Cheap flights?

skyscanner.net

 

There's a song for this occasion

"It's cheaper to keep her"

 

I've generally found cheaper prices in the past (haven't used it lately), but it also gives you different flight options.

There may be better options out there these days but I always use it as a starting point.

 

I usually use kayak.com. Prices are impossible to predict. It's like trying to time the stock market. Some people say buying tickets on a Sunday is cheaper since you aren't competing with business purchases. I dunno.

Also, watch out for prices that seem way cheaper than others and aren't from well-known airlines. They sometimes make up for their cheap fares by charging huge baggage fees. You should browse that airline's website and read their fees section.

Kayak has an option where you can pick flexible travel dates and then it'll show how prices change depending on the day you fly. That's helpful if your schedule is flexible.

Don't sweat it if you don't get the best deal. It's impossible to time it. I fly a couple times a year and get burned all the time.

 

Also, for what it's worth, $800 total for a round trip ticket for yourself and a one way ticket for your daughter between TN and CA sounds reasonable to me (I flew between TN and CA just last year).

 

How old is your daughter? She can't fly back by herself?