Flights?

[disneygal2007]

Hi! I was wondering what airlines does eveyone use? I know our trip is VERY far out But I was trying to price our trip. We may have to buy a ticket for my husband to return from Korea here to Tacoma for our vacation. I can't find a good price at all. I haven't flown since the day beofre 9/11. So I have no idea where to start.

 

[Marionnette]

Hi! I was wondering what airlines does eveyone use? I know our trip is VERY far out But I was trying to price our trip. We may have to buy a ticket for my husband to return from Korea here to Tacoma for our vacation. I can't find a good price at all. I haven't flown since the day beofre 9/11. So I have no idea where to start.

Not every airline flies out of every airport. And not every airline that flies from your airport is going to have flights to Orlando. So, your question is quite subjective. I fly SWA, AirTran or USAirways out of PHL because they have nonstops. Yours will be an entirely different list and you may have very different reasons for choosing a carrier.

Try going to kayak.com. Do a search for airfares from your closest airport(s) to either Orlando International or Sanford, FL. Most of the major carriers are included in their search engine. Southwest does not. You can also search your local airport to see what airline fly from there and then check each airlines' website for fares.

 

[bpesch]

You have to start by figuring out which airport you are going to go out of. If you have a choice of more than one, use them all to do your searches. Flight prices have gone up a lot in the past year or so. I can't find anything reasonable in my area and suspect it may be that way all over. There are plenty of sites you can go to to do research. It's going to take time and effort if you want to have any chance of getting a good price.

 

[jsmith]

OP i taking it that you are looking to fly your spouse from Korea-so-because i have time on my hands-i did a little research for you. I priced flights from Seoul to Tacoma and Seoul to Orlando for three different time periods-since i dont know when your spouse will actuall be on EML-i used mid march, mid June and late august-early sept as my bench marks-i can not go any farther in the future than that because airlines only publish fares 330 days in advance. Seoul to Tacoma in March was about 1400 dollars-Seoul to Orlando roughly 1700. 1200 and 1600 in June. 1700 and 1900 in August-Sept. that was interesting because travel to Europe gets cheaper after labor day. Anyway its a couple of hundred dollars cheaper to fly during the week any of those time frames. If i were doing it i might be tempted to fly him from Korea to Orlando and back just to save on leave days and emilinate the risk that car trouble or other issues would keep you from getting back to Tacoma in time for him to make his flight back to Korea -but i know that would leave you driving alone with your children which you may not be comfortable with and since you would be driving alone-if you are traveling during the school year be more problematic because it will up the number of days they miss. I doubt that you are going to find airfare from Korea to anywhere CONUS for less than about 1150 anytime of year and flights are not getting cheaper. One thing you could look at -especially if you can get cheap fairs from SEA to honolulu on hawaiian is to see if you can find a good fare from Seoul to HNL and then a seperate round trip from HNL to SEA-you just have to book them carefully so the layover is enough with out being too long but you still allow time for delays.

 

[lost*in*cyberspace]

You didn't provide much information, so it's hard to be very helpful. I can tell you international flights are high and have been for a while. A one way international ticket will be especially high.