What is the cheapest you have flown from Chicago or Indy to Orlando????

[bcarson]

I have only flown twice and both times my parents took care of the arrangements. Well now I am sort of the planner of our big family trip in Oct and I want to do my family proud! I would of course like to get the best possible price. My dh, myself and my two dk's could meet my family who includes my parents , sister and her two dk's there from Chicago or drive to Indy and all fly together. But I just want to know what I can expect to pay and what is the best price you have seen. I believe I have time to wait. Thanks!

 

[jeffreyml]

The cheapest price we have paid was $ 100 round trip from Chicago to Oralndo thru priceline. You can find fares anywhere from $128 to $ 200 anytime of the year. October is not that crowded so check out ATA and Southwest regularly. Sign up for Southwest's new Ding program and get updated specials daily.

 

[horner5]

We have flown from Midway-Orlando via ATA (which, I'm reading doesn't provide those flights anymore) for around $175-$180 round trip. We bought our September tix recently through Spirit out of O'Hare for $160. At Christmas we jumped on $130 out of Indy with Northwest-that was an amazing price for any time of year, let alone Christmas! All were nonstop flights. We budget $180 per person usually.

 

[inkkognito]

Latest ood fare was a SW Ding for $126 from Chicago.
Barb

 

[jl3614]

From Indy you can get non-stop flights on SWA, ATA, NWA, and Airtran. Neither Southwest or Airtran have there October schedule out yet, so NWA and ATA have no insentive to discount.

Southwest will probably have the lowest prices - generally you can find $59 fares - that comes to $137 rt after all the taxes. You can usually get those rates if you are flying mid-week. If you are flying weekend you may need to watch Southwest website and grab the flight soon (like in the first few hours) after the October schedule is announced to get those rates. Airtran is currently $74 - approx $170 rt for the August timeframe - expect the same rates for October. Many times Northwest will match Southwests' rates, I do not know about Airtran since they are new to Indy as of April 9.

Booking a October trip with ATA from Indy is a very risky bet. As of April ATA will have only 4 flights from Indy. In my opinion 4 daily flights is not sustainable, I would guess sometime over the summer they either increase to about 10 flights or they leave Indy altogether. Long term, no one knows what will happen with them.

A couple other things you may wish to consider.

You will probably get your lowest fare from a discount carrier. I believe most of the discount carriers in Chicago fly out of Midway not Ohare. I don't know if that matters to you - my parents live NW (between Chicago and Rockford), they will always take the 45 minute drive to Ohare over the 90 minute trip to Midway unless the flight is much, much more expensive out of Ohare.

Fall Break has become a big deal here in Indy (as it has many other cities). Generally Fall Break is only 2 or 3 days, but many parents are taking kids out of school for the whole week. Some schools have Fall Break the 3rd week in Oct, others have it the 4th week. This will affect airplane seat availablity.


Have a good trip.

 

[alicenwonder99]

I just got an email from Southwest for airfare. $79 one way from Chicago Midway, and $59 one way from Indianapolis. It is for travel dates May 31 to September 12th. And you must book by TOMORROW (May 12th).

I hope this helps someone!

I don't have a trip planned for those dates, but I'm so tempted to make a quick trip with the kids. I guess I have to hurry up and decide.

Mary

 

[Mady/Sophiemom]

We have flown from Ind- Mco, 2 times. ATA, and Northwest, both were $137.00 R/T non-stop. We actually drive past the Dayton, Ohio airport for the cheaper fares. Save $280.00 last month.