Just found out today (via a friend's post on Facebook) that JetBlue will have a new route from Long Beach, CA to Anchorage starting this summer! The airline will have daily flights between May and September for what appears to be a pretty reasonable price. Promotional fares are selling for $238 roundtrip during October, I'd imagine regular fares will be similar.
This is so awesome. Leigh and I are going to Hawaii in April for about $600 for both (using our $99 companion fare), which is pretty darn affordable if you ask me. We have also said we'd like to visit California, but airline prices tend to be closer to $600 round-trip per person for San Francisco and Los Angeles. We've also talked about visiting Leigh's sister in Las Vegas, but those tickets aren't cheap either! So this is a great option for us for a late spring/early autumn getaway to someplace warm with good shopping and lots of stuff to do.
I have a law school friend living in Long Beach who has already invited us to visit sometime. It would be nice to see her again. Plus Long Beach is only 20 minutes from LA (a place I have little to no desire to visit, though West Hollywood might be interesting...), about 4 hours from Las Vegas and only 2 hours from the Mexican border. Another cool idea would be to fly directly to Long Beach then take a quick $50 flight to San Francisco. Neither Leigh nor I have been to San Fran, which makes us bad lesbians, so this is something to consider also. This new non-stop route definitely provides some excellent vacation options for the next few years!
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