Well, it is on the early side to book a July trip so the price is probably at it's peak right now (and it will go back to that shortly before the trip), but there's no mystery as to what's going on. Nothing "wrong" with the airlines. It's fuel prices and lots of demand for flight and airlines aren't back to 100%, so supply and demand.
I’m not sure airlines are going to increase capacity with fuel prices continuing to rise. The predictions for oil prices in 2023 are frightening. Demand will eventually fall because the middle class simply can’t afford it. There will continue to be less flights and prices will continue to rise.
The Fed has to raise interest to match inflation in order to get inflation under control. The problem is were a debt-based economy and everyone(people, government, businesses, corporations) are up to their eyeballs in debt. I see lots of pain ahead, but hopefully, we'll come out on the other side in a better place. It's been obvious for years this was not sustainable.
Well, not sure I agree with people being up to their eyeballs in debt. According to the Federal Reserve personal savings soared during the pandemic. People stuck at home with nowhere to spend their money, and the government gave each of us thousands of dollars in stimulus money. I was furloughed and made more in unemployment benefits with all the pandemic add ons that I would have made working.
If you're looking at Jacksonville, might as well add Daytona and Melbourne.
I second using google flights. American round trip can be gotten for those dates for $335.
Do you have anything to back up the bolded? We are cruising in July. I started stalking airfare last August. Ended up booking Delta in February for $292. $18 more than the lowest. Current prices are over $300 for Allegiant/Frontier and over $400 for the legacy airlines.
