i'm planning to go to california in august (from new jersey) and would like to know where to buy cheap plane tickets.

what's a good website to go to?
thanks in advance

 

kayak.com
cheaptickets.com
cheapflights.com

 

I found that by changing from where I depart from I could save some cash. I usually fly to Detroit out of El Paso, TX but I researched and found that if I got a plane in Albuquerque, NM I could save about $150. I live about 2 hrs away from El Paso but 3 hrs away from Albuquerque. I don't know if there would be a similar situation for you but its worth a shot.

 

City Airlines, same location as City Wok

 

if you have time to wait and waste.
try priceline.

round trip from Honolulu to LA is about $600 with everybody i checked.
i named my own price and put $450 for fun, and got it !

i got 2 redeye flights, but saved $150.

 

FYI,

California is full try Texas instead.

 

I use those to find the cheapest airline...then go to the airlines own site and book the flight. Those websites charge like $5 or $10 more for the ticket to make their money...so you can save a few more bucks by going straight to the source.

I would also think that priceline would probably work nice right about now. The number of people flying lately has dropped and I'm starting to see lots of open flights, so try naming your own price...

 

I know this is going to sound lame, but last time I flew to Hawaii, the travel agents had cheaper fares thern I could find on any website because some company had bought bulk tickets to offer with vacation packages to travel agents. Beat the online fare by $200.

Find you best fare online and see if an agent can beat it. It might be worth the 15 minutes extra time. Does not happen all the time, but might be worth the effort.