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The Fare May Be Cheaper From Other Airports, But There’s More to the Equation

We found each airport's cheapest round-trip tickets - including all taxes and fees - to eight popular destinations for a trip over this weekend (Friday departure, Monday return). Highlighted is the lowest fare for each destination. Only routes with no more than one stop or plane change were considered.

Note: This listing was researched three weeks ago and serves only as a snapshot. Airlines constantly change fares. Researching even a day later or a day earlier could turn up different fares.

- Howard Shapiro

	From Philadelphia	Newark Liberty	Baltimore/ Washington	Atlantic City	Lehigh Valley
Orlando	$303 US Airways	$277 US Airways	$277 Air Tran	$410 Spirit	$381 Northwest
Las Vegas	$231 US Airways	$300 Air Tran	$241 Frontier	$411 Delta	$448 US Airways
Los Angeles	$218 US Airways	$261 American	$227 Southwest	$642 Spirit	$461 US Airways
San Juan	$334 American	$286 American	$340 American	$461 Spirit	$312 United
Toronto	$254 United	$250 American	$254 Air Canada	$851 Delta	$267 Air Canada
Cancun	$404 US Airways	$584 US Airways	$592 US Airways	$563 Spirit	$718 US Airways
London	$491 British Airways	$368 British Airways	$553 Northwest	NA	$593 Northwest
Rome	$906 British Airways	$706 Air France	$1,156 British Airways	NA	$1,097 US Airways

SOURCE: Expedia.com

A Tale of Two Tickets

We found two tickets on the Internet’s Expedia travel site for a four-day round-trip, over Easter/Passover weekend, to Las Vegas. Flights were leaving April 9, returning April 12 — and departing within 90 minutes of each other. One ticket was $89 cheaper.

But include driving and parking costs, and the difference is only $20.75.

	From Philadelphia	Baltimore/Washington
Ticket, taxes, fees	$323.00 ATA	$234.00 US Airways
Car wear and tear, gas	$11.25	$76.50
Airport parking	$32.00	$28.00
Tolls	— *	$7.00
Total	$366.25	$345.50

* N.J. residents, add bridge toll.