Airfare question

[CharityLynn]

OK I have a question concerning airfare prices. I live in Michigan and would consider going to several differnt airports, I am just curious when is the best time to buy tickets and how do you get such good deals? (I believe someone said $155 round trip!) Everything I find is over 300 round trip.

 

[Alexander]

Did you try Northwest? Their hub is in Detroit. Often they are the cheapest out of Syracuse. We have to travel to Detroit to get to Orlando, but we save a ton of $.

 

[CharityLynn]

Well we traved NWA when we went last year and I belive we paid around $250 out of Grand Rapids. RIght now they are around $300 something too for a nonstop out of Grand Rapids. We live in Kalamazoo and would rather not use Detriot. We'd use Lansing, Grand Rapids, K-zoo or even Battle creek. We don't want to travel forever just to get to the airport to sit and wait another 2 hours.

 

[Mady/Sophiemom]

I often use expedia, to check out who has the best deals, and then go to that airline's web site to book. Saves the $5.00 booking fee from expedia. Once in a while, expedia's price beats the airline's price, but not often.

Also, I've noticed the past few weeks, that Airtran drops their fares around 12A-1A, for a few hours. By 9A they are right back up. I don't know if they are an option for you or not.

Good luck- Have a great trip.

 

[mom22girls]

Just keep checking. We are flying out of Detroit next month and booked our flight on NWA website. We are paying $185 Canadian a person. When we first went to book it was over 200 US then when we finally got to book it there was a sale. Just lucky I guess. Keep trying.

 

[mom22girls]

By the way, that price was for flying into Orlando and out of Tampa (by choice) from Monday to Monday.

 

[maxiesmom]

Hi Charitylynn! I'm traveling from Grand Rapids to Orlando in May, and the cheapest rate I have found is $247 on US Air. I didn't book it, because of the whole bankrupcy thing. Have you tried sidestep? It is a search engine that will compare prices from different airlines for you. Otherwise, just check every day and if you see a price lower than $220, I would jump on it. Good Luck!