Holy crap, I'm flying this year. I should probably find some tickets.
I don't know yet if I'll fly into DTW, or fly into SBN and drive with friends/family. Depends on who all is going from the Indiana crew.
Well Ghoosdum and I are trying to plan the same flight from LA to Detroit, so I'll let you know when we figure it out and we can see if we can all get on the same flight if you're going into DTW.
I'm searching primarily June 22, from SNA, LGB, or ONT to DTW. Right now they're coming in and holding steady at $170, but I've seen much lower, so I'm still waiting.
I would prefer LAX since that's the only one Airtran flys through and I have about $80 in credits, but I'm open to others if it's cheaper/closer for the drive. Plus the only three flights from LAX-DTW suck as far as their schedule. Leave at 645AM, leave at Noon-arrive 1215AM or leave 1130PM-Arrive 1045AM the next day. Prices are around 170 one way as well.
Round trips are around $360 right now for some reason I can't explain (I've found round trips for $220-$260 in the past).
If you can figure out how we'll get to LAX, I'll entertain the notion of flying out of there. However, I'm not going to leave my car at LAX for $13.95 per day for a week and a half (I'm staying in Cincinnati for a bit after EPIC), and I wouldn't want to burden anyone else by having them drive us there. Olivia will already be out of town before we leave.
Leaving from LAX is best done before 7AM and after 9PM, and just okay from about noon until 3PM because traffic is horrible during the four hours of each rush hour. So the flights that Airtran has from LAX to DTW are at decent times actually. Even without traffic, the drive to LAX is three times longer than the drive to SNA.
I hate LAX with a passion, but that is probably because everyone that visits comes into LAX instead of SNA to save twenty bucks on their flight. Right now the cheapest flight I can see out of LAX is $165 one way (five dollars less than SNA) and $336 round trip, about $24 less than SNA.
Well I was operating under the assumption that flights would be quite a bit cheaper out of LAX, but if it's only 5-10 dollar difference, then I am certainly willing to fly from SNA.
I watched the flight prices from LAX to DTW from Jan 'til I pulled the trigger on mine in March. $330 I think was the lowest I saw and that was 1 day then the flight was gone the next day. I will be green with envy if they drop $100 before June.
I think prices usually bottom out around 2 months before the travel dates, I'm expecting in the next two weeks to see the trough of flight prices for the June dates. If they stay around what they are now by April 25 or so, I'm going to book.
Yesterday I found one of the most ridiculous flight schedules ever.
Flying from Long Beach to Detroit, via Seattle, then via LAX. Flies directly from LAX to DTW. Total time for this trip is 15 hours (6AM PST Tuesday to 12AM EST Wednesday) and the price was $134. (Taking the same flight that is the last leg of this journey from LAX to DTW would cost $300 one way)
They used to allow that. It's always been cheaper t fly out of DAY rather than CVG, but almost all flights out of DAY make a stop in CVG, so when I was a kid, my family used to book flights through DAY, then drive to CVG, and they'd let us on, we just couldn't check any luggage.
They changed the rules about 15 years ago, however, and you can't do that anymore. If you miss the first plane, you miss the whole journey.
Here's a cool way of tracking flights http://flightaware.com/
I use it at JIA to check flights for people waiting for people coming in.
All you need is the airline and tail no# and it will tell you when it
took off, when it will land, and how long is left in the flight.
It also have a map that shows you where the flight is in the air
which most people find to be cool.
On the page on the left about half way down is where you put
the flight you are looking for. You can also put in the airport and
see the air traffic for that airport. Just something fun to play with.
Hey Bobby... Joe and I are ready to book. Basically we think the prices are holding pretty steady around $170 one way. What is your plan for traveling out there? Are you going to join us on the flight straight to DTW or are you flying into Indiana and driving up with those guys?
It seems that Crazy Joe and GHoosdum are is some kind of time warp
on the agenda in the calendar. They first start to get to the D at
11:56pm and not fully there till 12:56am. I think they need to supply
more power to their transporter it would speed things up.
Guess that what you get when you buy old Star Trek surplus ;D;D;D
I allot 1 hour so it can be read on the calendar. Been doing it that way for years but this is the first time someone had a flight arrive or depart between 11pm and midnight.
I allot 1 hour so it can be read on the calendar. Been doing it that way for years but this is the first time someone had a flight arrive or depart between 11pm and midnight.
Ok , you can say that. But, I still think they need to call Scotty to find out
how to overclock the transporter ;D;D
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Well Ghoosdum and I are trying to plan the same flight from LA to Detroit, so I'll let you know when we figure it out and we can see if we can all get on the same flight if you're going into DTW.
More to not understand about airline prices, I paid 1/2 that for the round trip.
-Bobby
My wonderful suggested I go straight to Southwest Airlines and BINGO. $171 with the exact times and locations I wanted!!!
If you can figure out how we'll get to LAX, I'll entertain the notion of flying out of there. However, I'm not going to leave my car at LAX for $13.95 per day for a week and a half (I'm staying in Cincinnati for a bit after EPIC), and I wouldn't want to burden anyone else by having them drive us there. Olivia will already be out of town before we leave.
Leaving from LAX is best done before 7AM and after 9PM, and just okay from about noon until 3PM because traffic is horrible during the four hours of each rush hour. So the flights that Airtran has from LAX to DTW are at decent times actually. Even without traffic, the drive to LAX is three times longer than the drive to SNA.
I hate LAX with a passion, but that is probably because everyone that visits comes into LAX instead of SNA to save twenty bucks on their flight. Right now the cheapest flight I can see out of LAX is $165 one way (five dollars less than SNA) and $336 round trip, about $24 less than SNA.
-Bobby
Flying from Long Beach to Detroit, via Seattle, then via LAX. Flies directly from LAX to DTW. Total time for this trip is 15 hours (6AM PST Tuesday to 12AM EST Wednesday) and the price was $134. (Taking the same flight that is the last leg of this journey from LAX to DTW would cost $300 one way)
Long Beach is 22 miles from LAX.
Ooff, my body aches just thinking about it.
-Bobby
They changed the rules about 15 years ago, however, and you can't do that anymore. If you miss the first plane, you miss the whole journey.
http://flightaware.com/
I use it at JIA to check flights for people waiting for people coming in.
All you need is the airline and tail no# and it will tell you when it
took off, when it will land, and how long is left in the flight.
It also have a map that shows you where the flight is in the air
which most people find to be cool.
On the page on the left about half way down is where you put
the flight you are looking for. You can also put in the airport and
see the air traffic for that airport. Just something fun to play with.
Do the prices differ much to SBN than they do to DTW?
on the agenda in the calendar. They first start to get to the D at
11:56pm and not fully there till 12:56am. I think they need to supply
more power to their transporter it would speed things up.
Guess that what you get when you buy old Star Trek surplus
Tuesday, June 22
Arrival - Red Dragon
11:55am
Arrival - Mertesn
12:30pm
Arrival - DogDragon
1:07pm
Arrival - Crazy Joe
11:56pm
Arrival - GHoosdum
11:56pm
Wednesday, June 23
Arrival - GHoosdum
» 12:56am
Arrival - Crazy Joe
» 12:56am
Arrival - QCH
6:45pm
Arrival - Bobby1211
8:44pm
Ok , you can say that. But, I still think they need to call Scotty to find out
how to overclock the transporter