Aloha;

I posted this on Fodor's as well. I got a great deal on tickets stl-ogg over Christmas break ($424). I told my son who lives in So. Cal. he could come over for a week and I would pay for his ticket. Then I started pricing airfare from LAX, YIKES it's >$900 . Do fares usually come down closer to the holidays? I can get him there with a screwy it: LAX-LVA-HNL-OGG for about $650. Should I just go with this or wait it out.

Any So. Cal. flyertalk experts out there: HELP