Christmas airfares

[hearts8701]

Traveling over the Christmas holiday from Chicago to Disney World when can i purchase airfare from discount airlines like southwest spirit frontier etc

 

[Tigger2ntinkerbell]

For the December on southwest you have to wait until May 23.

 

[jdisnut]

For most airlines -- not Southwest, as the previous poster stated -- you already can.

 

[katallo]

SW is now June 20th

 

[Darcy03231]

If traveling Christmas week make sure you buy the day they're released. I've never seen them come down, just go up!

 

[kaytieeldr]

On the individual airlines' websites.

You can compare most fares here https://matrix.itasoftware.com/ or here www.kayak.com, but neither site sells tickets. Itamatrix advises you what information you need to book directly with the airline, while kayak allows you to click through to the seller (just make sure it's the airline and not a third party of OTA.).

Southwest keeps its information from such sites, so you absolutely need to purchase from them.

 

[mmouse50]

Oops sorry bad info - don’t trust google. Everyone is correct 6/20 for anything after 11/2.

 

[katallo]

I think we are going to have to check frequently. Here is what we are seeing this morning.

We are currently accepting air reservations through November 2, 2019. On June 20, 2019 we will open our schedule for sale through January 5, 2020. This date is subject to change! Please check back frequently.

 

[greenclan67]

I think we are going to have to check frequently. Here is what we are seeing this morning.

We are currently accepting air reservations through November 2, 2019. On June 20, 2019 we will open our schedule for sale through January 5, 2020. This date is subject to change! Please check back frequently.

I just saw this to and came to report. I had changed the date twice in my calendar for may. Now not until June.

 

[jec6613]

On the individual airlines' websites.

You can compare most fares here https://matrix.itasoftware.com/ or here www.kayak.com, but neither site sells tickets. Itamatrix advises you what information you need to book directly with the airline, while kayak allows you to click through to the seller (just make sure it's the airline and not a third party of OTA.).

Southwest keeps its information from such sites, so you absolutely need to purchase from them.

Make sure to do those using InPrivate browsing! Some of the LCCs boost their prices if they see you've visited one of those sites when you visit their own site to book.

Also, be sure to check AA independently. The SABRE booking system they use does not interface to many of the booking aggregation sites.

For flying out of Chicago in winter, I'd look at only three airlines: WN out of MDW, AA out of ORD, and UA out of ORD. They all have excess capacity and hub out of Chicago, so any sort of winter interruptions are handled much better.

The only two other airlines with direct flights are Frontier and Spirit, and I can't recommend either of them. With only 5 possible airlines to look out for, it should be simple enough to just check individual airline websites.

 

[pixiedustedme]

If traveling Christmas week make sure you buy the day they're released. I've never seen them come down, just go up!

I have had them come down for Christmas week on Southwest (still was quite expensive), but I agree that it's prudent to not wait around and just go ahead & book when you see a price you can stomach.