[DEAL GONE] Grand Rapids (GRR) to Europe $660 or less round trip August thru December

UPDATE 8/21/2015:  This deal has expired.  Great airfare deals last a matter of days, hours, or minutes.

Some better-than-normal prices have been posted recently from American and Delta, and their alliance partner airlines.

Some travel websites are reporting that the deals are showing up for various large U.S. cities to several different big European cities.

Europe destinations with cheap 1-stop flights from Grand Rapids include:

• Madrid
• Brussels
• Zurich
• Amsterdam
• Rome
• Barcelona

Background articles:

• Deals We Like
• The Flight Deal

What I discovered is that the same low pricing is displaying for flights from Grand Rapids to Europe!  GR has non-stop flights to Chicago (ORD) and Philadelphia (PHL), among others, starting the flight in GR is not adding to the price.  Many of these flights are only 1-stop each way.  One-stop flights to Europe for $650 round trip is a really good deal, especially in Aug/Sept, as summer airfares to Europe are usually much more expensive than winter fares.

Use Google Flights to search for the cheap airfares.  It is easy to plug in different airports and browse the calendar 2 months at a time to find the cheapest fares.

Sample itineraries: (all of these show 4+ seats available)

• These are decent itineraries making good use of 2 weekends in most cases.  Some have longer layovers than others.
• GRR to Madrid, Thurs Nov 26 (Thanksgiving Day) to Sun Dec 6, $628 per person.  Flight info on Google flights‌
• GRR to Brussels, Fri Sep 11 to Sat Sep 19, $651 per person.  Flight info on Google flights‌
• GRR to Zurich, Fri Sep 4 to Sun Sep 13, $654 per person.  Flight info on Google flights
• GRR to Amsterdam, Fri Sep 25 to Sat Oct 3, $647 per person.  Flight info on Google flights
• GRR to Rome, Sun Sep 6 to Mon Sep 14, $659 per person.  Flight info on Google flights