Advice, please, should I book Airtran?

[karliebug]

Here's the deal. We are going Dec.19-28 from Philly. I already booked airtran for the flight down. It was $99 but then dropped to $79, so I called and got credit. I didn't book the way back because I was waiting for a drop . It went up to $ 104 for the return rather than dropping. Now I'm wondering if I should book the $104 or wait for southwest to open up on thursday. If southwest is cheaper, will airtran drop it's rates ,too???:confused If southwest is cheaper should I just go with them for our return??

 

[cbrfan]

It's been my experience that AirTran doesn't often drop their fares during Christmas week. I don't think I'd hold my breath on that option. If you wanted to fly AirTran I'd book at the $104 and hope for a lower price and take the credit. I don't know about SW's fares that week. Hopefully, someone who flies SW and watches their fare trends can help you out there. My personal feeling is a bird in the hand......

 

[Praise God]

I haven't flown AirTran for many years. But from reading through these boards, many people are discussing the cancelled flights and change of times that Air Tran has been doing recently
In terms of does Air Tran lower their rates when SW comes out - I didn't notice that for my dates in Aug. I kept comparing and SW was consistently cheaper. I booked after the times I originally wanted were sold out and then later was able to change them when they became available again.

I was glad that I decided on SW after reading the discussion on Air Tran's canceled flights. Not being notified of that would really make me unhappy

 

[LauraAnn630]

We have use AirTran many times with no problems!
They did e-mail me a change in our Sept 2007 flight. We be leaving a half hour later.
This is the first time they changed anything for us.