Alitalia is offering fall and winter sale fares to Europe starting at $501 round-trip, including all taxes and fees. Destinations include Paris, Barcelona, Kiev, and Copenhagen.

Alitalia’s sale fares were the best available for many of the routes I checked. The only exceptions were for the New York/Paris and Chicago/Zurich routes, where US Airways had better deals. This sale is worth considering, particularly because Alitalia includes taxes in its advertised prices—a welcome change from most airlines’ method of promoting low base fares, only to tack on hundreds of dollars in taxes when you book.

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