Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Between AUS, EWR, and YTO In a little twisty maze of airline seats, all alike.. but I wanna go home with the armadillo
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Have you tried pricing it out as two tickets? MDW-IAH-MDW and IAH-LAX-IAH? That might be cheaper, though I suspect that such pricing is what you got when you put in a 6 hour layover. I'd suggest also trying ORD and other airports near LAX. Did you try the "nearby airports" button?