Originally Posted by
coolfish1103
5-10K J fares? I guess your target airlines are the likes of CX or UA. I am sure passengers can live with BR and CI's 3.5-5K fares in J and stick to that. Going to Riverside is almost 2 hours as well and people have been doing that in the Great Los Angeles area. Driving and traffic is normal to So Cals.
I'm usually heading to/from the east coast, where 5-5.5K is advance purchase J fare on BR (JFK-TPE) and close-in or popular dates will be 6-7K. It can approach 10K for refundable or two 1-ways. This followed by 3hr drive north/south on I95 to WAS or BOS at 10pm. The alternative is UA with similar prices, but an extra ~6-7hrs time and the misery of the TCON through SFO for UA871/872. Hence I would love some JX competition to the east coast.
I've never flown LAX on these retiree flights, but BR JFK and especially UA871/872 are mostly filled with tech workers, especially Apple and Google.
BTW, am I doing something wrong? When I search Google flights LAX-TPE non-stop J it is 5K too, where do I find these 3.5K fares?