United – $605: Boston – Budapest, Hungary. Roundtrip, including all Taxes

A good sale to Budapest, our favorite city in Eastern Europe. This is an United K fare – so it is important to select the right carrier if you want miles. We are showing a routing to maximize miles, if you don’t care about miles, you can fly Swiss for a few dollars less.

Buda Castle, Budapest, Hungary - Photo: Dennis Jarvis via Flickr, used under Creative Commons License (By 2.0)

Buda Castle, Budapest, Hungary – Photo: Dennis Jarvis via Flickr, used under Creative Commons License (By 2.0)

Sample Travel Date:

  • January 12th – 19th, 2015

Fare Availability:

  • Valid for travel on the outbound from November 1st – December 11th or December 24th – March 26th, 2015. Must purchase at least 3 days in advance of departure
  • Please note that while this fare is valid at time of posting, prices change constantly. If this post is two days old, the fare is likely gone.

How to Search for Availability:

Fare Class:

  • K

Elite Qualifying Dollars:

  • $453

Routing:

  • BOS -IAH (Houston) – MUC (Munich) – BUD (Budapest) – MUC – IAH – BOS. Segments between Germany and Hungary will be operated by Lufthansa. Make sure you select United operated flights between the United States and Germany to ensure 100% mileage credit. If it is operated by Lufthansa, Austrian or Swiss, you will earn ZERO miles.

Stopover:

Global Premier Upgrade Fare (for United 1K and GS members):

  • W Class
  • $1,191

Mileage:

United will be revenue based mileage earning starting March 1st, 2015. Miles will be earn base on elite qualifying dollars multiple by 5 as base level earning and up to 11 for 1K level members. We will be showing the 2015 base mileage earning for all United fares going forward to show how negative the changes are for a majority of United flyers.

  • 2014: 14,744 miles or 4.1 cents per mile. The segments between Germany and Hungary will be non-mileage earning. As such, you will earn 14,038 miles or 4.3 cents per mile
  • March 1st, 2015:  2,265 miles or a difference of 11,773 miles.

How to Book:

  • Book via Hipmunk link to book with dates found on ITA Software Matrix Airfare Search.
    • On the From field, enter BOS::IAD,EWR,ORD,IAH MUC,FRA
    • On the To field, enter BUD::MUC,FRA IAD,EWR,ORD,IAH
    • It will link you to United.com to book.

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Background Information:

  • Visa: US Citizens – not required. Other nationals, check the TIMATIC Visa Database
  • Currency: Hungarian Forint (HUF). $1USD = 220 HUF

Tips for saving when using credit cards at international destinations:

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