Originally Posted by
crabbing
are you getting a car?
when i stay in pasadena, i never get a car, and flying in/out of LAX is easier: just take the flyaway bus to union station ($7) and the gold line to pasadena (del mar is probably the best station for the sheraton). you could also take the green line shuttle and then ride metro green -> blue -> red -> gold, but i think that may actually cost more than flyaway, takes much longer, and has all the hassles of changing trains often.
If I fly into LAX I was going to get a car, didn't know there was a bus/train.
Thanks everyone for the information about the flyaway bus and gold line. I wish every big city was connected by train like Chicago
I'll look into all options. When I looked up direct ORD/LAX, I wanted to get the early flights so I can get in about 9/10am and drive. Or, take a connection via SFO or Denver which in price is north of $550. Flying into LAX is less than $430.
I also considered WN with connections in LAS, OAK, and some others. WN was $150 cheaper with connections than UA with connections.
I have some options. Thanks everyone! I just made Silver on UA, first time I have ever had some type of "status" with an airline. So I wanted to make the most of it and just use UA the rest of this year.