Airfares during Xmas holidays....

[bz8bls]

We have been to WDW numerous times during the summers; this year we are also going to go for the Xmas holidays as well (12-25 thru 12-30). For those of you that have traveled by air during that period of the year, do airfares get as competitive as the fares we are seeing now (hence under $200)? As of now, we are planning on driving; we got airfare for $156 pp for our upcoming trip in September and some of the people in our party got the airfare last week for $130 pp (NWA)

 

[DisneyHumbug]

We flew Jet Blue on 12/23 2 years ago and paid top dollar. Closer to the trip the fares dropped a little (maybe $20) and we got credit. This year we are flying Jet Blue again and the tickets are $500 rt. We booked a while ago and they have not budged at all!

 

[dvc guy]

We fly all the time during the holidays, no price breaks. My guess is that most, if not all of the cheaper fares are gone. If you spot a good fare under 300 R/T grab it fast. We usually buy are tickets 11 months out.

 

[Beast fan]

We flew this past holiday season to WDW (I think 12/28-1/3). Fares were not cheap! As it was, we drove to Kentucky to visit in-laws, then flew out of Louisville Intl (which had the cheapest rate for our times/flight preferences).

If you are a bit flexible with your flight preferences (one stop vs. non-stop), and I know you live close to DTW, consider either FNT or TOL. I've found good rates out of those airports in the past couple of years. It's also a lot easier to work your way through those smaller airports (with security and baggage claim). Just a thought.

Dave

 

[CaliforniaDreaming]

I have seen airfares over $500 since they first became bookable for those dates. A few years ago, we paid $300 r/t, but this year I did luck out with $220 r/t, and the price returned to $500 right after booking. I guess I was lucky...

 

[FINFAN]

I'm in Chicago and just booked AA $170 RT/non stop per person 12/18-12/25. Granted, we are flying on Christmas day, so that helped the rate quite a bit...but need to be home by 5 p.m. for family dinner...or else!
Good luck....keep in mind, Southwest has not released their fares/schedule yet...but I do not know if they fly near you. Last I checked our fare had gone up to 231...still not too bad. I am just praying we do not have a freak snowstorm that holds us up!