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Could use some airfare pixie dust please! Updated 6/9 I booked \'em!
I got the money out of our savings to purchase our airfare last week and had deposited into our checking. I wanted to wait overnight to book as sometimes the money isn't available for withdrawl right away (you know the bank schpeel) SO I go the next morning to book and the tickets went up $20 each. DH refuses to buy them now, so I am waiting for the price to go back down to where it was for the last 3 months. We don't get a lot of variance in price like some of you do. The tickets have been $254 for the longest time and are now $274. I've tried telling him that this is still a decent fare, but DH doesn't want to pay it. So I've been checking each day, sometimes morning, noon, and night and nothings changing. I'm scared that if we wait, the price will go up even further. It's only $40 more, but he says that could buy us dinner one night. Uhg, men!! So any extra pixie dust you can spare would be appreciated! Thanks!
What airport do you fly out of? Is it in Wisconsin? Have you checked into driving down to Illinois and flying out of Rockford, Ohare, or Midway? I will definitely keep all fingers and toes crossed that the rates drop.
Keep us posted.
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Doesn't sound like a lot of money to me. I'd try to save that money somehow (not eat out for a week, or cut back on something else) and then show him that you just saved the money so it's no big deal.
To me, $40 is peanuts in comparison to the cost of a Disney vacation. Men
My fingers are crossed for you! Wow....I think he must be related to my husband lol!! Of course, my husband won't even go back to WDW with me so your better off than I am! I have to drag my mom along lol!
I don't agree with your, "Ugh men" on this one.... I think it's more of an "Ugh DH" If I were in that situation I would jump and buy the tickets for fear that they will go up again. It's not that often that airfare drops; it usually just keeps going up.
Denise--
Keep checking! And try sidestep.com--it finds low airfares for you.
I had been checking sidestep for several weeks and the same rate kept showing for quite awhile. When I decided it was finally time to purchase, I went back to sidestep and the flight I was looking at (through ATA) went up $10!
Now--stop the "uggh, men" comments. I'm a female and I am all about finding the lowest price! The $10 difference still aggravated me! So, I waited and the next week, they went back down to the original price! Needless to say, I purchased them right away.
Denise, let me know the dates you are going and I can keep an eye on airfare from my end. I checked it just using generic dates in Jan. and it came up as $284.40 (tax included) I can send you a PM if/when I see it go down.
Tell your hubby my story and I guarantee he will be happy about the $20 increase...My mom, ds and I are going next April. I wanted to book the 330 days out so I could get the flights I wanted for the usual rate of $215.20 for us from Pittsburgh. But, the day I could book, my seats were $440. So I played around with the dates...we are flying out Sunday instead of Saturday and still staying 6 nights...We tossed around buying those for $255.20, still a jump from our customary $215, but as my dh said, "better than $440, just get them." So I purchased the $255 tickets. Just to make certain that they didn't screw up the price, since it is always $215 I got on line the next day...those tickets today for next April are a whooping $1173...You can look them up on line and I even called, but that is the current price! But then again Pittsburgh is a messed up place to fly out of because we don't have many discount airlines and US Air was our hub but now isn't and we have really crazy pricing around here at the moment. Here's the pixie dust you requested......good luck!!!
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Wow....I think he must be related to my husband lol!! Of course, my husband won't even go back to WDW with me so your better off than I am! 
I think it's more of an "Ugh DH" If I were in that situation I would jump and buy the tickets for fear that they will go up again. It's not that often that airfare drops; it usually just keeps going up. 
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