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German low-cost carrier Condor is promoting a new Munich-Pescara route, which it will be flying twice a week from May 15 onwards. One-way fares begin at €59 (plus €23 in taxes), which means the cheapest roundtrips come to €164. Pescara is the main transportation hub for the Abruzzo region, one of Italy’s less touristed areas.

Condor is also promoting €29 fares (€64 with taxes) between German cities and Fuertaventura, Lanzarote, and Tenerife in the Canary Islands. All well and good, but when we tried to book return flights we found fares beginning at €254 once taxes were taken into account.

Though annoying, this little trick on Condor’s part was a useful reminder that navigating low-cost air fares skillfully can feel like stumbling through a maze.

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Last week, German airline Condor announced that airfares for Winter 2007/2008 are already on sale. For Cheapos who like to plan trips long in advance, this sale announcement will come as a welcome opportunity to snap up cheap fares for next winter.

Condor flies to a dizzying number of destinations across the world, including Grenada, the Seychelles, Salvador da Bahia, and Mombasa. Long-haul one-way fares begin at €165 once taxes and charges have been taken into account. One-way fares on short flights begin at €52.

Condor flies from 21 airports in Germany.

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German budget air carrier Condor has just announced a hurry-up-and-buy special deal that seems too good to be true. This promotion is designed to allow consumers to snap up cheap flights in time for Valentine’s Day.

Here’s the deal: Condor is basically giving away 100,000 one-way flights. Within Europe, these flights will go for €29; long-haul flights are priced at €99. Short-haul destinations include Mallorca, Barcelona, Madrid, Naples, and Rome. €99 one-way destinations include Dubai, Fort Myers, Las Vegas, Mombasa, and the Seychelles.

Best, even improbably, of all: taxes and surcharges are included in these special fares. Makes those “free” flights on Ryanair seem altogether less appealing…

The catch: special-fare tickets are only on sale from 10 a.m. Thursday through midnight Saturday, Central European time. We can’t tell you how many seats are available on any given flight, but we can tell you that seats for this fare can be booked for travel through July.

Condor flies to and from 21 airports in Germany.

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