| By mid-freshman year, my S knew others who'd give him rides to the Santa Ana/John Wayne airport. They exchange favors, and many kids have cars there. His roommate had a car.
That close airport has 3 names: Santa Ana, John Wayne, Orange.
Sometimes my S uses a taxi back to campus from the airport, if he arrives later than the last shuttle. That taxi ride costs around $30. Shuttles are cheaper at $12 as Kenz07 described.
The closest airport (SNA/John Wayne) is an easy 10 min car ride from campus, but the Long Beach Airport is also reachable (I think 25 minutes; it's close to UCal at Irvine).
My S has asked us to avoid booking flights through LAX, the huge LA central Airport, because the ground transpo adds an hour to the long trip home. Also, if one gets stuck badly in Route 5 traffic on the way to LA airport in rush hour, a flight could be missed. I've stopped looking for fares over at LAX, although others might have different experiences to share.
I don't know if they need to reserve a shuttle ride, but I think so. I saw something like that on a website once; try googling up the company name Kenz07 offered.
Last edited by paying3tuitions; 04-28-2008 at 12:59 AM.
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