Ridiculous Flights

[ForeverAnna]

So I'm checking out flights for my January trip. As Travelocity is loading my search results I notice some extremely expensive flights. Once the full results load I scroll down to the most expensive flight.

$2,107.90 for a flight from Salt Lake City to Long Beach with stops in Phoenix and LA that takes over 16 hours and involves multiple airlines.

Me. I'm going with the flight that costs $154.20 for a non stop that takes 1 hour and 47 minutes.

Seriously who is even offering that ridiculousness. And who in their right mind would buy it. I could take 12 people with me on my flight for the price of the expensive one.

 

[Phroobar]

Maybe they really like flying?

 

[mouse_luv]

When exactly are you going and is there a reason you are flying into long beach? Usually you fly into SNA for DLR.

I've found flights for as low as $82 in January on SWA

 

[ForeverAnna]

And waiting around in airports.

 

[ForeverAnna]

I'm going January 14th. I decided to check Long Beach because the cheapest flight into SNA is 230.00. Long Beach isn't that far and the savings is significant. I don't like South West and they always have plane changes.

 

[Tom]

Makes me thankful that Southwest flies direct from Indianapolis to just about anywhere we care to travel, including Orlando and LAX.

 

[mouse_luv]

I'm going January 14th. I decided to check Long Beach because the cheapest flight into SNA is 230.00. Long Beach isn't that far and the savings is significant. I don't like South West and they always have plane changes.

The SWA flights were no plane changes or non-stop, but if you don't like them you don't like them. Delta has nonstop from 352, American has from 166 with a stopover in either PHX or LAX. Frontier from 147 through DEN. And United through either DEN or SFO for 238. Always go right to the airline webpage, travel sites like travelocity etc just rip you off. JMHO though.

 

[ForeverAnna]

Oh, I do. I just use Travelocity to compare.

 

[Figments Friend]

I have good luck using Kayak to do a general comparison search, and I have also used Travelocity.
I look around there, then if I find something I like I book direct through the airline website.

Kayak is nice as you can set certain parameters for searching and only view those results, instead of trawling through a large amount of flights and price points you want to avoid.
Works great for me...but the real deals you have to dig for.

Finding and booking a flight is all about timing now, as in, the time of year you are looking or booking.
I tend to book four to three months in advance, and it typically works out that I am looking and booking during 'off season' months January and September.
It's shocking what a difference a couple of weeks will make to the price tag.
Looking and booking at this time of year will result in inflated prices primarily because it's the Summer season.
The price you get quoted is not when you plan to arrive, but when you book.
So right now rates are high due to it being peak Summer travel time.

Try looking and booking in September, the week after Labor Day.
Rates should be coming up lower for January travel by then.

Good luck!


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[LukaLand]

Flights are only $59 each way nonstop all fee's included from Seattle to SNA right now on Alaska Airlines. Lowest I've seen in years.

 

[westie]

Yeah SWA you can do a monthly view of airfare. I'm constantly finding flights from $50-$70. It keeps me coming back. Already have an august and november trip planned!