Eat, pray, love in Bali with Delta SkyTeam fares around $678 to $740 roundtrip from California to Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia (DPS Bali airport) in April 2015. These fares price out on Google Flights, but require a phone call to Delta to book for a $25 booking fee.
Bali $700 from LAX and SJC April 2015
The low fare flight schedules are tough and require at least one overnight in Singapore on the outbound and possibly on return, depending on routing.
Monday April 6: San Jose, California to Bali, Indonesia DPS $699 all-in.
$25 fee for phone reservation booking with Delta.
San Jose – Seattle (SkyWest) 10:15am – 12:21pm
Seattle – Tokyo Delta 167 1:25pm – 3:55pm (Tuesday, April 7)
Tokyo – Singapore 5:30pm – 12:05am (Wednesday, April 8)
7.0 hours in Singapore transit allows enough time to pick up a few hours sleep in the Singapore Transit Hotel at $55 for a 6-hour room block.
Singapore – DPS 7:05am – 10:35am (Wednesday, April 8)
The schedule is brutal for economy class travel. Airport lounge access is a big benefit to have for this kind of itinerary. I had a similar schedule when I went to Bali in 2003, except with a nonstop SFO-NRT flying Star Alliance with six hours in the SIN Transit Hotel.
Return flights DPS-SFO
Monday, April 13
Asiana Airlines DPS – ICN Bali to Seoul, South Korea 2:40am – 10:40am.
Delta Airlines ICN – SEA 5:55pm – 12:00pm (still April 13)
Alaska Airlines SEA – SJC 3:50pm – 5:47pm.(Monday, April 13)
Los Angeles offers similar fares of $678 to $740 with similar routings via Seattle.
