The qantas flight to Las Vegas about $1800 while flights to Los Angeles are about $1000 return? Is there a reason for this? Also American Airlines are about $200 cheaper then qantas on this route, even though using qantas aircraft.
The key is finding the same booking inventory for the LAX/LAS service as the SYD/LAX or MEL/LAX service.
If lower booking inventory for the LAX/LAS service is gone, then QF will be forced to price the whole trip in the higher inventory, which means pricing the SYD/LAX or MEL/LAX service at the higher fare.
For example, as of today's prices:
MEL/LAX in N (cheapest Economy) is $1,410 (base fare), while
MEL/LAX/LAS in N (cheapest Economy) is $1,610 (base fare).
So the price difference is not huge.
I suggest you investigate flight options on AA for LAX/LAS that has N or S inventory available. These may be flights that require a longer stopover in LAX. A good way to tell would be flights operated by AA's 737 as opposed to the smaller MD-80. The more seats on a plane, the better chances of snapping cheaper fares.
Vegas attracts year round events like UFC, Mad March, CES, the big p**n convention; NH summer is also manically busy though why anyone would want to go to a desert in summer is beyond me!
Think about breaking your trip so you can access lower fares on partner or other carriers. For example, I usually have to go to Vegas in early January for CES - 4 days of 200k plus international visitors - most of whom enter via LAX. Fares are rubbish. I've found it easier to fly into LAX and then pick up a separate fare via AA or SouthWest across the paddock to LAV.
As an aside, Qantas doesn't fly to LAV - it will be a code-share with AA under a QF flight number. I've found significant issues normalising these sectors hence I now separate the inter-con fare from the domestic fare.
I encountered a similar situation when I wanted to book a business class flight to LAS with Virgin Australia. The additional cost to go to LAS was very expensive.
I ended up booking SYD-LAX return in business class on VA and then purchased a separate return economy ticket on Delta from LAX-LAS for $US200, much cheaper than the add-on fair with VA.
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Kitch
Kitch
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Why are QANTAS flights to Las Vegas Expensive?
Kitch
Kitch
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The qantas flight to Las Vegas about $1800 while flights to Los Angeles are about $1000 return? Is there a reason for this? Also American Airlines are about $200 cheaper then qantas on this route, even though using qantas aircraft.
TheRealBabushka
TheRealBabushka
Member since 21 Apr 2012
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The key is finding the same booking inventory for the LAX/LAS service as the SYD/LAX or MEL/LAX service.
If lower booking inventory for the LAX/LAS service is gone, then QF will be forced to price the whole trip in the higher inventory, which means pricing the SYD/LAX or MEL/LAX service at the higher fare.
For example, as of today's prices:
MEL/LAX in N (cheapest Economy) is $1,410 (base fare), while
MEL/LAX/LAS in N (cheapest Economy) is $1,610 (base fare).
So the price difference is not huge.
I suggest you investigate flight options on AA for LAX/LAS that has N or S inventory available. These may be flights that require a longer stopover in LAX. A good way to tell would be flights operated by AA's 737 as opposed to the smaller MD-80. The more seats on a plane, the better chances of snapping cheaper fares.
markpk
markpk
Qantas - Qantas Frequent Flyer
Member since 29 Nov 2013
Total posts 456
What time of year are you travelling?
Vegas attracts year round events like UFC, Mad March, CES, the big p**n convention; NH summer is also manically busy though why anyone would want to go to a desert in summer is beyond me!
Think about breaking your trip so you can access lower fares on partner or other carriers. For example, I usually have to go to Vegas in early January for CES - 4 days of 200k plus international visitors - most of whom enter via LAX. Fares are rubbish. I've found it easier to fly into LAX and then pick up a separate fare via AA or SouthWest across the paddock to LAV.
As an aside, Qantas doesn't fly to LAV - it will be a code-share with AA under a QF flight number. I've found significant issues normalising these sectors hence I now separate the inter-con fare from the domestic fare.
Himeno
Himeno
Member since 12 Dec 2012
Total posts 295
You can currently book AA72 to LAS. (SYD-LAX on AA) It currently has a tag flight with the same number as SYD-LAX on LAX-LAS (different aircraft).
Serg
Serg
QFF
Member since 12 Apr 2013
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They have you because they can – it is that simple.
cssaus
cssaus
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Member since 29 Jan 2011
Total posts 81
I encountered a similar situation when I wanted to book a business class flight to LAS with Virgin Australia. The additional cost to go to LAS was very expensive.
I ended up booking SYD-LAX return in business class on VA and then purchased a separate return economy ticket on Delta from LAX-LAS for $US200, much cheaper than the add-on fair with VA.