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–Bookable on Priceline. Tickets purchased today from Priceline are refundable until 11:29pm ET tomorrow. Please see this post for directions on how to cancel these tickets.
-Limited seats are available on each date. Always search for 1 seat and then work your way up to the number of seats you need in order to book as many seats on sale as you can.
Sample itinerary for Purim for $499 with connections under 3 hours:
-Flights originating from Tel Aviv are also available for $538-$578 round-trip.
-Yes, the airline and airport are safe to transit in. No, Kiev is not a war zone. Thousands of DansDeals readers have booked travel and arrived safely.
-The valid dates below have been cherry-picked to show flights with connections shorter than 4 hours. More dates will be available if you’re willing to stopover in Kiev for a longer period of time.
–DD commenter “Aryeh” notes that he stopped over for longer in Kiev and for $100 he had a private driver (contact info here) take him to the gravesites of the Baal Shem Tov Zt’l, Rebbe Nachman Zt’l, and R’ Levi Yitzchok Zt’l. DD commenter Yakov had the same positive experience as well.
To help find dates with longer connections you can use Google’s ITA Matrix. See this post for a demonstration and then use advanced routing code:
PS+ / minconnect 240
Where PS+ limits the search to Ukraine Air flights only and the number 240 refers to the minimum amount of minutes that you wish to remain in Kiev. You can make that number any amount that you want.
For the dates below I used routing code
PS+ / maxconnect 240
to find flights that have connection with a maximum of 240 minutes.
After finding valid dates just plug them into Priceline to make the book tickets.
Valid $499 JFK-Tel Aviv outbound travel dates with short connections:
November 11, 18, 22, 25, 29
December 2
January 20, 24, 27, 31
February 3, 7, 10, 14, 17, 21, 24, 28
March 2, 6, 9, 13, 16, 20, 23, 27, 29, 30
Valid $499 Tel Aviv-JFK return travel dates with short connections:
November 19, 26
December 1, 3
January 26, 28
February 2, 4, 9, 11, 16, 18, 23, 25
March 1, 3, 8, 10, 15, 17, 22, 24, 28, 31
April 4, 5, 11, 12, 14, 18, 19, 21, 25, 26, 28
May 3, 5
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29 Comments On "Ukraine Air: JFK-Tel Aviv For $499 Round-Trip"
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I’m very confused on the hole matrix…. Is there any flights in mid October?
I only see 599
@Ephraim:
Not for $499 with a short connection.
@Abe M:
For which dates?
Can you bank uia flights to anywhere decent?
I see it now, apologies
how do iget flights
I’m in for mid November, thanks Dan!!
@shim:
Read the post?
@Abe M:
Nesiah tova!
What would the kind fellows on this site suggest is the best option for a ticket to Israel for Sukkot and what, at this late hour, is considered a decent price?
Thanks!
I don’t need a short connection is there anything for mid October? It could be over night jn Kiev
I’m looking for a cheap ticket for 24 may to 30 may for $499
Are these flights cancelable? Looks like when I’m about to book it says non refundable but I thought priceline has free 24 hour cancellation??
@Zara:
Read the 2nd paragraph of this post.
Does anyone know how much time is needed to leave the airport and visit the kevarim as other commenters have done?
@Chaim
you will need to stay overnight its about a three hour drive from the Fairmont hotel.
how do we get these tickets and upgrade to business class tickets
@anna
3 hours each way? And $100 total?
@Chaim: 3 hours each way we took a driver charged $500.00 for the day including picking us up from the airport. beautiful comfortable van nice driver
With a US passport do you need a visa to leave the airport?
@BBPAPA:
No
@Dan Thanks, in for March at $499
Uman is a 3 hour drive from Kiev.Ironically Rav Nachman from Breslev requested to be buried in Uman because he felt it was centrally located!
I called doitall traveling agent. this low price on this Ukraine airline is only for specific dates and those dates only fly out 3x a week, Sat. night , Tues night and thursday.
@Ruthy Creed:
Lol, every valid date is listed in this very post!
Purim in Yerushalayim!
I purchased Travel Insurance, so the total was $533.36. Thanks Dan.
Can anyone who travelled with this airline/route in the past comment on their experiences?
With a Israeli passport are you allowed to fly to kiev
Dan when is this deal until
I just tried nyc san in jan priceline came up $100 cheaper than Ita.
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