Crap, Delta prices jumped $140!

[GottaGetToDisney!]

Yep, we're in the exact same boat! We've been obsessively watching the DTW-MCO airfare with Delta since it was released. The lowest price so far has been $281 and we decided to wait.

Two days ago, it took a crazy leap up to $365, then just two hours later it was up even farther to $419!!! The next day it was at $307, now it's back down to $293. We were just discussing if we should grab it at $293, but even that seems insanely expensive for my family of four!

Spirit now has it's prices out for Oct. and it's at $259, but when you add on all of their extra prices it comes out to well over $300 per ticket.

This is really stressing me out!

 

[KissMickey4U?]

The prices went back down guys and I snatched them up for $281 the minute they did. Flying delta from Detroit. I was hurt also when they shot up to $419 for mid April... So I hope some of u got them when the price went back down on last Friday

 

[GottaGetToDisney!]

Bit the bullet and purchased our tickets for $281 per person. It absolutely killed me to pay that much money, but my TA advised me to get it while the gettin' was good and I'm just relieved that the stressing out is over with!

 

[Brian Noble]

For non-stop flights on the weekends, that's not a bad price at all. There has been so much consolidation and capacity reduction that "what you used to pay" has no bearing on fares that you should expect to pay now. For example, Southwest and AirTran are no longer competitors, so that removes one of the price pressures at DTW, and Delta has cut one or two of their daily MCO flights out of the DTW schedule.

 

[rynosmom]

We have already booked our flight for Christmas. We paid $279 PP round trip. When I 1st looked about 3 weeks ago the flight was $250PP I looked 3 days later and it jumped to $500+. yesterday I looked and they dropped to $279.

 

[carrie6466]

What do you guys think I should do? I know you are waiting but do you think it will go down as you get closer? I always book when I know I'm going away and usually have to wait for the air to open and usually get around $200 - $300 R/T from EWR to MCO. I just booked EWR to FLL for Memorial Day weekend for $239 R/T, which I thought was great. That price came out on a Saturday morning and by noon, it was back up.

I am going to Disney August 26-September 3.
We do not want to be flexible with our outbound flight on time. Early morning/afternoon either from EWR or JFK and we must come home to EWR since my dh's car will be there (he and my ds will be flying in after us (my mom and me). The least expensive flights I can find run $400 per person.
My dh keeps saying we should book now since he fears they will just keep going up but I'm just not sure. What would you guys do?

We're going 9/15 - 9/22 flying out of JFK on JB. I'll tell you this. The day the flights were released, they were about $138 JFK/MCO and $118 for the return. Same flights now $231/$178. Unfortunately for me I didn't buy them that first day. Lucky for me I bought them at a higher price 2 days later, because if I was looking at them now, I'd probably be thinking about driving. The EWR flights were higher than the JFK ones. If they'd been cheaper I'd have flown out of there.

 

[LauraLouLovesPooh]

So glad I booked them when I did, I have a feeling the prices are going to go even higher! With gas prices increasing it wouldn't surprise me. Luckily I had a credit I had to use and my Dad got them to somehow wave the $150 rebooking fee and I paid $89 round trip for my ticket this September. My DBF wasn't so lucky and had to pay $326.50 for the same flight. YIKES!! We almost didn't book because of the high prices but when free dining came out we couldn't resist!!