Cheap Houston Airfare?

[ShaneV]

What is it about Houston airfare and never beoing able to get a great deal?

Example:
Houston-Orlando-Houston via southwest 159 per person each way plus Tax
Buffalo-Orlando-Buffalo via southwest 59 per persson each way plus Tax
Houston-Orlando-Buffalo via southwest 159 per person each wway plus tax (same flight numbers As Buffalo-Orlando--Buffalo)
Its cheaper to fly from Ontario Canada to Orlando than it is to fly to Houston.

ANyone got any tips Im missing?

 

[slmjam]

I don't have any tips. I just want to say I share your pain. We're not going to Florida until Christmas 2005, but if the fares next year are the same as I have seen from Houston this year, then we'll we driving.

 

[ShaneV]

We just got back, and we ended up getting 212.00 round trip per person. Not too bad, but nothing like the sub 100.00 round trip some people seem to find.

 

[rsschneck]

I have not figured out the airfare deals either! If we can get PDX to MCO for under $230 that is a GREAT deal!

ShaneV - How was the Christmas tree for SSR? We get it in less than a week!

 

[gm]

I have not figured out the airfare deals either! If we can et PDX to MCO for under $230 that is a GREAT deal!

ShaneV - How was the Christmas tree for SSR? We get it in less than a week!

I feel your frustration. I want to go too but will not because of the airfare. This june we paid $212 per person which was very hard for us because before that we usually got great rates around $100 but those rates have been gone all year long. Hope they do come up with good rates because now Southwest $159 rate looks like it will be the lowest for Houstonians.

 

[my3kids]

I want to find a cheap fare TO Houston. Do those ever come about for summer travel?

 

[Tissa]

I booked our June 05 tickets w/Continental for $504 rt for 2 of us. If I would have waited for Southwest it would have cost about the same and they only have their dates open until the 6th. We are returning on the 11th so I would have had to book one way tickets then waited around to purchase the other. Not worth it to me. I also woundered why it costs so much to fly from Houston.

 

[DemonLlama]

The four of us fly out Thursday from Hobby on Southwest at $848 ($212 x 4) round trip. Yuck.

 

[princessknb]

I am glad to know I'm not the only one with expensive airfare issues. >

 

[4greatboys]

Its been a couple of years since we were able to get some really good deal in the $170's. Oct 2003 we paid $250 pp, June 2004 and this Dec we paid $202 pp but I never see the great deals like the ones I see for the East coast airlines like Song or JetBlue.
And if you happen to see a decent fair you have to fly to Atlanta or somewhere on a 3 hour flight--layover for 3 or 4 hours then fly to Orlando--another 3 hour flight. I dont really want to spend a week just getting to Orlando so we just fly SW. Those NS flghts are great.

 

[JessetheCowgirl]

If it makes you feel any better, I think this is true for all of Texas. I don't understand it either?

 

[ShaneV]

My buddy got 165 round trip fro DFW this Dec with Delta.

rsschneck-
The tree was really nice to have and handed to the next family on Sat! Let me know when you get it!

 

[princessknb]

How long ago did he purchase that airfare from DFW to MCO? I have been checking their prices for about 2-3 months and I missed that one?!?!?!? For 165.00 I would be willing to have at least 1 stop. What time are the flights and for what days?

 

[ShaneV]

It was leavinf Dec 2 getting back Dec 11, and it was non stop

 

[chasbos]

ShaneV - We up in Canada cannot fly out of Canada for those good deals, we have to travel to Buffalo first. Makes no sense to me but for my family of 6 to fly out of Toronto it would have been $2000 US for us all to fly out of Buffalo $451 US. How these airlines set their prices is way beyond me - but good luck and keep looking, a deal may just show up.

 

[bombero]

We just got back from WDW and drove this and last time.
It started getting to expensive to fly for family of 4 when we started going
more often, had to include rent car or transportation once there.
The drive is not that bad, I would rather not do it but.
Our cost for fuel was about 140 each way, and that is with a Ford F150 4wheel drive (15mpg). We packed sandwich stuff, VCR for the kids. On the way back left Disney at 6am and arrived in galveston 9pm.
I figure that we saved about 500.
But if lotto comes through for me I will be flying next time.. hehehe