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These are sample dates with good airfare deals. Prices are round-trip including tax.
-08/28-09/07: $973 on El Al.
-08/31-09/10: $973 on Delta, El Al, Or United.
-09/02-09/11: $973 on Delta, El Al, Or United.
-09/22-09/30: $973 on Delta (Rosh Hashana)
-09/28-10/23: $973 on El Al (Yom Kippur/Succos)
-11/02-11/11: $935 on Delta
-11/16-11/27: $900 on El Al
-11/30-12/16: $865 on United
-12/08-12/21: $865 on United (Chanukah)
-12/08-12/24: $865 on United (Chanukah)
-12/31-01/12: $935 on Delta
-01/05-01/20: $865 on El Al
-01/12-01/20: $865 on El Al
-01/14-01/27: $865 on El Al
-01/19-02/01: $865 on El Al
-01/22-02/04: $865 on El Al
-01/25-02/02: $865 on El Al
-02/01-02/10: $865 on El Al
-02/08-02/17: $865 on El Al
-02/15-02/24: $865 on El Al
-03/03-03/15: $900 on El Al (Purim)
-03/09-03/24: $865 on El Al
-03/10-03/25: $865 on El Al
-03/25-04/14: $865 on United (Pesach)
-04/19-04/28: $973 on El Al
-04/26-05/05: $973 on El Al
-04/29-05/10: $973 on El Al
-05/10-05/19: $973 on El Al
-05/17-05/27: $973 on El Al (Shavuos)
-06/07-06/17: $973 on El Al
-06/14-06/24: $973 on El Al
Want to find other valid dates?
1. Open up Google’s ITA Matrix.
2.-Search from NYC to TLV.
-Select “see calendar of lowest fares,” as pictured below.
-Select the starting date for it to search for cheap dates.
-Select how many nights you want to be in TLV for.
-Select nonstop only.
3. Take a look at the calendar view to see which dates might work for you. Hover over any date to see the options based on how many nights you stay.
4. Click on a date to view the flight details.
5. ITA doesn’t sell tickets, so once you find cheap dates and flights just hop onto Priceline to book them. You’ll have until 11:30pm the following day to cancel free of charge if you decide to change your plans.
6. Want to search for a specific airline?
Click on advanced routing codes and enter in the following code:
For Delta: DL
For El Al: LY
For Unted: UA
How do you get the cents per mile to show up in the search?
@Jerry:
Good eye 😀
Here’s the backdoor URL:
http://matrix.itasoftware.com/?showPricePerMile=true
Just do a regular search and it will be there. You can have it sort by CPM, great tool for mileage running.
Are any of these deals good also for Tlv-JFK round trip ??
@Mike B:
You can use ITA from TLV-JFK too, seek and ye shall find.
What about TLV-NYC ?
There are lots off yeshiva students going now to TLV that need one way or open tickets. Any advice on the best way to go about getting those on the cheep?
@MaaYanky:
Use miles.
@Dan:
For those not so privileged… 🙂
I tried the dates 9/29-10/23 it doesn’t show it for $973?! Did it work for anyone? The cheapest was $1564!
@MaaYanky:
Start playing the game?
@Rivka:
09/29 is now sold out.
09/28-10/23 is still $973.
Dan, just wanted to say, you’re the greatest!
@Dan: I’ve tried getting them on board and I don’t use my miles for others for anything less than Business Class since it isn’t worth it for me.
I guess the question is if there are any tricks to getting PAID one way or open tickets on the cheap (that you can share with us). Right now it would be cheaper to buy one of the tickets posted above and skip the trip back than to buy a one way ticket!
is it an option to book the roundtrip, call afterwards and reschedule the return flight for later in the year? how much would it cost to reschedule?
any hidden city for tlv for the winter????????????????
I booked on ELAL JFK-TLV 3 weeks ago. Now I see the same flights for $22 less. Is there a way to get ElAl to refund the difference?
Slightly OT, but can you recommend a tour company or 2 in Israel for day long tours? Thanks.
thanks dan
i tried NYC-TLV JAN 5 till JAN 19 on te ITA its pricing 889 and then i went to Priceline its over 1200, any problem ?
Are there flights for good prices with month long stays? not just 2 weeks?…
@Dan On the Google ITA Matrix, it says that an infant child on my lap cost as much as getting another seat (full-price ticket), is that really the case? In the past I never needed to pay much for an infant lap…
Some of the $865 days that show up on ITA don’t exist on ElAl’s website, or the OTAs. Any way to get the fares from ITA?
JFK-IST-TLV RT for 769 1/11-1/26
Hi, I am not sure I like or understand this website- Matrix ITA software. I was looking at El Al flights on there for October.. and I’m seeing prices that are around 1000$. However, my travel agent or El Al itself does not have flights that are that cheap. What is with that? Can anyone help?
So I guess I’m having the same issues other people are having….
@Shaul Morrison: did you figure this out?
so priceline is showing cheaper deals with a stopover. I was looking at using Aeroflot with a trip for Rosh Hashana through Chol Hamoed for $769. Am I missing something? Like should Russia be a no-fly zone?
@eddy: This is a great tour and they have many others…http://www.jerusalemchai.org/tours.cfm?categoryID=147&categoryName=Old%20City%20Walking%20Tour%20%20
Also a great organization, worthy of your support.
Hi, I found tickets to Israel, from JFK using the ITA Matrix, but when I searched for the same tickets on priceline, I found them to be more expensive. Is there another way of booking those tickets for the price found on ITA Matrix>
Is there a cheap Elal ticket to Israel October 19th? From New York or New Jersey?
I am trying to plan a trip to Israel. We are a family of six. We are planning on going in March, should we wait or book now?
We are a family of 10 looking for good deals from NY-Tel-Aviv(no stop overs) 06/11/15
@Dan I found good flight on matrix but when I put them into priceline it doesnt show the same prices… What should I do?
Thanks 🙂