ONT to LEX

I'm planning a trip for a class a Asbury Seminary next June, going
tentatively from ONT to LEX. About the cheapest fare I've found that
meets m needs is $404.00 on UAL ($410). I'm wondering, however, if
waiting to book a while might get me a lower price (the school is paying
for the flight and every dollar I can save them, so much the better).
Any suggestions?

Kenneth Litwak wrote in message

I'm planning a trip for a class a Asbury Seminary next June, going
tentatively from ONT to LEX. About the cheapest fare I've found that
meets m needs is $404.00 on UAL ($410). I'm wondering, however, if
waiting to book a while might get me a lower price (the school is paying
for the flight and every dollar I can save them, so much the better).
Any suggestions?

Lexington is a smallish, but wonderful, town. It has a small airport
and thus high prices. Its the kind of place where you fly to a major
airport, and then catch a prop or "regional jet" into there. That
last hop is the killer.

Consider flying into Cincinnati or Louisville. Cincy is a Delta hub
and has direct flights to any and every where. Louisville is
dominated by lots of low price carriers, including Frontier and
Southwest.

On 16 Dec 2003 03:57:32 -0800, (SP Cook) wrote:

Consider flying into Cincinnati or Louisville. Cincy is a Delta hub
and has direct flights to any and every where. Louisville is
dominated by lots of low price carriers, including Frontier and
Southwest.

A few years ago Lexington was a real bargain compared to Cincinnati. I
don't remember the exact numbers but flying from SFO to LEX with a
plane change in CIN each way was around $400 mid week and if I had
just flown SFO-CIN and return it was something like $2000. Don't give
up on LEX yet.

Dick Locke wrote in
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On 16 Dec 2003 03:57:32 -0800, (SP Cook) wrote:

Consider flying into Cincinnati or Louisville. Cincy is a Delta hub
and has direct flights to any and every where. Louisville is
dominated by lots of low price carriers, including Frontier and
Southwest.

A few years ago Lexington was a real bargain compared to Cincinnati. I
don't remember the exact numbers but flying from SFO to LEX with a
plane change in CIN each way was around $400 mid week and if I had
just flown SFO-CIN and return it was something like $2000. Don't give
up on LEX yet.


The same was true of Dayton, one of those really odd airline accounting
quirks.

(SP Cook) wrote in message . com...
Kenneth Litwak wrote in message

I'm planning a trip ... from ONT to LEX.

Lexington is a smallish, but wonderful, town. It has a small airport
and thus high prices. Its the kind of place where you fly to a major
airport, and then catch a prop or "regional jet" into there. That
last hop is the killer.

Consider flying into Cincinnati or Louisville. Cincy is a Delta hub
and has direct flights to any and every where.

including regional jets to Lexington that take 18 minutes in the air.
that is not bad at all. the price to Cincinnati is often more than
the price to Lexington, so check it out.

Louisville is dominated by lots of low price carriers, including
Frontier and Southwest.

this is true, but do you want to rent a car and drive 80-90 miles to
Lexington from Louisville?

do some comparison shopping at Expedia or Travelocity. then hit the
airline websites. both Delta (from Cincinnati) and United (from
Chicago) have convenient jet flights into Lexington. US Air,
Northwestern, and Continental also serve Lexington, but their flights
are not as pleasant.