I've been really lucky playing the fare games these past few years, checking fares 10 times day, and always having faith that the prices will go down, and so far it worked, as I've never paid more than $165 RT from NY to MCO, even during Christmas and July 4th week. I usually book my tickets 3 months in advance.
Now, for this upcoming trip, a couple of weeks ago I booked us going to MCO for $74 each way, using jetblue going and delta coming back. I saw the fares go down, and I grabbed them. Great times, too, with dates June 29 and July 5th.
Here's where I need some serious analysis, ESP, or anything I can get to help me. My sister told me today that she wants to come with us, it'll be herself and her 2 kids. Great, cool, lemme take care of it since I'm the travel expert. Well I went to the sites, and lo and behold, the fares went up to $124 on jetblue for the trip down there, and $174 on delta for the trip back. That's sure not the $74 fares I've been bragging about.
Anyway, I know there's probably no way to know for sure, but do you think I should wait it out a litle longer to see if the fares come down? I'm on the verge of just booking just to make sure she's not stuck with the outrageous $500 one way seats that have been showing up. She will not be able to come with us if it comes to that.
I remember when I was planning my flight down pre christmas cruise, and has a good time waiting with some of you for decent fares, which were really high. I told one guy to hld on, my gut tells me the fares will come down bigtime, maybe just for a short web special. He bet me not, since it was Christmas time. But sure enough, I paid I think $63 each way for Dec. 23rd to Jan 1st. And the fares went right back up 2 days later to $299 each way!
I know I'm dragging this on, but I don't have that gut feeling about fares dropping. Please tell me from your experience (in summertime) what the chances are. Again, I know no one knows for sure, but I just need to discuss it to make myself feel better.
Thank you!
Now, for this upcoming trip, a couple of weeks ago I booked us going to MCO for $74 each way, using jetblue going and delta coming back. I saw the fares go down, and I grabbed them. Great times, too, with dates June 29 and July 5th.
Here's where I need some serious analysis, ESP, or anything I can get to help me. My sister told me today that she wants to come with us, it'll be herself and her 2 kids. Great, cool, lemme take care of it since I'm the travel expert. Well I went to the sites, and lo and behold, the fares went up to $124 on jetblue for the trip down there, and $174 on delta for the trip back. That's sure not the $74 fares I've been bragging about.
Anyway, I know there's probably no way to know for sure, but do you think I should wait it out a litle longer to see if the fares come down? I'm on the verge of just booking just to make sure she's not stuck with the outrageous $500 one way seats that have been showing up. She will not be able to come with us if it comes to that.
I remember when I was planning my flight down pre christmas cruise, and has a good time waiting with some of you for decent fares, which were really high. I told one guy to hld on, my gut tells me the fares will come down bigtime, maybe just for a short web special. He bet me not, since it was Christmas time. But sure enough, I paid I think $63 each way for Dec. 23rd to Jan 1st. And the fares went right back up 2 days later to $299 each way!
I know I'm dragging this on, but I don't have that gut feeling about fares dropping. Please tell me from your experience (in summertime) what the chances are. Again, I know no one knows for sure, but I just need to discuss it to make myself feel better.
Thank you!