Cheapest Plane Tickets?

[rachelsoma]

What's the best place to get plane tickets?

I'll be going to San Diego at the end of July this year though I only need a plane ticket to LA.

Comments

[tanked_girl]

Go to STA or even studentflights. You don't need to be a student and they do REALLY cheap deals.

Or you can get even cheaper rates through the YHA.

[rachelsoma]

Ta. Thanks.

[black_pawn]

STA, Flight Centre and Student Flights are all good places to check.

If you decide to go with either Flight Centre or Student Flights then be aware of a little rort, StudentFlights is owned by FlightCentre and they offer basically the same prices EXCEPT that they will match prices offered by competitors with a discount (or they used to) and they regard the other as a competitor and will match and undercut those prices (the indivudal stores want your money so they don't care about the corporate loss involved)...I saved about $100 by doing that a few years ago.

[coppervale]

I go to the airport, and wait for someone to buy a ticket to my destination then I beat them up and take their ticket!!!

And then I run behind the counters at the crappy restaurants and lick the sandwiches!!

And then I go to small children in the waiting areas and describe the plot of the movie 'ALIVE' to them!!

...

(hey - I think my pain meds just kicked in....)

(umm, sorry.)

o_0

[rachelsoma]

You are NOT HELPING!

[ozisim]

buy a cheapie virgin to Hawaii... cos like, that's way cheap right now.
Then jump on a domestic service into CA. Connections might be a bitch, but getting stuck in Hawaii is gotta be alot better than most everywhere else!

[rachelsoma]

Which Virgin?

[ozisim]

Uhh. Richard's Virgin.
Ye know... rich guy, owns a boat, a tad nuts?

[rachelsoma]

Yeah but there's virgin blue, virgin pacific...

Blue seems to be Au/NZ only and Pacific onl lets me choose Hong Kong and London.

[110billion]

iirc, Jetstar are starting flights to Hawaii (will be up in July, I just checked).

Their cheapest flight is $404 (mid-week), but I don't think I'd like to be cramped up on a long flight. Everything I've heard about them is negative.

[black_pawn]

Which comes to $608 with taxes and you still need the second leg and that's only one way. I doubt it would be cheaper than the long haul flight which would be in the region of $1500 return (possibly before taxes). On the plus side, R is little, she shouldn't be too cramped on any flight.

OTOH, it may be too early to be able to book a flight and take advantage of the inevitible specials.

[110billion]

> On the plus side, R is little, she shouldn't be too cramped on any flight.

Wouldn't surprise me if Jetstar was too cramped for our little friend :)

[rachelsoma]

Flying out of Sydney, upper budget is... uh, a little as possible? Prolly, 2200 - after tax.