Cheap flights from Krakow to Fort Lauderdale

March is the cheapest month on this route, and the price calendar usually shows fares easing from late January through spring. September and October are the next calmer windows, while July, December and the Christmas and New Year weeks are the busiest. Flying midweek, Tuesday to Thursday, tends to cost less than a weekend departure, and early departures from Balice often connect better through the European hubs. Book a few months ahead for summer and holiday travel; for March itself you can leave it later. Polish school holidays and the American Thanksgiving and spring break periods push fares up at both ends.

No airline flies this route nonstop, so your ticket will be a connecting one, usually built around a European hub. LOT Polish Airlines is the natural first leg out of Krakow, with Lufthansa, Lufthansa Cityline, Austrian, Swiss, Brussels Airlines and British Airways handling the onward legs through their home airports. Braathens Regional Aviation, Air Dolomiti and Helvetic Airways appear as regional partners on some of those connections, so part of the trip may be on a smaller aircraft. All of these are full-service carriers, so checked bags, seat selection and meals are not always included in the basic fare. Check what each ticket covers before you compare.

Fort Lauderdale lands at FLL International, the city's main gateway and a short ride from downtown, the port and the beach strip. Because there are no nonstop flights from Krakow, you clear US immigration at your first point of entry, often a large hub, and then take a domestic hop into Florida, so leave a comfortable connection. On the ground, taxis, rideshares and hotel shuttles are the usual ways into town. Keep your onward booking and a local address handy for the border officer, and remember that checked bags normally have to be collected and dropped again at that first US airport.

Currency

USD ($)

Power sockets

Type A, B · 120 V

Language

Samoan, Hawaiian, Chamorro, Carolinian, Spanish

Emergency number

911

Driving side

right

Calling code

+1

Internet domain

.us

Population of Fort Lauderdale

183 k (2020)

Time zone

UTC-04 (America/New_York)

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• Book the whole trip on one ticket, because separate bookings on this connecting route leave you unprotected if a flight is late.
• Check the baggage allowance on each leg, as basic fares on this route often exclude a checked bag.
• Krakow departs from Balice only, so match the airport code on your ticket before booking transport.
• Sort your passport and US entry authorisation early, and re-check the rules close to departure.
• Compare the price calendar month by month: March is the cheapest month, while summer and Christmas cost far more.
• Allow a long connection at your first US airport, where you clear immigration and re-check your bags.