From Russia (and FCF) with Love: Moscow & St. Petersburg

July 2019
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The latest in our low-fare world discovery tour are Russia’s two largest cities, Moscow and St. Petersburg. Both sit on the banks of major rivers, both have been Russia’s capital city at one point and both currently offer fantastic low-fare premium cabin opportunities.

As we’ve mentioned before in our reports about previous low-fare destinations, there’s no discernible reason why certain cities fly onto the low-fare radar, but as sure as Vladimir Putin loves riding a horse with his shirt off, we’ll find them for you.

The Moscow Deal

Fares to Moscow from the U.S. West Coast, Los Angeles and San Francisco, start at just $2,393 on Finnair; from Chicago at $2,293 on Finnair; and from the East Coast at $1,717 from Miami, $1,735 from New York, $1,844 from Washington, DC—on SkyTeam, Air France and KLM for example.

That’s 22 to 26 hours of flying—just $78 to $92 per flight hour—for perspective.

With Finnair you can even make a free stop in Helsinki for a few days before traveling onward or back home. That’s two destinations for the price of one.

The St. Petersburg Deal

Fares to St. Petersburg from Los Angeles and San Francisco start at $2,398 on Finnair; from Chicago at $2,298 on Finnair; and from the East Coast, New York, at $2,142—on LOT Polish.

More Sample Business Class Fares to Russia

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Things to Check Outski in Moscow

  • What will you spy at the Kremlin?
  • Visit the iconic Red Square and Lenin’s tomb
  • See the ornate St. Basil’s Cathedral, built, ironically, by Ivan the Terrible
  • See a ballet performance at the famed Bolshoi Theatre
  • Get your bearings with a cruise on the Moskva River

St. Petersburg is calmer than its southeastern comrade. Once known as Leningrad, and still often referred to as “the Venice of the North,” it’s set on the Baltic Sea and features more than 340 canals and bridges. Skyscraper free, St. Petersburg is a walk back through 300 years of history with its Classical and Baroque architecture.

Things to Check Outski in St. Petersburg

  • Visit the 18th-century Hermitage, the former Winter Palace of the Russian emperors, and the second largest art museum in the world—second only, we may add, to the Louvre in Paris
  • Wonder at the Mariinsky Theatre, the preeminent music theatre of late 19th-century Russia
  • Explore its intricate system of rivers and canals
  • Check out Peterhof Palace, Peter the Great’s answer to Versailles
  • Wander the stately parks and palaces at Pushkin, a former imperial residence and UNESCO World Heritage Site
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