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Okay, so I usually book our flights through Disney when we have traveled to WDW (prices were actually not too bad), but for our cruise, our travel agent does not deal with air and I missed a GREAT price on Southwest tickets (because I was waiting for my hubby to call me back to make sure the times were right.... UGGH!!! Could kick myself for waiting now!!). Anyhoo... my DH says we will be just fine and that prices on Southwest will go down before our November cruise... IS HE RIGHT?? I could of had tickets for $180 per person (plus taxes/fees), but now those same tickets are $289 per person!!!! See why I am stressing out here??!! Just looking for experienced flyers who can lend some advice. I have also been looking at airtran, but those tickets are non-refundable and they charge baggage... soooooo.... LOL... thanks for the advice
Calm down. Novemeber still gives you time. I'm currently debating on buying a 165 round trip airfare myself. IMO sometimes you can get the best airfare 90days out. But that is also risky and might not happen. Sign up of southwest bing. They will notify you when the prices go down.
We were just looking for our trip at air prices and found they have come down check other airlines yes you will have a baggage fee but american had a 99.00 fare. So waiting does not hurt you most likely will find something.
If you're cruising around Thanksgiving, don't wait too long for a good price. However, if you're traveling earlier in the month, you should have plenty of time. I book most of my airfares within 6 weeks of my flight. While an occassional bargain can be had booking far in advance, for the most part, rates stay high for a long period before coming down a month or two before the travel date. Rates then then start going back up about a month or three weeks out.
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International doesn't work that way, unfortunately. Definitely start shopping earlier and expect to put down money earlier. I don't have enough experience to have a rule of thumb as to how many weeks, though.
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Thanks everyone We are going on the November 6th Eastern Cruise, but flying in on the 5th. I'm trying to calm down (this is not an easy task for someone as anal as myself, lol, who likes all her ducks in a row asap) and I'll just keep looking every day and keep my fingers crossed!! Thanks again!!
Remember, too that with Southwest, if the fare goes down, you can call and they will rebook you at the lower fare and give you the difference back as flight credit for a future flight. Depending on how close to Thanksgiving you're getting, it may be worth locking in the fare now...
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Okay, so I usually book our flights through Disney when we have traveled to WDW (prices were actually not too bad), but for our cruise, our travel agent does not deal with air and I missed a GREAT price on Southwest tickets (because I was waiting for my hubby to call me back to make sure the times were right.... UGGH!!! Could kick myself for waiting now!!). Anyhoo... my DH says we will be just fine and that prices on Southwest will go down before our November cruise... IS HE RIGHT?? I could of had tickets for $180 per person (plus taxes/fees), but now those same tickets are $289 per person!!!! See why I am stressing out here??!! Just looking for experienced flyers who can lend some advice. I have also been looking at airtran, but those tickets are non-refundable and they charge baggage... soooooo.... LOL... thanks for the advice
International doesn't work that way, unfortunately. Definitely start shopping earlier and expect to put down money earlier. I don't have enough experience to have a rule of thumb as to how many weeks, though.
Hmmm.... the way I usually work is that I check prices when they come out at 11 months out for international travel. Over the next few weeks, I watch them, unless I've already seen a price that I think is good. I see if they go down at all and, after a few weeks, if they haven't, I get on and book it. In my experience, seats on international flights tend to go up the nearer you get to departure, as they fill up all the cheap seats. Virgin pretty much told me that they keep back some seats, but they sell those off at full prices nearer the time. That's been our experience to date.
We've been waiting for Feb 2011 to be released. School vacation week for us here in the northeast. I'm thinking when they do come out , I should jump on them. I'm figuring they'll book quickly, and price may go up ? Does everyone agree or should I hold off????
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Okay, so I usually book our flights through Disney when we have traveled to WDW (prices were actually not too bad), but for our cruise, our travel agent does not deal with air and I missed a GREAT price on Southwest tickets (because I was waiting for my hubby to call me back to make sure the times were right.... UGGH!!! Could kick myself for waiting now!!). Anyhoo... my DH says we will be just fine and that prices on Southwest will go down before our November cruise... IS HE RIGHT?? I could of had tickets for $180 per person (plus taxes/fees), but now those same tickets are $289 per person!!!! 
See why I am stressing out here??!! Just looking for experienced flyers who can lend some advice. I have also been looking at airtran, but those tickets are non-refundable and they charge baggage... soooooo.... LOL... thanks for the advice 
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