Need some advice from washington residence about cheap airfare

[stagemomx3]

Isn't Long Beach a lot farther away from Disneyland than LAX?

 

[staley7580]

Isn't Long Beach a lot farther away from Disneyland than LAX?

No, in fact... It is way closer!

 

[stagemomx3]

No, in fact... It is way closer!

Really. Good to know. We have lots of Alaska miles built up though, so Jet Blue would have to be a really, really good deal.

 

[bumbershoot]

Really. Good to know. We have lots of Alaska miles built up though, so Jet Blue would have to be a really, really good deal.

The last few posters have been talking about Alaska Airlines, not Jet Blue...

 

[stagemomx3]

The last few posters have been talking about Alaska Airlines, not Jet Blue...

Gee don't I feel stupid now. I didn't read past where the $99 fares on Jet Blue were mentioned.

 

[auntyjenn]

No one's said antything about Ontario Airport. I hope I didn't mess up. We are flying in there for a lot cheaper than LAX or SNA. Mapquest said it takes 30 minutes to get to DL from there.

 

[smilnjen]

We are paying $300 roundtrip out of PDX for Dec. and that is the most we have paid by about $100.

Geesh....Ive been lookin at Dec. prices and got anywhere from 330-450....

 

[avalon451]

No one's said antything about Ontario Airport. I hope I didn't mess up. We are flying in there for a lot cheaper than LAX or SNA. Mapquest said it takes 30 minutes to get to DL from there.

For my dates in October, Ontario airport is $351. SNA is 370, and Long Beach is 217. This is on Alaska.

Jet Blue is still 250-something. Haven't found anything better than Alaska into Long Beach.

 

[imjen]

Just wanted to chime in on how great the Alaska deals are from SEA to Long Beach. I just booked a few days ago at the $99 each way fare for our late October trip and started a thread on this too so you may want to look for that. It may have been last week.

Anyway, you can probably get a cheaper price through Southwest when they have a sale or through Ding! if you're willing to have a layover in N. Cal but after doing that once with kids we decided it was worth the extra $10-20 each way to have a non-stop flight. I also looked at Jet Blue and the prices were the same as Alaska currently but they only had one flight choice for our departure date and 2 on our return date, and these were very early morning or evening flights. Alaska had 4 flights per day to choose from and the times fit us better.

Also, I found out that if flight prices go down on Alaska after you've booked you can call and they will credit you for a future flight the price difference.

As far as airports go, we've flown into Long Beach and Ontario. Ontario is a bit further and you have to take a shuttle to the rental cars. It's not a bad choice though if you get a great deal. We do much prefer Long Beach. It's very small, fast security, rental cars are right there. Love it!!

 

[splash5]

Another option is Virgin America. They just started flights from SEA to LAX for $79 each way. We will be trying them out in May. We usually fly out of PDX and go on Alaska. This may be something new.

 

[auntyjenn]

Most flights were $300 to any of the other airports, but there was one random flight to ONT that was $170 for some reason. Trying to fill the flight? Well, we filled it.