Flight roulette for August!

[NooNoo]

I'm just playing flight roulette for a sneaky trip in August! I know it's not going to be cheap but Just wondering how long I dare leave it before booking and risking them all getting booked up.
Anyone else done this?

 

[london75]

Last year we got two weeks right at the end of August (into September actually) landing back the day before school started for £500 pp with American Airlines to Tampa.

I think we booked with about a month to go so mid July.

 

[scoobydooby]

I was looking last night and direct prices are high with Virgin......

 

[igk]

I've been looking for friends for Aug Florida flights. Best I have seen recently is about £570 indirect to Palm Beach or Ft Myers. Thats outbound 20/08 or later return ~ 01/09. Palm beach to WDW is about 160 miles or 2.5 hours drive. Not as convenient as Tampa, but much better than Miami.

 

[NooNoo]

Trouble is our dates are slap bang in the middle of the holidays!
Don't know how much longer I dare wait now. Doubt the prices will go down at all :-(

 

[Azza1987]

You could hang on for some Thomson bargains? I know they have been heavily reduced last minute but I don't know how much they'll reduce in school holidays! X

 

[DLPDreams]

We go next summer flying with Thomson, and the same date flight for this year only has 2 seats showing left on it and has done for a while now. I think middle of summer holidays is a gamble, BUT if you are willing to go indirect or fly into another airport as pps have suggested, you might manage.

You don't say how many seats you need? - this should also be a factor. There are 6 of us next year so I wouldn't have hung on for that reason.

 

[NooNoo]

I only need 2 adults!
That's my gamble - do I book flights and do diy or do I wait and try to get a reduced package nearer the time. At the minute packages aren't any cheaper than diy and I don't know how long I dare leave it haha.

 

[DLPDreams]

With two of you, you stand a much better chance imo.

Is going indirect an option for you? People on another board are quoting fares of less than £500 pp now for August this year with one or two stops and flying into another airport - mainly Fort Lauderdale. It wasn't an option for us as it's a long enough flight for us as it is, so I didn't fancy another 3.5 hour drive each way on top, but if it saves the pennies and it's something you don't mind doing....

Check out skyscanner - that's where they are quoting prices from. BA have some flights out of Gatwick (indirect) showing apparently.

 

[NooNoo]

Will do thanks!

 

[tinkerbell 766]

Have you looked at flying from Dublin?
Two days ago, I booked flights from Dublin which connect with a Virgin flight from Gatwick to MCO. We fly on 19th July.
Even given that we needed to book flights from Manchester, it still worked out at least £250.00 cheaper than booking the same flight direct from Gatwick.