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MONTHLY FARE ADVISOR - May 2014 IN THIS ISSUE:

Never Pay Retail For Airline Seats

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Last Month’s Business Class Deals Partial Summary of Deal Alerts - Europe & South America

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Use Our Advantage to Your Advantage

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Never Pay Retail For Airline Seats Not when you can rely on ticketing specialists like us to bargain with the airlines for unsold seats at the last minute and pass the savings on to you. We have a special relationship with most major carriers and know how to work with them to help solve the biggest sales problem they have – flying with empty seats. Even up to the day of departure! If a plane takes off and a seat is not sold, that is profit lost forever. This is true for domestic flights as well as international flights, for all classes of airline seats – coach, business and first class. But it is particularly serious for international long haul premium seats.

Our Premium Class Predictor - Probable Opportunities to Get A Great Last Minute Deal In May

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International premium passengers comprise only 8% of total passengers but make up at least 26% of overall revenue – and even more in profitability. So an empty premium seat is particularly costly. A $10,000 First Class seat from New York to London is worth absolutely nothing once the boarding gate closes. International airlines have a huge incentive to make sure all of their premium seats are sold - even at the last minute, even at deep discounts.

IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO SAVE ON FIRST AND BUSINESS CLASS! Copyright ©2014 NeverFlyCoachAgain.com.

Featured Stopover of the Month - VIENNA

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Featured Airline of the Month - AUSTRIAN

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Use Our Advantage To Your Advantage We are a clearinghouse, a last minute discount distribution channel for premium, international air tickets that airlines can not otherwise sell or can’t be seen selling at a deep discount. They still want to sell the tickets but they can’t afford to directly undercut their other highly profitable channels - their own website, corporate deals, and the bulk-seat sales they may make to travel agents and tour operators. Because of our client set, people like you who often travel in the front of the plane for business or leisure, we get these tickets - with all their associated benefits - frequent flyer miles, premium lounge access, priority boarding. And because we get these deals, we can offer them to you.

Last Month’s Business Class Deals Partial Summary Of Deal Alerts - Europe & South America

Pub. Fare

Our Fare

Routes

$1,408

$1,126

Miami - Lima

AA, LA, UA

$2,970

$1,765

New York - Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich, Zurich

AF, AZ, DL, KL

$3,173

$1,785

Houston, Washington, DC - Brussels, Copenhagen, Dublin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Lisbon, Munich, Oslo, Shannon, Stockholm, Zurich

AF, AZ, DL, KL

Airlines

What Our Clients Say About Us “Just when we thought we were out of options, you saved us over $2,000 on business class to Paris via Air France. Next time we'll call you first!” Gary & Lejla Kline, NY, NY

“We really had the trip of a lifetime & I can't thank you enough for making it all happen.” Michele & Steve Klausner, NY, NY

"Thanks again for the wonderful trip… and we will keep referring potential clients to you." US Ambassador G. Dennise Mathieu Washington, DC

"Thank you for your superb service! You paid attention to every detail, we didn't have to worry about a thing, and when we compared prices we couldn't believe how much we saved!" Garrett Stuck and Pamela Coravos, Newton, Mass

$5,041

$2,205

Los Angeles, Seattle - Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich, Zurich

AF, AZ, DL, KL

$3,398

$2,205

San Francisco - Brussels, Copenhagen, Dublin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Lisbon, Munich, Oslo, Shannon, Stockholm, Zurich

AF, AZ, DL, KL

$5,043

$2,285

Atlanta - Copenhagen, Lisbon, Oslo, Shannon, Stockholm

AC, LH, LX, OS, SN, UA

$4,085

$2,285

Dallas - Amsterdam, Dublin, Paris, Rome, Milan

AC, LH, LX, OS, SN, UA

$4,219

$2,349

Miami - Santiago

AA, LA

$4,252

$3,649

New York - Santiago

AA, LA

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Fares include the average taxes and fees for the routes in the chart. AC = Air Canada, AA = American, AF = Air France, AZ = Alitalia, DL = Delta, KL = KLM, LA = LAN, LH = Lufthansa, LX = SWISS, OS = Austrian, SN = Brussels, UA = United.

Let’s Be Clear: Everybody Knows Fares Change Frequently and Fast. Estimates vary but there are up to 527,000 fare changes daily. Obviously, we can’t guarantee that all fares that we discuss or alert you to will be available when you book.

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Our Premium Class Predictor Probable Opportunities To Get A Last Minute Deal In May Based on our history with each airline and their recurring ticketing trends, we can predict fairly accurately what city pairs are likely to be discounted 30 days out. This means if you are flexible and can travel on short notice, you can plan these trips as “tentative but probable.” Keep abreast of our deal alerts and grab them when they are available. Here are the probable opportunities for Premium seat deals in May. Call 1-888-350-6062 and see what we can do for you. It's free! From NY

From DC

From Miami

From Dallas

From Chicago

From LA

From SF

Dubai

Dubai

Frankfurt

Barcelona

Frankfurt

Frankfurt

Frankfurt

Milan

Frankfurt

Lisbon

Madrid

Seoul

Seoul

Seoul

Munich

Seoul

Buenos Aires

Frankfurt

London

Buenos Aires

Paris

Seoul

London

London

London

Dubai

Lima

London

Lisbon

Paris

Paris

Dubai

Paris

Dubai

Dubai

Probability:

- high,

- medium,

- low.

Your City Not Listed? No problem, call us. Airfares change hundreds of thousands of times a day. We may have just gotten an international deal that’s perfect for you. We can grab it and build you a customized itinerary incorporating all your flights from your point of origin to your final destination, and return. We can handle it all from your first “Welcome Aboard” to your final “Buh Bye.” The most important part is locking in the discounted international segment that’s where we can save you the most money. And of course, we’ll be available if you need to change it while you are traveling!

Planning A Vacation? Or A Special Getaway? Spring premium fares to Europe really depends on the route and the airline. If you get an alert for a good fare – say in the $1,900 to $2,500 range from the East Coast, or $2,700 and under from the West Coast, then our suggestion is to grab it. Why? Although we spend a lot of time looking at fares and studying what the trends are, so many variables enter the pricing equation that we think you need to move when things are “good” rather than trying to get the absolute best price. Copyright ©2014 NeverFlyCoachAgain.com.

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Traveling To Europe? Add A Stopover In Vienna. It Will Pay For Itself! When is a connecting flight more fun than a non-stop? ...when you can layover in the connecting city and enjoy a mini-vacation with the money we save you. Let us get you to your business-trip destination anywhere in Europe with a connection in Vienna instead of a nonstop. With the money you’ll save, you can turn Vienna into a complimentary mini-vacation stop.

Side-Trips By Rail From Vienna Vienna to Bratislava: 1 - 2 hours Vienna to Budapest: 2.5 hours Vienna to Munich: 4 hours Vienna to Prague: 4 - 5 hours Vienna to Venice: 7 hours Search for routes and fares online. You may buy directly from OBB, which in English stands for Austrian Federal Railways. Or you may buy from Eurail, a company that sells tickets for train travel throughout Europe to non-Europeans.

Flying to Paris or London or Rome in May? Why not consider flying via an elegant city like Vienna. Plan on a layover in Vienna for a day or two and explore the museums, galleries, historical attractions, restaurants, cafes, and nightlife of this wonderful city. Check out the sidebar for Top 10 Places To Visit and the Festivals and Events going on this month. Your hotel and other mini-vacation expenses will probably be more than amply covered by the money you saved on your transatlantic flight. Perhaps enough to also include excursions and sidetrips by rail from Vienna to other cities in Austria and neighboring countries.

FEATURED STOPOVER OF THE MONTH

Vienna: Twenty Four Hours

Vienna - Top 10 Popular Sights and Attractions • Schönbrunn Palace • Imperial Palace - Hofburg • Belvedere • St. Stephen's Cathedral • The Giant Ferris Wheel • Kunsthistorisches Museum • The Danube Tower • Vienna's Ringstrasse • House of the Sea • The Vienna State Opera

One of the most beautiful cities in the world, Vienna is a place of luxury and magic, still redolent of the decadence of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the imperial Habsburgs, and yet still haunted by the horrors undergone in the twenty-first century. A city rich in history, from the classical composers like Mozart intimately connected with the city to the rich imperial histories preserved in castles like the Schloss Schonbrunn and Schloss Belvedere, Vienna is well regarded as the "jewel of Central Europe", a title which it richly deserves. Copyright ©2014 NeverFlyCoachAgain.com.

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If you're just passing through Vienna, take a look at this guide for what to do with one full day in the city. BREAKFAST: The Viennese breakfast is a vital part of the day - intimately connected as it is with two of Vienna's greatest institutions, coffee and pastries. Stop at any cafe - we especially recommend Sperl, on Gumpendorferstrasse, with a rich literary heritage - for a Brauner cafe - or a special Viennese "whipped cream" on top - and a strudel pastry. Read the newspaper and meditate on existentialism. MORNING: If you haven't got time to go out to Schloss Schonbrunn, once an imperial palace of Emperor Franz-Joseph and the notorious Empress Sissi, head instead to the Castle Belvedere, much closer to the city centre - near the main parks. There you can see many highlights of Austrian art - most notably, Klimt's "The Kiss" and other heritage works of the nineteenth-century Jungenstil era. When you've finished, pass through the park on the way into the city centre to see the famous statue of Strauss, then head directly into the historical Innere Stadt, a tiny quarter easily traversed in 10-15 minutes. Visit Stephansdom, the bizarre and funky Gothic cathedral, and the Hofburg .

Vienna - Upcoming Festivals & Events Vienna Opera Ball This is part of the Vienna Fasching (Carnival) celebrations and is always held on the last Thursday of the Carnival season at the State Opera House.

The Vienna City Spring Marathon Held in either late April or early May, the marathon sees well over 10,000 participants taking to the streets.

May Festival There is a traditional Mayday Festival held on May 1 in the Prater Park.

Vienna Festival

LUNCH: Head to the Naschmarkt - the flea market - near the Karlsplatz Metro Station (designed by Otto Wagner, and a masterpiece of art nouveau architecture.) There you can find all sorts of food stalls selling fresh food, as well as international and inexpensive restaurants. AFTERNOON: Not far off is the Museumsquartier, the newly modernized and trendy district of Vienna that includes many of the city's finest museums, especially those specializing in modern and contemporary art. The LeopoldStatler has a fine Schiele collection. Then head to the Hotel Sacher near the Opera House for the famous Sacher Torte - only they know the "real" recipe.

9 May - 15 June The original Vienna Festival (Wiener Festwochen) is one of the most prominent cultural events in Europe and combines all sorts of disciplines in events which take place over the five weeks.

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DRINKS AND DINNER: Head back to the trendy Gumpendorferstrasse to Cafe Phil, right across from Sperl. Phil is a "retro-cafe," combining a bookstore, disco, film store, furniture store, bar, and cafe - with amazing allday breakfasts and a killer indie music soundtrack over the loudspeakers. Free wifi. Then head down the street to the charming Zum Roten Elephanten, which serves up traditional Viennese fare. EVENING: Head to the magnificent nineteenth-century Staatsoper. Tickets range from hugely expensive private boxes to ten euro standing student tickets or obscured vision seating, and everything in between. The operas are of the highest quality - and each seat has its own touch screen with subtitles in the language of your choice - and the ambiance is elegant; the Viennese still dress up for the opera, so be sure to look smart!

Fly Austrian Airlines To Vienna

Austrian Airlines - World’s Most Valuable Boarding Pass Your Austrian Airlines boarding pass is the door opener to galleries and museums. Enjoy various benefits and free entrances at our partners all over the world. Top-Deals in top-restaurants and culinary highlights within the Austrian Airlines Destinations. All you have to do is show your boarding pass with OS-FlightNumber at the cooperation partners. It also works perfectly fine with your mobile ticket on your mobile phone as well as with your Austrian Web Check-in boarding pass. All the offers are available for you ten days after date of flight.

Austrian Airlines is a member of Star Alliance, a cooperative of 23 international carriers offering coodinated connecting flights, thru ticketing, reciprocal frequent-flyer programs, and amenities sharing. Through the Alliance, Austrian Airlines effectively serves 193 countries. Austrian Airlines’s Star Alliance partners are among the most respected airlines in the world. Hub City: Vienna

US Alliance Partner: Earn Miles with United while flying Austrian Airlines.

Austrian Airlines - Flights to North America

The fleet of Austrian Airlines Group currently comprises 75 aircraft. Long haul fleet

• 5 Boeing 777-200 ER • 6 Boeing 767-300 ER

Austrian Business Class At A Glance Aircraft

Seat Type

Video Type

Laptop Power

Power Type

Wi-Fi

Boeing 767-300ER V1

Lie-Flat

Personal TV

All Seats

AC Power

No

Boeing 767-300ER V2

Lie-Flat

Personal TV

All Seats

AC Power

No

Boeing 777-200

Lie-Flat

Personal TV

All Seats

AC Power

No

The flight offering to the destinations of Washington and Chicago will be expanded in the summer of 2014. As of July 1, 2014, a Boeing 777 will fly to Washington on a daily basis instead of a Boeing 767, which comprises an additional offering of 90 seats per flight. Depending on the specific configuration, the Boeing 777 offers room for about 308 passengers on board, whereas the Boeing 767 features seating for 220 passengers. Due to the extensive demand, Austrian Airlines will fly to Chicago daily starting in May 2014 compared to five flights offered at the present time. The existing daily flight service to Toronto in Canada operating a Boeing 767 rounds off the airline’s offering to North America.

*Austrian Airlines does not have a separate first class service.

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About The Publisher Never Fly Coach Again is a travel company that works with individuals and companies to get the lowest international business and first class airfares from the USA to all worldwide destinations. Our mission is to save you money on your business & first class airfares. We have more than a century – over 127 years to be exact – of combined travel industry expertise. And we use every minute of it to your advantage. Never Fly Coach Again was one of the first companies to focus exclusively on making it easy for savvy international business travelers to save money on last minute flights. We continue to be considered a pioneer in the field – now offering business and leisure travelers special business & first class airfares on over 90 airlines. In the American press, we have enjoyed television coverage on Good Morning America, and on CNN’s Travel Guide, the latter piece aired for the second time in January 2000. Some of the publications that have covered us are Fortune Magazine, Newsweek, The Washington Post & The Chicago Tribune. The London Times also did a story on us.

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