MsOnceUponATime
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- Sep 10, 2014
I try to book 2 one-way tickets for my travels just in case something happens. Having never been to Greece, I am not sure how I'd approach the return ticket. Are you staying for a few days in Paris on your way over? Would you consider spending a few days in Istanbul on your way home? CDG isn't my fav airport, so I'd be nervous trying to connect there on my way home. I can say that I do like to keep as many of my URs and MRs as possible, so I'd look to book the least costly ticket with the most palatable itinerary.
I can't recall your itinerary and if you actually plan to spend some time in Paris, or it just happens to be where your flight stops?
Often, a flight from say IAH-CDG-Greece airport may cost just a few thousand points more than booking this in pieces.
Ferries are a great way to get from Athens to the greek islands. I do recall a few years back I got some nonstop flights from LHR to Santorini.
The current plan is to spend my 50th birthday in Paris, France and then my husband's 55th birthday in Athens and/or Santorini Greece (not sure which island(s)). Our birthdays are 7 days apart so maybe 6 nights each? I can take off work however long I'd like, up to 3 weeks (but I have an elderly (16 year old) cat and don't want to be gone too too long) and my husband owns his own company so he can do whatever it is that he wants! So, yes, CDG will be very intentional. I have never been to either France or Greece, but have been to Switzerland, Austria, Germany... and have LOVED each minute of it. I have even gone so far as to consider flying into London or Zurich and taking a train to and fro, but again, I don't want to be gone (from my cat) too long.
London was always on my bucket list -- as long as I can remember, but with how expensive I have been reading that it is to fly into London I have changed my mind to incorporate Paris and will likely do London on a different trip -- hopefully a work trip with an extended personal amount of time so that I can enjoy it. I still wouldn't mind throwing London into this trip, but I think it might be too much hopping around??
I don't know ANYTHING about Istandbul so I'd say that is a no.
I think the biggest kink here is getting from Greece home to IAH? I have even toyed with flying into Iceland or Norway (Playair has stop overs) for a few days after Greece if that's necessary. I just don't know enough about traveling over there to make a good, or educated, decision.