Crazy flight costs!!!

[Soonermagik]

My uncle is a CEO of a large insurance company in Phoenix. Anyways, he calls me up and has 2 free tickets to the Fiesta bowl 40 yard line!!! He offers them to me and I gladly accept. Now, my dilemma is these flights are out of control. My uncle said it normally is $400 for 2 people to fly from PHX to OKC.

My luck the flights are starting out at a $1,000 RT!! :eek:

My plan is now to try and catch a red hot deal from OKC to Vegas (around $100 with taxes) Then Vegas to Phoenix which is currently $375 for two people RT Bringing our grand total to $575 which beats $1,000. Hopefully, it works out like that, if I miss this game because of stingy airlines I'm going to be upset. Any thoughts???

[DarrellZero]

Rent a car and drive it.

It ain't dat bad.

[Spanish Sooner]

that really sucks. free 40 yard line tickets is amazing. My suggestion is perhaps taking a look at the cost of driving to the game instead of flying. Though the convience of flying to driving is greater, it might be cheaper, though I hae no idea what gas prices are in New Mexico or Arizona, so maybe it wont be. Just a thought, but the OKC to Vegas, Vegas to PHX option seems better then direct from OKC to PHX

[sooner518]

drive that. it cant be more than 2 days there.

[dmac75287]

My buddy and I are thinking about going, but the cost of flights are killing our back pockets. We've tried every scenario in the book. Flying Southwest from DAL to San Diego, El Paso, LAX, LAS. Or Austin or Houston to PHX.. everything is $$$$$

[Soonerus]

I fly to OKC/Phoenix a lot the normal round trip is about $250.00...I paid over $500.00 per person for my group for the Fiesta Bowl...

[Ash]

Go to Vegas, have a good time.

Rent a car, drive to the game, have a good time. It's about 280 miles to Glendale from Vegas. 5 hours in the car or so.

Go back to Vegas, have more good times.

Go home.

[Soonerus]

Go to Vegas, have a good time.

Rent a car, drive to the game, have a good time. It's about 280 miles to Glendale from Vegas. 5 hours in the car or so.

Go back to Vegas, have more good times.

Go home.

Doesn't work for my schedule plus I am visiting relatives in Phoenix....

[Ash]

Doesn't work for my schedule plus I am visiting relatives in Phoenix....

Bummer...about the prices, not your family.

I assume this is a holiday pricing thing and they're not sticking it to us because we're OU fans!!1!:mad: ;)

[Doged]

If nothing else, Greyhound takes about 24 hours each way and is around $300 for a round trip.

[Ash]

If nothing else, Greyhound takes about 24 hours each way and is around $300 for a round trip.

Plus you'll meet lots of interesting people!







:eek:

[SoonerMajic]

Check usair.com

I just found a round trip on there for $513 between OKC and Phoenix

[Bud_Wilkinson]

I travel almost every week and many of the best fares are not from the locations you would think. Try this, go to cheaptickets.com. I find that they have some of the best fares. Try looking to fly out of either Ft. Smith or Northwest Arkansas (XNA). Both of those have decent fares and are not a bad drive if you are in OKC or Tulsa. Both are better than flying into Vegas and driving to Phoenix. Also, try DFW or love field if you are in southern OK.
Just a couple of thoughts.

[Doged]

I'm finding US Airways, Frontier and America West out of DFW all listing less than $400 for a round trip.

[TrophyCollector]

Bummer...about the prices, not your family.

I assume this is a holiday pricing thing and they're not sticking it to us because we're OU fans!!1!:mad: ;)

It's a supply and demand thing, for one given flight there can be a up to a dozen or so different fare codes. Meaning on the same flight, one guy might have paid $75, another guy $200 and they guy who bought the last seat might have paid $500.

Even though 14-day advance usually gets you a better price, if the flights are almost sold out you are going to be paying more.

[Ash]

It's a supply and demand thing, for one given flight there can be a up to a dozen or so different fare codes. Meaning on the same flight, one guy might have paid $75, another guy $200 and they guy who bought the last seat might have paid $500.

Even though 14-day advance usually gets you a better price, if the flights are almost sold out you are going to be paying more.

Dang that economics stuff!1!;)

[Bud_Wilkinson]

US Airways & America West are now the same airline, so you should be able to mix & match those flight times.

[TrophyCollector]

My uncle is a CEO of a large insurance company in Phoenix. Anyways, he calls me up and has 2 free tickets to the Fiesta bowl 40 yard line!!! He offers them to me and I gladly accept. Now, my dilemma is these flights are out of control. My uncle said it normally is $400 for 2 people to fly from PHX to OKC.

My luck the flights are starting out at a $1,000 RT!! :eek:

My plan is now to try and catch a red hot deal from OKC to Vegas (around $100 with taxes) Then Vegas to Phoenix which is currently $375 for two people RT Bringing our grand total to $575 which beats $1,000. Hopefully, it works out like that, if I miss this game because of stingy airlines I'm going to be upset. Any thoughts???

Still a few OKC / PHX on 12/30 and 12/31, returning on 1/2 or 1/3 for $286 one way on southwest.com. Those are some of our highest fares because the flights are close to sold out, but your total will be about $590 per person - much better than $1,000.

Remember, Southwest fares are only available on southwest.com.

[sooneriniowa]

Took the greyhound route once ('96) from OKC to Ft Huachuca (Sierra Vista) Took about 21 hours.
Also Drove from Mustang to Sierra Vista, took about 13 hours. (doing 5-10 MPH over the speedlimit.

Good luck either way.

[jkm, the stolen pifwafwi]

what the heck, i just priced them on kayak for $374 or less

[jkm, the stolen pifwafwi]

$310 is your lowest fare.

[Frozen Sooner]

I hate all of you. :mad:

[soonerboomer93]

real fans fly first class, business at the worst

[soonerboomer93]

I hate all of you. :mad:

quit yer crying, you have a ticket and are going to the game

I'll be somewhere over the pacific when it's played and won't know anything about the out come until I get to my apartment unless i get lucky.

[jkm, the stolen pifwafwi]

I hate all of you. :mad:

looks like you could have gotten it for $512 yesterday, but its 836 now...

[yermom]

this is why we are driving :eek:

i think it took 13 hours the last time from Norman to Phoenix

[AlbqSooner]

Of you are driving, fill up in Amarillo. Between Amarillo and Albuquerque gas is Interstate exit high. Albuquerque is now running around $2.15 for low grade.

[Vaevictis]

Southwest, anyone?

[BajaOklahoma]

My brother lives in OKC. He and my nephew are driving to Tulsa to catch their flight. It was much cheaper than anything else he found at the time.

[Al Gore]

real fans fly first class, business at the worst...or charter a private plane......

[Soonerus]

this is why we are driving :eek:

i think it took 13 hours the last time from Norman to Phoenix

If you make it in 13 hours your speeding tickets will more than justify paying airfare...It's a 15-16 hour drive and NM and Arizona have 75 MPH on their Interstates...

[yermom]

i think we basically did 80 the whole way

[soonersam]

my girlfriend got a flight from Minnesota for 259. im fairly sure that helps nobody.

I normally fly from phx to OKC for home games for 202 tax included. the prices go up over the holidays and the soonerfans who got on the night of the big12 game bought up all the cheap ones.. i looked at flights that sat night and they were around 250...

[Soonerus]

i think we basically did 80 the whole way

Did you also carry a food kiosk and porta potty ?????

[yermom]

we had a cooler full of food, and really only stopped for gas

[Soonerus]

It is basically 1000 miles so if you limit your stops I can see how could do that...still a grind....

[soonersam]

ive made the drive several times and its not that bad.. but sometime I40 can be a mess across NM

[yermom]

It is basically 1000 miles so if you limit your stops I can see how could do that...still a grind....

we basically switched off driving at every stop for gas and were watching movies or listening to CD's the whole way

it wasn't all that bad

[Soonermagik]

$310 is your lowest fare.

Where did you find this at? My max I want to pay is $600. My aunt and uncle just came down for $400 for the both of them RT!! $1,000 is crazy!! :mad:

[Miko]

I think you should abandon all hope and send me the tickets. I promise to cheer extra, Just for you!! ;)

Or failing that, take the Vegas detour. They have some games there where you can win cash money to pay for the trip! It's like money from home! :rolleyes:

[Stitch Face]

Make a couple sandwiches and walk, you wuss.

[Soonermagik]

Make a couple sandwiches and walk, you wuss.

LOL!!! :D

[jkm, the stolen pifwafwi]

Where did you find this at? My max I want to pay is $600. My aunt and uncle just came down for $400 for the both of them RT!! $1,000 is crazy!! :mad:


kayak.com leave on wednesday and return on either tuesday or wednesday...

[Soonermagik]

kayak.com leave on wednesday and return on either tuesday or wednesday...

I'm going there right now to check it out. Thanks :)

[SoonerInFla]

Try priceline.com. They give the prices and then you bid on a seat. I don't travel alot but I use priceline everytime and get the trip for about half price.The only drawback is that you have to accept the flight times they give you. Not a big deal for me. For the Nebraska game in KC, I got RT Air from Pensacola with 3 days rental car for around $300.

[BoonesFarmSooner]

I'm flying out from Houston to Phoenix on AmericaWest and it wasn't too bad. Try coming back on the 3rd and it should be a lot cheaper. My R/T ticket was less than $300

[jkm, the stolen pifwafwi]

tues/wed outbound with a tues/wed return normally yields you the cheapest flights overall. most other days, business travelers kill the seating capacity and you lose the cheap seats. your other option is southwest which is normally fairly cheap all the time.

[BoonesFarmSooner]

Southwest is WAY expensive right now. I think a R/T ticket for the dates I got mine for were running around $600 on southwest. I've got a ton of frequent flier miles and couldn't even use them the week in between Christmas and New Years...

[jkm, the stolen pifwafwi]

wow, i didn't even realize they had tickets that high. nice to know.

[BoonesFarmSooner]

Yeah, it completely shocked me. What I normally would pay for a round-trip ticket, they were asking that for one-way!

I checked out of Houston, San Antonio, and Dallas. The flights there during that week were crazy, but you could get a cheap return flight on the 3rd...

[bluedogok]

Of you are driving, fill up in Amarillo. Between Amarillo and Albuquerque gas is Interstate exit high. Albuquerque is now running around $2.15 for low grade.
Our gas in Austin away from I-35 is near $2.20, so that seems reasonable even for interstate gas.

We had thought about it but aren't going to make the bowl games (Insight for my Tech wife) but we had looked at driving as well. I hate flying anymore unless time is a major issue (like Austin to Boston this year), I much prefer to drive if it is around a day because you are going to waste that much time in airports anyway.

[AlbqSooner]

Our gas in Austin away from I-35 is near $2.20, so that seems reasonable even for interstate gas.
I didn't make myself clear. Albuquerque is around $2.15. From Amarillo to Albq you will be paying around $2.35-$2.45. Fill up in Amarillo and again in Albq.

From Norman to Albq is about 8-8 1/2 hours. From Albq to Phoenix is about 5. DO NOT exceed the speed limit across the Texas Panhandle by more than a couple of miles per hour. You can drive 80-85 all the way across New Mexico.

[bob]

Yea, give me the tickets.

[#1-Erin-Higgins-Fan]

It's a good thing I'm rich and don't hafta worry bout stuff like this! :D

[schlanker]

You should think about flying out of dallas.

[Jason White's Third Knee]

How much for the sane flights?

[CORNholio]

It's a good thing I'm rich and don't hafta worry bout stuff like this! :D
Its a good thing I'm too poor to even consider it.succs

[utex74]

My uncle is a CEO of a large insurance company in Phoenix. Anyways, he calls me up and has 2 free tickets to the Fiesta bowl 40 yard line!!! He offers them to me and I gladly accept. Now, my dilemma is these flights are out of control. My uncle said it normally is $400 for 2 people to fly from PHX to OKC.

My luck the flights are starting out at a $1,000 RT!! :eek:

My plan is now to try and catch a red hot deal from OKC to Vegas (around $100 with taxes) Then Vegas to Phoenix which is currently $375 for two people RT Bringing our grand total to $575 which beats $1,000. Hopefully, it works out like that, if I miss this game because of stingy airlines I'm going to be upset. Any thoughts???

Last year many people flew into Vegas and drove a rent car to Pasadena for the Rose Bowl. Something like that might work for Glendale.

[utex74]

Hey, I have it made! The Alamo Bowl is less than an hour from my front door. and maybe no Colt. Oh, lucky me! Oh....nevermind. At least we are your only real loss.

[picasso]

drive to Gallup, stay the night and drive in for the game. piece of frickin cake.

[BoonesFarmSooner]

Freaking SOUTHWEST... Just checked flights for The Maestro for flights from Phoenix to OKC and they are $49 each way for the time period around the bowl game.

Flip that and going from OKC to Phoenix and it's like $300 each way. That suppy/demand thing can be a real bitch sometimes!

[sanantoniosooner]

Freaking SOUTHWEST... Just checked flights for The Maestro for flights from Phoenix to OKC and they are $49 each way for the time period around the bowl game.

Flip that and going from OKC to Phoenix and it's like $300 each way. That suppy/demand thing can be a real bitch sometimes!
Buy two round trips from PHX to OKC and only use half of each.

I'm sure it wont flag any government agencies :D

[SunDevilSooner]

Heard on the news this morning that SWA announced today that they were adding 5 additional flights from OKC to Phoenix to support the Fiesta Bowl...don't know any details though. Might want to call and check it out...

[47straight]

Flight from Austin to Phoenix was $220 on america wast. Downside - hafta come to austin.

[BoonesFarmSooner]

My roundtrip outta Houston to Phoenix was $260, which isn't bad.

Fiesta Bowl tickets on ebay are looking pretty cheap right now. Probably able to get a good deal on them the day of the game!

[sooner94]

I just got this email this morning. It said respond to [email protected].

Hope it helps.





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[OklaPony]

My roundtrip outta Houston to Phoenix was $260, which isn't bad.
That's what we're paying from DFW on Continental. We're going out the 31st and returning the 2nd.

[MarylandSooner]

Just to show how crazy airline costs are I booked my flight to the game from Baltimore, MD to Phoenix round trip for $203 on Northwest on 12/5. The next day I checked back just to see what the price was to see if I had paid a good price and low and behold the price had jumped to almost $500.