Ireland, along with Germany, continue to be low-cost welcome mats to Europe. Delta is providing this eye opening opportunity to visit Europe in the heart of the summer for under $500. Purchase by 6/30/09 for this non-stop flight deal. See additional cities on sale.

If Dublin isn’t your final destination, access European low-cost monsters RyanAir or easyJet to access a wide array of destinations, including Amsterdam, Prague and Warsaw.

Click here to view all the discount routes out of Dublin. Look under “Save More to Dublin”.

Rarely do we see sub $300 airfares from the US to Europe. Delta is currently offering airfares in the high $200′s for travel across the pond, from New York to Dublin and Shannon.

In addition they’re offering deals to other European cities including Rome, Athens and Barcelona for travel between March 2nd and April 2nd. The fare we found below is for JFK to DUB, non-stop for only $296, arriving on St. Patricks’s Day. Book by March 9th.

Air France just announced their ’3 day March sale to Europe’ which includes deals on its New York (JFK) to Paris (CDG) route, as well as to other European cities.

But, we’re actually seeing much lower fares for JFK to CDG from American Airlines with their Fare Sale to Europe.

The lowest price we found with Air France for March travel was $557.

In addition to finding lower fares on AA for March travel, we’re seeing it for April and May travel, including (below) for an uncharacteristically low price of $411.

However, please note, one plus about Air France is that they allow a free stopover in each direction in Paris, meaning that you can stay there for several days at no extra charge, before continuing on to your final destination.

Once you get past the neon, ambient, mood lighting, Virgin America is basically JetBlue with less legroom – but with a far superior in-flight entertainment (IFE) system! Actually, VX has several additional amenities, including a 1st class section, sans the drastic price difference, and two 110v plugs for every three coach seats, perfect for your laptop.

On the IFE screen, in addition to the basic cable channels, you can order and pay for food and drinks. The stewardesses then deliver it within 1-3 minutes! Why don’t conventional restaurants have this?

The IFE system also has On-Demand TV shows, movies, music and games. Some are free, some are for a fee. I watched an interview with Richard Branson for free and then paid $1.00 for an episode of The Office. You swipe your credit card at your seat, no fumbling for change with the stewardess. The kid sitting beside me didn’t have a credit card yet, so I swiped my card and he paid me in crumbled-up cash.

The IFE has an in-flight chat. You can chat with any passenger on the plane. You must first send an invitation that they must accept. My girlfriend accidentally sent 25E an invite, but I was in 24E. We laughed after he declined it. I then sent her one. She declined it and laughed. So, I ordered her a can of Budweiser and “Letterheads”. Before you knew it we were in NYC.