Flying from a regional USA airport MAY save you lots of $$$$$'s

Murphy_The_Cat

Neil, Legoland is your friend

neilbond007

Murphy_The_Cat wrote: »

oooooo, can you feel the hhonors points envy from this side of the Atlantic:o

. Between us me and the wife have 600,000 points. There's plenty of Homewoods and Embassys close to Disney. Some as low as 22,500 / night too. Same points for a nice Homewood in Charleston, SC for this years trip too!

Murphy_The_Cat wrote: »

If I can help about the Dunedin area, please ask

p.s. I started booking up some of my hotels last night. Good stuff, isn't it ?

Yep. I'll ping you if we decide to go there. 15 months away so might be in a while!

I love planning holidays. My mate who's going to LA hates it so I'm doing his for him!

Murphy_The_Cat

neilbond007 wrote: »

. Between us me and the wife have 600,000 points. There's plenty of Homewoods and Embassys close to Disney. Some as low as 22,500 / night too. Same points for a nice Homewood in Charleston, SC for this years trip too!



Yep. I'll ping you if we decide to go there. 15 months away so might be in a while!

I love planning holidays. My mate who's going to LA hates it so I'm doing his for him!

niiiiiiceeeeee points
I've been caught out by a few Homewoods wanting (say) 25000 for a 1 single bedded room, but 40000 for a rwin bedded room - but the room cost in $$'s is the same. :mad:

DesertWind

That is a handy tip. It is amazing there is a Santa Barbara flight to LA! having drove that distance last year. I would never have thought about hopping on a flight at Santa Barbara. I know what you mean about driving in LA mind :eek: Those eight lane highways. Thank God for me Sat Nav. There is no restriction on baggage on that flight?

Murphy_The_Cat

DesertWind wrote: »

That is a handy tip. It is amazing there is a Santa Barbara flight to LA! having drove that distance last year. I would never have thought about hopping on a flight at Santa Barbara. I know what you mean about driving in LA mind :eek: Those eight lane highways. Thank God for me Sat Nav. There is no restriction on baggage on that flight?

Nopes, on;y the standard 1 checked bag of 23kg/50lb and a piece of hand luggage . If we were just going to LAX, there would be a $25 charge.

Happy Times

p.s. from Sataa Bub you can get to San Fran, LAX, Denver, Phoenix & Seattle.

DesertWind

Murphy_The_Cat wrote: »

Nopes, on;y the standard 1 checked bag of 23kg/50lb and a piece of hand luggage . If we were just going to LAX, there would be a $25 charge.

Happy Times

p.s. from Sataa Bub you can get to San Fran, LAX, Denver, Phoenix & Seattle.

I stopped off in Santa B last August for one night while driving from San Francisco down to San Diego and did not even know it had an airport.

Murphy_The_Cat

DesertWind wrote: »

I stopped off in Santa B last August for one night while driving from San Francisco down to San Diego and did not even know it had an airport.

& there is a decent sized airport at San Luis Obiso as well !

Roger1

DesertWind wrote: »

It is amazing there is a Santa Barbara flight to LA! having drove that distance last year. I would never have thought about hopping on a flight at Santa Barbara.

I imagine many/most passengers would not be ending their journey at LAX. They'd probably be connecting to a longer haul flight there.

A bit like changing at Crewe or Clapham Junction.

N9eav

I have flown from Bristol to USA cheaper than flying from London in the past, although not direct, it saved £600 as there were 6 of us and 3 hours closer to home.

It's all a bit weird though isn't it?

I am going to USA this summer. Fly to Atlanta indirect, transfer at Chicago £775. So perhaps Chicago direct would be cheaper? Nope...... £855.

DesertWind

N9eav wrote: »

I have flown from Bristol to USA cheaper than flying from London in the past, although not direct, it saved £600 as there were 6 of us and 3 hours closer to home.

It's all a bit weird though isn't it?

I am going to USA this summer. Fly to Atlanta indirect, transfer at Chicago £775. So perhaps Chicago direct would be cheaper? Nope...... £855.

This will make my future USA even more complicated to book now I will be trying all options. Just watching Top Gear in the USA. Really makes me want to go again on anither USA driving holiday.