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Well as of today most major airlines have rates for our trip and I was shocked!!! I did expect for the rates to be higher but this is just nuts. I have rates for 981.00, 1026.00, and 1800.00 for round trip for 4 from chicago to orlando (MCO) I am now wondering if I should book the 981.00 or wait for southwest and the discount airlines to come out with their rates and if I do will the rate go up??? They said our dates could be avail in OCT but they can not say for sure. Any thoughts on this.
If you're looking at 2011 airfare.... it's way too soon. The airlines do not discount to encourage folks to book early. I think they don't want to be caught by an unexpected spike in oil prices. Just hold on for a while. Unless you're traveling on a holiday weekend, rates probably won't start dropping until a couple of months before your trip.
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I booked flights from little rock to lax for March 2011 (spring break week here) but they were high when they came out I waited about a month and they started dropping so I grab it good luck, deanna
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I'd just keep an eye on the airfare...check Kayak.com or some other site every day, or set a price alert on the site. You might be surprised to see a fare drop for as little as a day. Boston to Jacksonville in Feb '11 was $181 for a few days, when "regular" fare is about $285.
Once you know what the typical fare is for your dates, you'll know when to jump on a sale fare.
Do you live IN Chicago? If not, consider driving a bit. I got $149 tickets for November from Bloomington to Orlando. Try Rockford, Peoria, Bloomington. Could be worth driving. But I agree, WAIT.
Yes we are going to wait....I really think southwest will be alot less. we really wanted to buy early and in july we get an extra check so we thought we would just take that and pay for our air fare. We are cash and carry people.....so I guess maybe I will pay off the cruise and save up the air fare. One way or another everything will get done before next May.
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Book on a Tues and if you can fly on a Tues. The flights are cheaper. We book our Hotel Tues - Mon because of this.
I check the airlines and the discount sites for the best price and sometimes that means one airline down and another home. I booked mine 5tixs for $903(for a April-may flight). Also look for coupon codes. (we did cheapoair.com because of the discount USFLY10 is still working gets you $10 off) You are still too far out for good discounts I would start looking around Feb. ( I booked March 3rd 2010)
More important then price is times. Take off,layover,landing. We like a very early depart to get there with a layover of 30-50 min. so we can arrive around 11pm, but on the way home we like a no earlier then 5pm takeoff. we always have a layover because of our distance (and I won't fly from Boston)
I'd just keep an eye on the airfare...check Kayak.com or some other site every day, or set a price alert on the site. You might be surprised to see a fare drop for as little as a day. Boston to Jacksonville in Feb '11 was $181 for a few days, when "regular" fare is about $285.
Once you know what the typical fare is for your dates, you'll know when to jump on a sale fare.
If you don't mind me asking.... what airline are you finding Boston to anywhere in FL for Feb 2011? I need airfare for that month, and so far I only see Delta released thru then. I check Jet Blue DAILY !!! Delta is ridiculously expensensive for the week I need. I really want to get this booked so I can stop thinking about it !!
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If you don't mind me asking.... what airline are you finding Boston to anywhere in FL for Feb 2011? I need airfare for that month, and so far I only see Delta released thru then. I check Jet Blue DAILY !!! Delta is ridiculously expensensive for the week I need. I really want to get this booked so I can stop thinking about it !!
Just a bit North you could check Manchester NH (MHT is it's code). Right now it's higer but I find it drops faster then BOS. Also the parking is cheaper and it's a nice small airport that's never crowded.
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Well I just got new rates and boy have they come down. not just a little bit but by leaps and bounds! I am going to book it this week!!! I got it for 99.00 per person.
If you don't mind me asking.... what airline are you finding Boston to anywhere in FL for Feb 2011?
Just to follow up, the BOS-JAX $186 was on United, but I haven't seen that fare again. Hopefully, you checked out Southwest (recently released fares through March), as I got PVD-TPA for $170 r/t. I could've gotten BDL-MCO for $180, but my brother lives in TPA, and we're going to drive to the cruise with them.
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I need airfare for that month, and so far I only see Delta released thru then. I check Jet Blue DAILY !!! Delta is ridiculously expensensive for the week I need. I really want to get this booked so I can stop thinking about it !!
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