We need to buy flight tickets to europe, the million-dollar question

[snpark]

I can't see any photo but yes pay in rupiah

 

[snpark]

Ok yes I see the photo sorry. Yes sure pay in rupiah.

4366 EUR = 88,170,409.48 IDR today so you see good

 

[Balifrog]

"When using a credit card (CC) abroad or for international transactions, you should always choose the local currency (e.g., Euro if in Europe, Rupees if in India) rather than having the merchant convert it to your home currency"

• Better Exchange Rates: Choosing the local currency ensures your credit card network (Visa, Mastercard) performs the conversion, which is generally much more favorable than the exchange rate offered by the merchant.
• Avoid Dynamic Currency Conversion (DCC): If you choose to pay in your home currency, the merchant or ATM operator uses a process called DCC. They set their own, often unfavorable, exchange rates and may add hidden markup fees, resulting in a higher total cost.
• Avoid Double Conversion Fees: Choosing your home currency can sometimes trigger a "double hit," where you pay both a bad conversion rate and an additional conversion fee.

 

[Saudade]

the credit card is from europe but the price is in rupiah from their website, although this time for the first time I see they allow you to choose to pay in rupiah or in euro, that is what confuse me, ok so I better to pay in rupiah. terimakasi

 

[Helpful Herbert]

Another advantage of Emirates is that they have good sleepover options within the terminal building. It's quite expensive but it makes all the difference to be able to have a full night sleep in between two seven hour flights.
Having said that if I did it now I would probably be up all night listening for the sound of missiles!

 

[Jaime C]

I think being chained to only one airline is a big disadvantage.

Look at price differentials between a one way and RT ticket. I went back to the US for almost 5 months recently, and went on one way tickets. Sent my 13 year old back by herself on a Starlux flight, with only a single stop in Taipei. About $600. Got all my medical appointments done by the end of March, so decided to go home sooner.

Award tickets are the most flexible, usually. I found a single business class award coming back in May on Starlux (using Alaska Air miles), but decided to return in April. I just refunded the ticket, and got my miles back.

Europe has many better priced flights to Indonesia, compared to Indonesia to US. Also look at DPS-CGK-Europe flights. I wouldn’t do an overnight in SIN.

 

[Saudade]

Please I have another question, on the ticket to go to Europe the maximun stay is 6 months which is fine for us, but on the way to come back maximun stay 3 months, what does mean? if we live in Indonesia this is no relevant right? I shouldn´t be worry about that ya?
Terimakasi, have a beautiful day

 

[snpark]

Not relevant to you

 

[jstar]

Jstar, to leave from Singapore never has work for me, for example right now is almost the same price leaving from denpasar than leaving from singapore (1.458 euro from singapore and from denpasar 27.965.882 rp (1.434 euro more or less depend on the change).

A comparison between Star Alliance (Singapore airlines, Turkish Airlines, Lufthansa, United Airlines, …) flights between Denpasar and Barcelona and Singapore and Barcelona. I just picked some random dates. You get much lower prices with other airlines.

Tips for the current situation:

• Never take one way flights unless you pay with miles.
• To Europe is much cheaper than from Europe.
• Book to leave on Sunday through Tuesday.
• The three Middle Eastern airlines (and Oman and Saudi) are much cheaper than the others.
• Pay the currency that your credit card supports and prefers, not the countries’ currency (anymore).

 

[centurion]

Please I have another question, on the ticket to go to Europe the maximun stay is 6 months which is fine for us, but on the way to come back maximun stay 3 months, what does mean? if we live in Indonesia this is no relevant right? I shouldn´t be worry about that ya?
Terimakasi, have a beautiful day

The maximum stay in EU without stay permit is 90 days in 180 days. If you exceed you will get a ban (which is I think 180 days).