American Airlines

[princessknb]

How long does it usually take American Airlines to drop their fare prices? Our trip is schedule for May 05 and I'm getting mixed reviews as to buying know as 210.70 pp or waiting to see if the fares drop.

 

[Chicago526]

The big carriers tend to drop their rates about 90-60 days out, it also depends on the passenger load at the time, if 90 days out the flights are 90% full, they won't drop the fare because they don't need to. If it's 10% booked, they'll have a sale for sure! Also, sale fares are like room codes at Disney resort. They only allow a certain number of seats to be sold at the sale price, once they are gone on a particular flight, the fare for that flight goes up, even if the other flights stay down because they still have sale seats left.

BTW, $210 isn't bad from Dallas, really. If you need specific flight times, you may just want to book it now to get the flights you need, rather than take the chance that the sale fare won't be available.

 

[shelleybell]

Out of DFW and that darn Wright Amendment...$210. is a normal fare. That is what we are paying for our May05 trip. It is about the same price that we have paid the last 3 years. I have bought mine already at that price, just to make sure I get the flight time I want.

shelleybell

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

Not sure if this helps you, but I just bought DH's ticket last week for our trip January 12-16 and it was $210 less than 60 days out. My fear was the the price would go UP, so we bought the ticket. DS and I are flying on free tickets, so our flight availability was another huge issue. We weren't able to go on the flights we wanted because of the restrictions on the free tickets. BUT by flying at the crack of dawn we saved an additional $30 because on the flights I wanted the ticket for DH was going to be $240. If you don't mind going to the airport at 5 AM you might save some more $$.

 

[princessknb]

It sounds like I should buy these tickest before the price goes up!?