> Budapest does not seem to me to be the most accessible european city > from the US.
While it's true that the only direct flight I can see from the US to Budapest is from NYC (with Malév). Budapest is very accessible. These cities are the major European hubs: * London * Paris * Frankfurt * Amsterdam Fly into one of those and connect on to Budapest from there. Which one depends on your airline of choice (if you're a Star Alliance kind of guy like me you'd likely fly Lufthansa or United through Frankfurt or Munich and then to Budapest from there -- if you enjoy the hell that is British safety regulations you'd fly through London). The online search tools should find these connecting flights for you automatically. Remember to leave some room in your first European Union airport for clearing customs. Malév is the national Hungarian airline and I can see they're a part of the Oneworld alliance along with American Airlines and British Airways. If you have no affiliation with other alliances I'd start by searching for deals through those airlines. - Andreas -- Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen http://www.solitude.dk/
