Question: Cheap flights from Portland Oregon to New York City NY?
I’m looking for dirt cheap travel deals, maybe 99 dollars each way. Has anyone heard of any deals being offered? Most of the ones I found on travelocity, jetblue, and yahoo travel were all around 150 bucks each way.
Thanks for the help! Prices are just pretty high. Tis life, eh? :)
(dirt cheap travel deals)

Best answer:

Answer by Jamerican Steve
$ 99? Good luck. When I went to Roseburg to check out “Graffiti Weekend” and had my friend pick me up in Portland, I had to pay at least $ 400 round-trip for booking late. The benefit tho was I had a non-stop going to Portland but had a connecting flight coming back.

To get it REALLY cheap like I did before, you will need to:
* book your tickets at least 5 weeks out.
* consider having extra connections on the trip
* land at EWR or LGA instead of JFK
* let the system choose the airline

Often flights to Newark is cheaper with (Continental and Delta) then you can spend about $ 20 taking the train over.

http://411newyork.org/guide/2007/04/17/newark-airport-to-new-york/

PDX to EWR $ 298 after 1/12/2009

http://www.expedia.com/pub/agent.dll?qscr=fexp&qryt=2&tovr=-1294627292&ps3u=&&altd=&hqot=&pddt=&prdt=&altg=&hftp=&flag=q&wsds=EX01A79AE0E80%24FE%212%24FF%24EF%21p00000%218%24FF%2190221010002%2170122%214%24FF%2190100001%21V0%214%24FF%21C0%2416000%2436%2438D%2431%2430%212%2431%2434MDM%2430%2438%2436M%2436U%2439M%2435D%2436%214%24FF%215013WUQPZS000%2430r%24CA%240C100003PZSWUQ000%2490%2498%24CA%240C100003%2190%24E0%2480%24E9H100003%2190%24E0%2480%24E9H100003%2190%24E0%2480%24E9H1%21O0%218%24FF0001%21E0%2430%2480%24FA00%214%24FF%2150v%24B8201%21C01000%214%24FF%21G0%24E0%2480%24E9H%24E0%2480%24E9H13101%21602%21D0%214%24FF%2180&shpr=w&gptc=0&rfrr=5004&ftid=&sfcf=1&city1=PDX&citd1=EWR&date1=1%2F12%2F2009&time1=720&date2=1%2F19%2F2009&time2=720&flcr=&tktt=3&stkc=1&stkp=1&swoc=&ussw=1&rdct=1

PDX to LGA $ 293 after 1/12/2009

http://www.expedia.com/pub/agent.dll?qscr=fexp&qryt=2&tovr=-1294627292&ps3u=&&altd=&hqot=&pddt=&prdt=&altg=&hftp=&flag=q&wsds=EX012C60B6190%24FE%212%24FF%24EF%21B05%21705%21705%21705%21705%21B0%218%24FF%2190221010002%21601122%214%24FF%2190100001%21V0%214%24FF%21C0%2416000%2436%2438D%2431%2430%212%2431%2434MDM%2430%2438%2436U%2436XPI%2434P%2430%219013WUQCIT000%2490%2498%24CA%240C100003CITWUQ000%24F0%24BF%24CA%240C100003%2190%24E0%2480%24E9H100003%2190%24E0%2480%24E9H100003%2190%24E0%2480%24E9H1%21O0%218%24FF0001%21E0%2430%2480%24FA00%214%24FF%2150v%24B8201%21C01000%214%24FF%21G0%24E0%2480%24E9H%24E0%2480%24E9H13101%21602%21D0%214%24FF%2180&shpr=w&gptc=0&rfrr=5004&ftid=&sfcf=1&city1=PDX&citd1=LGA&date1=1%2F12%2F2009&time1=720&date2=1%2F19%2F2009&time2=720&flcr=&tktt=3&stkc=1&stkp=1&swoc=&ussw=1&rdct=1

PDX to JFK $ 478 after 1/12//2009

http://www.expedia.com/pub/agent.dll?qscr=fexp&qryt=2&tovr=-1294627292&ps3u=&&altd=&hqot=&pddt=&prdt=&altg=&hftp=&flag=q&wsds=EX01094AEE660%24FE%212%24FF%24EF%21B05%21705%21705%21705%21705%21B0%218%24FF%2190221010002%21601122%214%24FF%2190100001%21V0%214%24FF%21C0%2416000%2436%2438D%2431%2430%212%2431%2434MDM%2430%2438%2439%2432%2436U%2434%2437%2439%2437%2434%219013WUQPZS000%2490%2498%24CA%240C100003PZSWUQ000%24F0%24BF%24CA%240C100003%2190%24E0%2480%24E9H100003%2190%24E0%2480%24E9H100003%2190%24E0%2480%24E9H1%21O0%218%24FF0001%21E0%2430%2480%24FA00%214%24FF%2150v%24B8201%21C01000%214%24FF%21G0%24E0%2480%24E9H%24E0%2480%24E9H13101%21602%21D0%214%24FF%2180&shpr=w&gptc=0&rfrr=5004&ftid=&sfcf=1&city1=PDX&citd1=JFK&date1=1%2F12%2F2009&time1=720&date2=1%2F19%2F2009&time2=720&flcr=&tktt=3&stkc=1&stkp=1&swoc=&ussw=1&rdct=1

See… big difference over JFK. If I find any extra discounts, I’ll let you know.