In need of help finding airfare.... LAX to Singapore

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fishrich
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We are looking for airfare to either Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) or Singapore from Los Angeles (LAX) for May 26 through Aug. 19. We've looked at all the websites we know (Kayak, Bootsnall, Sidestep, Cheaptickets, etc) and cannot find airfare cheaper than $1000 per person. This seems a bit high still since we flew before to Southeast Asia for $600 roundtrip with China Airlines.

Has airfare prices increased that dramatically that this is normal?

Does anyone know of better deals online or other travel promotions?

Would we be better off flying into Kuala Lumpur or Singapore (for a) cheaper fares, and b) less departure taxes)?

Also, from here we would be interested in a jump flight to India (Dehli)... does anyone know of a cheap airline that does this route?

Thank you all for your help and suggestions!

FishRich

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anonymous
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Has airfare prices increased
Afraid so.. fuel has gone up.. a lot, and you are wanting to travel during a fairly busy time of year.

Would we be better off flying into Kuala Lumpur or Singapore
You need to compare fares to Singapore, KL, Bangkok and chose one that fit your pocket.

we would be interested in a jump flight to India (Dehli)
You will not find any real cheap fares to India from S. E. Asia.. Fuel there is charged at double rate. But do check out Tiger from Singapore to a couple of Southern Indian Cities.. Also take a look at the Indian Express web-site.

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penfold389
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Late May to August is summer time in the USA. A great time to fly.

Anyway try www.evaair.com or www.malaysiaairlines.com

Good luck.

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jbquinn
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try skyauction.com

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philip_j_fry
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The cheapest on zuji.com is with All-Nippon; but Zuji doesn't seem to have many of the budget airlines. That was $A890 (I'm in Australia, so the site shows Australian dollars for me) - about $US850 on current exchange rates.
It might also be that this fare is not available from the US.

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joematt
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Call this guy and he can give a consolidator fare. I just got ticket for June from him inroute from LAX to Singapore. Tell Matt refered you
His Name Joseph @ Saab travel
E-mail
sales@ Saabtravel.net.
Let me know how it goes.
Matt

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bassman1
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$1000 is not a bad fair for summer. I'd imagine your $600 fair was in off season, I've been flying SFO to Southeast Asia regularly for some time, never seen a fair that cheap during high season.

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fishrich
fishrich

Actually BassMan1, the $600 fair was back in 2005 from LAX to BKK with the travel dates of May 28- Aug. 17

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squidstrips
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How about LAX-HKG on Singapore Air for $600. Then try to find a cheap flight from there on.

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