The problem with booking vacations which may mean trying
to find cheap airfare to Los Angeles is that you would
finish work on the Friday and return on a Monday. This
dictates to you that the ideal time to fly and return
from LA would be over the weekend period. Unfortunately
Friday to Monday are the busiest flight times because
most people are in the same situation and do not have
any flexibility due to employer contracts and
timescales.
The airlines will have very little sympathy for you
just because you take your annual vacation in peak
flight times and choose to fly on the days when the
flight schedules are at their busiest. The only way
around this is to first check around the Internet for
the cheapest airfare to Los Angeles you can find that
fits in with your schedule. Now if you was planning on
booking your hotels separate, and many of us do because
you are not tied to any itinery and you can coma and go
as you please. Then why don't you contact the travel
agents instead of either the major airlines and the
flight bucket shops.
It may be worth looking into taking a charter flight
as part of a package including hotel and transfers, or
even hire car if that was what you intended to do. It is
not always cheaper to book all your travel arrangements
separate. The bigger travel agents will normally have
their own fleet of aircraft so they can provide cheap
airfare to Los Angeles providing it is part of the
package deal.
Another option is to look at an open jaws ticket.
This is only a consideration if you cannot get cheap
airfare to Los Angeles. Maybe you have been quoted a
cheap flight ticket to LA but you are paying a higher
premium on the return, this sometimes happens. If you
are on a fly-drive holiday to California and have
decided you want to fly into LAX to pick up your vehicle
you could have a look at departing from San Francisco if
you was planning on driving up the Pacific Highway. The
hire car companies will have the exact same offices at
all major airports so it does not matter to them what
airport you drop the car off. You are arrive into Los
Angeles and depart from San Francisco. You may stand a
better chance of getting cheaper airfare back from an
alternative airport. It is worth looking at if this
would fit in with your travel plans.
