Frustration of the Moment:
Because I need to get it out.
I'm sorry, but who decided that it needs to cost an obscene amount of money to fly in an airplane? And who decided that the obscenity of that amount increases just about every day closer you get to the day you want to leave? Edit: Or perhaps I'm wrong. Magically, I could fly out tomorrow (Sat.) and return a week from Sunday for just $10 more than it would cost to do the exact same trip in March. Grr.
Le sigh. I'm trying to go to CA for my spring break, and of course, the absolute cheapest thing I can find--checking round trips, checking one ways, and a million combinations of days--is $378. Southwest has this amazing deal going on for $89 one-way; unfortunately, the dates this special fare is offered are just a week or two shy of the dates I need, and I'd have to fly into LAX (something I'd rather not do).
Anyone have any advice on how to find and procure cheap tickets? My strategy in the past has been to use services like Expedia, Travelocity, Cheap Tickets, etc. to find cheaper airlines, then check out the airline's individual website in hopes of saving a few bucks. Usually the only airlines I can afford are Southwest and Continental, but this time the cheapest I can find is American Airlines (which I've never flown). If I don't find anything cheaper soon, I'm just going to have to use ye olde credit card and ask the parental figures for some loan-age.
SO! Your assignment, if you choose to accept it: 1. Do you know of any good travel places than will take pity on me and give me cheap rates? 2. Have you ever flown American Airlines, and if so, did you dig it?
Comments
Hey Joie --- you're doing the right things, the only thing to do is keep checking. You can play brinksmanship as the time approaches in hopes of getting a last minute deal like one you just found, but you run the obvious risk of NOT having any good fares to find. I know some people like http://www.kayak.com, but they've been hit or miss when I've tried them
American's fine -- old school, more-or-less like United.
http://www.cheapflights.com/
http://www.studentuniverse.com/
The only one of those I've used is StudentUniverse which I used to get two roundtrip flights between Denver and Madrid/Barcelona (I got the first set for like $750 I think and the other for like $850, which is crazy expensive but getting them through SU was still way cheaper than getting them elsewhere). You need a student email (or something, it wasn't that complicated) which shouldn't be a problem for you.
OH MY GOSH. You just saved me $60 freakin' dollars. Seriously, I just got the exact flights that were going to be $378 on the American Airlines site for $319 on studentuniverse. I cannot thank you enough for pointing this place out to me!!! Thank you so much!!!
Hey, I like this kayak place! I got way more results from them (or maybe they just seemed more organized to me... either way). Thanks!!
And I am waaaay to chicken to risk waiting until the last minute to book a flight. I just have the worst luck, and I know any attempt to trick the system would backfire on me, haha.