There are reports of a “massive influx in bookings” on flights from London to Los Angeles as British fans head for Michael Jackson’s memorial service in LA’s Staples Center.

A word of warning: if you can still find a flight at this late date and time (the memorial service begins at tomorrow at 10am), you will pay a premium – as much as $2,300 per airline ticket.

Plus, unless you have a ticket to the service, the LAPD is not going to let you anywhere near Staples – you may not even be able to see the arena from outside the broad perimeter the cops are setting up (though I have seen these memorial service tickets being offered for fantastic sums on eBay).

TIP: Honor your idol later in the summer – right now, thanks to FareCompare’s Deal Finder, I am seeing cheap flights from London to LA in August for about $540 roundtrip (all taxes and fees included).