Originally Posted by
ijgordon
$2700 for a 3,800 mile flight* in a flat bed is not really "this high" especially when you have zero flexibility on dates. I think you can probably do closer to $2000 on DFW-HNL if you plan well in advance and are flexible on dates, particularly if you can travel mid-week (e.g., Tues/Wed).
*This is longer than JFK-LHR which would normally be $3k-8k r/t but can go down to ~$2k for off periods.
Well, sure, I guess as a matter of absolute value. I've bought plenty of $9k DFW-LHR tickets, so understand it's just a matter of what the market will bear. But AA will sell me a RT non-stop DFW-HNL J ticket on those dates for $2,700. So I'm really talking about the incremental thousands of dollars to tack on the LIH segment. That is the thing that puzzles me.