Any recommendations for flight itineraries to/within Europe from the USA?

We want to vacation from San Francisco to Copenhagen this summer. I've heard it's cheaper to fly from the USA to a major European hub (London, Paris, etc) and then catch a smaller intra-Europe flight to a smaller European city (Copenhagen, Prague, etc) vs. trying to fly direct from the US. Does anyone have experience with this or any recommendations for intra-Europe carriers? I've checked options on Yahoo! Travel, Orbitz, Expedia, Travelocity, etc but they are all pretty US-centric and still quite expensive.

Copenhagen is a major airport, handling about 22 million passengers per year, hub for SAS Scandinavian Airlines, and with nonstop flights from Seattle, New York, Chicago, Washington, Newark, and Atlanta. You will likely be able to find a good deal without having to break the trip to 2 tickets, but of course it doesn't hurt to shop prices....

Here's a list of low-cost destination service by airline from CPH Airport: http://www.cph.dk/CPH/UK/MAIN/Before+Departure/Low+Fare+Tickets/Europe.htm -- This is helpful if you're comparing prices on 2 tickets, via Paris, LON, FRA, or AMS, for example.

You might try SAS consolidator http://www.travelteam.com to see what they've got on your dates.

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If you can depart before May 17, or after August 13, then I'm seeing much cheaper fares. Aug 14\29 on Continental, for example, at $738 total, SFO-EWR-CPH; CPH-EWR-SFO.

Two years ago, I booked a holiday package on Northwest Airlines to fly from Kansas City to Munich, Germany. I had to connect two times; once in Minneapolis and once in Amsterdam both ways. I found it was cheaper to make these two connections than to fly from Chicago nonstop to Germany. If you can, take Northwest from SFO, connect in Minneapolis or Detroit, connect again in Amsterdam, and then on to Copenhagen. Or, try Continental from SFO to Newark and straight on to Copenhagen.

Very good question.

One of the cheapest airline are EASYJET and Ryanair

I used EasyJet and you can book your flight in USA thru their website. Pay your flight with a credit card. They are the Southwest Airline of Europe. Must book direct with them.

www.easyjet.com