Help with plane tickets

[Slomo]

I'm travelling to the US with my family and in order to catch at least a Spurs game I'll need to book a couple of US flights (LAS-SAT & SAT-WAS).

What are the best websites to do this?

Is it better to buy as soon as possible or to wait and buy at the last minute?

[mardigan]

Buy asap,the longer you wait the more expensive they get, and I usually like to buy my tickets off hotwire.com, they usually have pretty sweet deals.

[Slomo]

Hotwire doesn't offer one way tickets. But thanks for responding (and for the other advice).

[tlongII]

expedia.com

[Shelly]

I suggest you contact Google

[mardigan]

Hotwire doesn't offer one way tickets. But thanks for responding (and for the other advice).

You should try cheaptickets.com then, they do one way Im pretty sure

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

Jim said he'd be happy to take care of all your travel arrangements. He'll just dip into the DuffMcCartney scholarship fund.

[Slomo]

I suggest you contact Google

I got this part down, it's the trip from Vegas to San Antonio that is confusing me!

[nkdlunch]

www.kayak.com

it's the shizzz


better to buy as soon as possible, why wait till last minute when prices might go up.

[nkdlunch]

kayak searches hundreds of sites for you and best thing it gives you full price of ticket including taxes + fees

[sa_butta]

I'm travelling to the US with my family and in order to catch at least a Spurs game I'll need to book a couple of US flights (LAS-SAT & SAT-WAS).

What are the best websites to do this?

Is it better to buy as soon as possible or to wait and buy at the last minute?

best time to buy is asap, you get a better deal for advanced purchases. Also if you only need one ways I suggest buying a Round Trip and not using the return. But dont tell the airline you are doing that or they wont do it. Normally roundtrips are cheaper. PM me if you need more info or help.

[nkdlunch]

Normally roundtrips are cheaper.

this is not true

it might have been in the past. but not anymore. 1 way are way cheaper.

[sa_butta]

this is not true

it might have been in the past. but not anymore. 1 way are way cheaper.

Airlines do offer 1 way fares, but it really depends on the market.
right now

Lowest available.
One way SAT-LAS=$229 plus tax
SAT-WAS=$319 plus tax

[sa_butta]

my mistake I have been out of leisure travel for a while.
I do mostly Government/Military.

[nkdlunch]

SAT-LAS:
round trip: $282

1-way: $173

[nkdlunch]

my mistake I have been out of leisure travel for a while.
I do mostly Government/Military.

yeah I know what u mean. they used to charge a huge fee for 1 way tickets. not anymore. Actually now I always look for 1 way tickets. you get cheaper deals.

[Slomo]

Thanks for the info guys. I'll make my decision on Monday when I see what my local travel agent found for me (sometimes you get good prices when you book US flights as part of an international trip).

[sa_butta]

wow, that kyak.com is cheap. Like I said I havent done leisure in about
4 years so I dont know anymore. I just checked SABRE.

[SequSpur]

Call a travel agent.

[ShoogarBear]

www.southwest.com will probably have the cheapest rates from LAS to SAT. And there's no difference between one-way and round trips on southwest. I just checked right now and depending on the advance time, fares are as low as $190.

What airport is WAS? Do you mean Washington, DC? Those airports are either DCA (National), IAD (Dulles), or BWI (Baltimore-Washington). The best fare to SAT from those airlines is BWI->SAT on Southwest. However, if you're flying into IAD, you probably don't want to drive the 70 miles to BWI and you should just make whatever connection you can from there.

[ShoogarBear]

Well, slap my face. Southwest actually flies to SAT from IAD (but not DCA). So they may be your best bet for one-ways from there, too.

[tlongII]

Thanks for the info guys. I'll make my decision on Monday when I see what my local travel agent found for me (sometimes you get good prices when you book US flights as part of an international trip).

Do NOT use a travel agent! They are worthless! There is no need for travel agents to exist anymore with the internet. You will just end up paying more than you need to.

[Slomo]

Do NOT use a travel agent! They are worthless! There is no need for travel agents to exist anymore with the internet. You will just end up paying more than you need to.

I agree in principle, but they can link cross Atlantic tickets to inland flights and sometimes get a special deal and that's something you don't have access to over the internet (cross Atlantic fares are a lot more expensive on the net than what I can get directly from Lufthansa).

Thanks Shoog, that's a good advice. WAS is supposed to mean which ever airport in Washington DC. I'll probably fly to Washington from San Antonio and then back home. But since I have stuff to do there, I don't really care which airport I land since I'm staying 2 days in DC.

[Slomo]

www.southwest.com will probably have the cheapest rates from LAS to SAT. And there's no difference between one-way and round trips on southwest. I just checked right now and depending on the advance time, fares are as low as $190.

What airport is WAS? Do you mean Washington, DC? Those airports are either DCA (National), IAD (Dulles), or BWI (Baltimore-Washington). The best fare to SAT from those airlines is BWI->SAT on Southwest. However, if you're flying into IAD, you probably don't want to drive the 70 miles to BWI and you should just make whatever connection you can from there.

Just checked their website, best flights (non stop from LAS and 1 stop to IAD) and by far the best price!

Thanks Shoog!

[ShoogarBear]

Of course, now's the time to mention that sometimes with Southwest you get what you pay for . . .

Actually, they're okay, but some people hate them.

When are you going to be in DC?

And if you're actually going to be in the city, IAD and BWI are actually about the same distance apart, and there's a direct SAT->BWI flight. If you're going to be in Virginia, then you want IAD.