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Crazy airfare prices

bajafreaks - 10-30-2012 at 10:15 AM

Thinking about Baja this morning so I thought I would check airfare prices for our annual trip to the Eastcape in May, I know its a ways out but just checking. We live in the Carson Valley (Nevada) so Reno to LAX to San jose del cabo $542.00 round trip per person...ouch. Ive checked flights out of Sacramento (2 hour drive) same pricing. Every year the prices keep going up. Besides driving of course any suggestions for a cheaper option ??? We wont book until it gets closer. Thanks as always.

J.P. - 10-30-2012 at 10:26 AM

Keep checking Alaska Air they sometimes have some bargins.

DENNIS - 10-30-2012 at 10:31 AM

Jeeezo....I'll bet you could come over to San Diego and take a cruise down for that price.

RNO to LAX

bajaguy - 10-30-2012 at 11:07 AM

Southwest has a sale on now. One way fare $107:

http://www.southwest.com/html/promotions/nationwide-sale.htm...

Curt63 - 10-30-2012 at 11:13 AM

As for last minute, I got nothin.

I always plan way in the future and get great deals on Volaris.

Many cheap tickets are not advertised. You just have decide on an approximate time to go and start hunting.

I just got back from a trip. My wife and I got TJ to La Paz RT for $88 each all fees and tax included.

They are out there.

Bueno suerte

vandenberg - 10-30-2012 at 11:30 AM

Just priced Sacramento-Loreto.
Best I could come up with was Sac to LAX on southwest $ 168.00 for senior. $ 202.00 for adults.
LAX to Loreto on Alaska ( only game in town ) $ 461.00
for a total of $ 663.00 to fly for 21/2 hrs on a prop driven plane.:wow::wow:

vandy - 10-30-2012 at 11:39 AM

LAS-SJD May 7-21. $474 US Airways. Stop in Phoenix. About 4 hours each way.
(oops! Someone says Nevada and I think Vegas)

[Edited on 10-30-2012 by vandy]

bajafreaks - 10-30-2012 at 12:47 PM

Checked Volaris TJ to San Jose del cabo $257.00 p.p but Reno to San Diego (no flights to TJ) $235.00 Total $492.00 p.p
I'll keep looking :wow:
Whats the experience like at the TJ Airport ?

[Edited on 10-30-2012 by bajafreaks]

Sacramento

bajaguy - 10-30-2012 at 01:09 PM

Know you would not prefer to drive, but Sac to San Diego is $85 one way on Southwest.

Curt63 - 10-30-2012 at 02:36 PM

TJ airport is newly remodeled, clean, organized and efficient!

I get dropped off on the US side of the Otay border, walk 100 yards, grab a $10 US taxi to the airport and thats it!

On the way back last fri at 5:30 pm, the walking line to the US was about 40 minutes.

Last summer my wife and 3 teenage daughters did this trip without me. No hassles

Alm - 11-1-2012 at 12:18 AM

Booking THAT far in advance you will be getting average price - not a bargain price. Bargains can be had somewhere 15-40 days in advance, but not 8 months. You may check fly.com or kayak.com - it's from $520 and up, Alaska usually comes the cheapest. Btw, it depends on the length of stay too.

CortezBlue - 11-1-2012 at 12:28 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by bajafreaks
Thinking about Baja this morning so I thought I would check airfare prices for our annual trip to the Eastcape in May, I know its a ways out but just checking. We live in the Carson Valley (Nevada) so Reno to LAX to San jose del cabo $542.00 round trip per person...ouch. Ive checked flights out of Sacramento (2 hour drive) same pricing. Every year the prices keep going up. Besides driving of course any suggestions for a cheaper option ??? We wont book until it gets closer. Thanks as always.



Bah, everything is relative.

Check Phx to Cabo.

Non stop to cabo is $800 RT

I would kill for a $500 ticket:(

Udo - 11-1-2012 at 06:16 AM

Alaska will no longer service SJDC by the time he wants to fly there.
Quote:
Originally posted by J.P.
Keep checking Alaska Air they sometimes have some bargins.

RnR - 11-1-2012 at 06:58 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by CortezBlue

Bah, everything is relative.

Check Phx to Cabo.

Non stop to cabo is $800 RT

I would kill for a $500 ticket:(



And sometime the airlines pricing strategy is LOCO. And it doesn't seem like the prices have changed much in a year.

Last march I flew from Reno to Cabo/SJD on US Airways. Price was about $540.

I thought this was high at the time so I looked at Southwest to Phoenix and then USAirways to Cabo. The cost of the Southwest flight is immaterial. The SAME USAirways flight from PHX to Cabo that I would have been on if I had flown from Reno on USAirways and then connected to the US Airways flight in PHX was $750 by it self!

Hmmm.. $200 less to fly almost twice as far on the SAME airline and on the SAME ACTUAL PLANE ????

[Edited on 11-1-2012 by RnR]

bajafreaks - 11-1-2012 at 09:33 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Udo
Alaska will no longer service SJDC by the time he wants to fly there.


Quote:
Originally posted by J.P.
Keep checking Alaska Air they sometimes have some bargins.


I've read they are dropping flights to LaPaz but also SJDC...wow.
The flights I found for $542.00 were actually US Air not Alaska which is fine with me going thru Phoenix rather than LAX.

mulegemichael - 11-1-2012 at 09:56 AM

is alaska gonna keep flying into loreto??...i hope???

Alaska Airlines

Lengua - 11-1-2012 at 01:10 PM

Guys , where rae you getting your information that Alaska wont serve SJDC or La Paz ?

Can you post a link to the article(s) you've been reading ? If this is true , it is not good news for those of us that have homes and other ties to the lower Baja.

Thanks ,
:wow:Mike

QUETZALCOATL - 11-1-2012 at 01:43 PM

Just want to say I sympathize with ya. Use to be I could fly my whole family down to Cabo for around 1000.00. That was 6 round trip tickets from N.Carolina to Los Cabos. Now each ticket is costing around 700.00, still going but am starting to question if I shouldnt just buy a plane.

Alm - 11-2-2012 at 07:45 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Lengua
Guys , where rae you getting your information that Alaska wont serve SJDC or La Paz ?

All I can tell is that Alaska sells tickets RNO-SJD for June 2013 from $506 return right now :)

AndyP - 11-2-2012 at 08:04 PM

Look into getting some British Airways frequent flyer miles, then book through British on American or Alaska. It's a segment and distance based system, so direct flights from LAX or San Diego to Cabo are only 7500 miles each way

BajaBruceFan - 11-3-2012 at 08:33 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Udo
Alaska will no longer service SJDC by the time he wants to fly


Unlikely that will happen, Alaska recently invested millions into the new Terminal 2 at SJD

LaPaz Alaska Air

Lengua - 11-3-2012 at 11:02 AM

Called yesterday and spoke to Senior management .

CONFIRMED , ALASKA AIRLINES WILL QUIT SERVING LAPAZ ON APRIL 6th and will only have one flight a week starting in February.
Mike

Alm - 11-3-2012 at 12:36 PM

Well, the OP wanted SJD and SJD will still be there.

There is an express bus from San Jose bus terminal (not airport) to La Paz, 20 bucks, takes ~3 hours.