Flight Info for La Paz/La Ventana
Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 4:39 pm
Hi All,
If you're lucky enough to be making plans to travel to La Ventana this year, this may be of interest…
You may know you can fly to Cabo and drive to La Ventana (2+ hrs) or you can fly to La Paz via LA on Alaska/Horizon. La Ventana is about 45 minutes by car or taxi from La Paz. Once at La Ventana, I've never found the need for a car, so I prefer to fly to La Paz and get a ride or take a taxi, rather than deal with the Cabo drive and rental car expense.
In terms of round trip flights to La Paz this year, Alaska Airlines/Horizon screwed up the timing of connecting flights from La Paz to LAX and then to SFO.
Last year, the departing flight from La Paz left around 3:00pm, leaving enough time to get to LA, clear customs and get on a flight to SFO.
This year, the flight out of La Paz leaves at 5:00pm, arriving LAX at 7:00pm (including the 1 hour time change). With a 2 hour requirement to clear customs, there isn't an Alaska/Horizon flight to SFO available after 9:00pm. If you search for round trips on the Alaska website or call them directly, they'll tell you that you have to spend the night in LA and fly on to SFO the next morning.
So here's the trick to avoiding a night at LAX: Tell the Alaska/Horizon booking agent that United has a 9:38pm flight from LAX to SFO. They won't automatically look to other "non partner" airlines, but they WILL book this flight for you for a $15 dollar booking fee. Yay, now I'm home in one evening and not sleeping on the floor in LAX. Plus, you get to kite a little extra on your travel day as you have an extra 2 hours to get to the airport for the flight leaving La Paz!
Hope this helps some South-bound travelers,
Kirk out
If you're lucky enough to be making plans to travel to La Ventana this year, this may be of interest…
You may know you can fly to Cabo and drive to La Ventana (2+ hrs) or you can fly to La Paz via LA on Alaska/Horizon. La Ventana is about 45 minutes by car or taxi from La Paz. Once at La Ventana, I've never found the need for a car, so I prefer to fly to La Paz and get a ride or take a taxi, rather than deal with the Cabo drive and rental car expense.
In terms of round trip flights to La Paz this year, Alaska Airlines/Horizon screwed up the timing of connecting flights from La Paz to LAX and then to SFO.
Last year, the departing flight from La Paz left around 3:00pm, leaving enough time to get to LA, clear customs and get on a flight to SFO.
This year, the flight out of La Paz leaves at 5:00pm, arriving LAX at 7:00pm (including the 1 hour time change). With a 2 hour requirement to clear customs, there isn't an Alaska/Horizon flight to SFO available after 9:00pm. If you search for round trips on the Alaska website or call them directly, they'll tell you that you have to spend the night in LA and fly on to SFO the next morning.
So here's the trick to avoiding a night at LAX: Tell the Alaska/Horizon booking agent that United has a 9:38pm flight from LAX to SFO. They won't automatically look to other "non partner" airlines, but they WILL book this flight for you for a $15 dollar booking fee. Yay, now I'm home in one evening and not sleeping on the floor in LAX. Plus, you get to kite a little extra on your travel day as you have an extra 2 hours to get to the airport for the flight leaving La Paz!
Hope this helps some South-bound travelers,
Kirk out