Airfare to Manado from Los Angeles - Any good prices?

[Rickg]

This applies only to people entering Japan and occurs as you are going through the immigrations line. It doesn't apply to transit passengers.

Rickg

 

[wwu123]

If you are comparing the discounted fare from last year, the fares have gone up this year due to fuel surcharges. If you are looking for discounted fares after April for essentially the same rate, check with Indonesia Promo at

Travel to Indonesia, Dive Bali, Manado Diving, Komodo, Wakatobi, Lembeh and more

I think their wholesale fare to Manado from LAX on the same flights you have mentioned is approx $1400 as opposed to the posted fare on the Singapore site of over $1900. I just booked with them on the exact flights you mentioned and was able to save a substantial amount. They are in San Jose.

It's funny you folks are L.A. based and found a good agent in NorCal. I live near San Jose but found a good SoCal agent, Diane Embree at Southeast Asian Tours in Westlake Village in 2006. She has about the same consolidator fare prices, essentially unchanged since 2006 even with all the retail price increases.

I may check out these San Jose folks next time just as it's closer to home, and you guys may want to check Diane in your neck of the woods. She's a major Bali specialist, but we used her to go from SFO to Manado. She's not an expert in dive bookings once in Manado/Lembeh, but she knows Singapore Air routes well and transits/stopovers in Singapore along the way.

 

[littlce]

Try talking to air brokers international... Bob is the agent I have dealt with.
bob@airbrokers.com

from MAF to CGK (Jakarta) is about 1300-1400 during that time frame on Cathay Pacific.

Good Luck
Chris