<p>I live in SoCal right now, and I'm finding difficulty finding cheap and short flights to Ithaca, NY/Cornell University. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Any specific websites? Any routes that previous alumni have taken? There seems to be no direct plane from LAX to ITH (Ithaca Thompkins Airport) or from LAX to Syracuse Airport.</p>
<p>Is anyone else having issues? All the flights seem to be transfer flights that will require me to stay 7 hours in Boston or Philadelphia or Newark.</p>
<p>There is no direct flight from LAX to SYR or ITH. I had to fly to LA a few years ago for a conference. My ticket was $650 on Delta…my layover was in Chicago. </p>
<p>My best friends at Cornell were from San Diego and I can tell you from their experiences, travel was a pain and often involved a full day.</p>
<p>A girl I know booked a one way back to LAX a couple weeks ago for $78 from continental with only one stop (newark I believe). They can be had to reasonable prices. I got roundtrip back to florida for $128 ($64 each way plus ridiculous taxes).</p>
<p>Oh yeah, I forgot Continental added service to Ithaca.</p>
<p>@hermanns
If it was Continental, it was definitely Newark.</p>
<p>@bobaboy
I don’t think you will find many reasonable prices during peak student travel times (i.e. late August, Thanksgiving, Winter Break etc.) but you should try Kayak. Kayak will let you set a maximum layover time and will let you mix carriers.
There are no direct flights from LAX to Ithaca. The only direct routes to Ithaca are from Detroit, Newark, Philadelphia and LaGuardia.</p>
<p>What day would be a good day to arrive on campus at Cornell this coming fall 2009?</p>
<p>Find out whenever freshman move in is. I’d probably go like a day before orientation begins. Next fall I am flying in like 36 hrs before my first class, lol. </p>
<p>Also, sebcartwright, good prices can be found during peak times as long as you purchase early. My $128 roundtrip was to leave ithaca last day of finals this semester and return 2 days before the fall semester begins. The $78 one way my friend got was for the last day of the finals too I believe (friday 5/15).</p>