Frankfurt to Nice; Suggestions?

We want to visit Nice and Cannes this August. We are traveling from NYC and, not surprisingly, trans-Atlantic airfares are very, very high. We can, however, get a somewhat %26quot;cheaper%26quot; ticket to Frankfurt.

So, any suggestions on the best way from Frankfrut to Nice? I looked at some train schedules but I didn%26#39;t find much information. What I did find seemed to show that it would be about ten hours or so. Yikes.

Alternatively, does anynoe know a discount air carrier that might fly this route?

Thanks.

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Lufthansa - I was forced to fly this route when cancelled by British Airways. It was very comfortable. God knows what it cost scheduled.

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Thank you.

It does seem like Lufthansa is the way to go. Prices seem all over the map, from cheap to very expensive. The train is just way too long. I am hoping the cheap flights are %26quot;real.%26quot; I can book in the next few days. Thank you.

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I just ran a quick check on mobissimo.com for a RT from NYC using random dates in August. I%26#39;m seeing fares to Paris (CDG) about the same as to FRA, ~$650 which is an astonishingly good fare for peak summer travel.

From Paris to Nice is about a 6 hour train trip with advance purchase fares as low as 70€ RT, very occasionally lower. You could also check RT air fares on EasyJet or Air France.

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Wow, thank you.

Frankly, I didn%26#39;t focus much on non-stops to CDG, thinking they were the same price as some other European capitals, which are mostly running in the $1,000+ range for August. I found NYC-CDG for about $730 return, and I will look around a bit more. NYC-Nice non stop is about $1,200.

Singapore Air has NYC-Frankfurt for about $770 and that was the best fare I had found so far, with a good airline. I think the CDG destination would make more sense for us. And, atlhough I can actually get cheap flts from Frankfurt to Nice, the connections with the Singapore flight are bad. The return flight to NYC leaves Frankfurt at about 8 a.m. and there%26#39;s no way to get to Frankfurt from anywhere else early enough that morning to catch the NYC bound flight. Thus, we would need to stay over night in Frankfurt.

Thanks.

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You%26#39;re welcome!

You may well have to spend a night in Paris on your return journey if you do travel that way. You need to allow a minimum of three hours to deal with check-in and security at CDG. (It sometimes takes a lot less but it%26#39;s not a chance you want to take.)

Since you will not be through-ticketed you will get short shrift from your trans-Atlantic airline if your flight from Nice is delayed and you miss your flight to NYC, whatever the reason.

Bon voyage!

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