Why are flights to Cleveland so expensive?

[Roc A Bee]

We are flying from LAX, and we are looking at $400/ticket. Why??

[y4m]

Because there are like zero flights to Cleveland.

[rikki]

That doesn't seem bad for a flight that long. Flights to smaller airports are often more. I cannot find a flight to my parents' house in WI for less than $500 from Boston.

[Roc A Bee]

There is like no selection! Has Cleveland airport always been like this? I assumed it was a larger airport.

[moolarkey]

Depending on where you need to go, check out the Akron airport, it may be cheaper. If you dont mind the drive, try Columbus, Toledo and/or even Detroit.

[moolarkey]

You aren't looking at flights for Burke Lakefront Airport by any chance, it's a small airport right on Lake Erie. The big airport is Cleveland Hopkins.

[Roc A Bee]

No we were looking at Hopkins. I was avoiding renting a car while we were there, but if it would save $$ I could look at Akron. My family lives in Independance, Valley View area.

[6fsn]

Akron is a great airport. It's easy to get in and out of so it makes up a little if you have to drive.

[Deleted]

We wound up with the best price on southwest when I flew there last year. It was still $380 I think?

[Deleted]

Cleveland is a tiny, tiny airport.

[Deleted]

May 27, 2013 20:36:27 GMT -5 Roc A Bee said:

No we were looking at Hopkins. I was avoiding renting a car while we were there, but if it would save $$ I could look at Akron. My family lives in Independance, Valley View area.

I would stick with the Cleveland airport. But that's only because I wouldn't want to drive that far after getting off the plane.

[Roc A Bee]

I guess I'm use to getting sweet deals to Ohare or even Midway. I didn't realize Cleveland didn't have a larger airport.

[Roc A Bee]

Yah I'm in California but fly to Chicago a couple times a year. I've been to Cleveland before, but never old enough to my my own flights

[ilikedonuts]

Cleveland has dropped a lot of airlines and flights in the past 3-5 years.

Where are you staying? (was that asked in this thread already?)

[Roc A Bee]

I'm staying with family in Parma.

[blackcat]

That was like when we were looking for a flight to Oklahoma City last summer, the flights were in the $600 range, no joke, very frustrating. We couldn't figure out why! I checked out some area airports and it was almost half as much to fly into Wichita. So that's what we did, and we got the cheapest rental car possible to drive the 2 hours to OKC.

[mrsjrd23]

I think the same thing everytime I look for tickets to Cleveland to see family. It's crazy. I can fly to Maui for cheaper than Cleveland.

and hi to the NEO GBCNers! I grew up in Independence/Valley View area

[pantsparty]

It seems like it's $500 every time I go back to Detroit. It sucks.

[Deleted]

I think Cleveland flights are expensive from everywhere. They pop up in my fare trackers from time to time and are always around $400 from Detroit. I'm not sure why anyone would pay that from Detroit when it is only a couple hour drive.

Would it be possible for you to fly into a cheaper airport and rent a car to drive to Cleveland? Because honestly, I don't think you are going to get them any cheaper.

[Deleted]

That doesn't sound like a lot for a cross country flight. We paid $380 to fly from Atlanta to DC and didn't think it was terrible.

[Deleted]

I pd 700 to fly from DC a few mos ago. 400 doesn't sound bad.

[Deleted]

I pd 700 to fly from DC a few mos ago. 400 doesn't sound bad.