Flying on Thanksgiving?

[Michelina]

I'm looking for flights from either BWI or PHL leaving Thanksgiving Day and returning 11/29. I've found a few decent flights for under $200 but I'm wondering if I should hold out and wait for Southwest to post rates for November? Do you think that prices will only go up due to the holiday or will prices not be bad since it's the holiday day itself, not the day before??
I'm so used to flying on Airtran or SW for $50-60 each way, I've never flown on a holiday before.
Thanks for the advice!!

 

[sixcats]

We've flown a few times on Thanksgiving day. I've never flown SW so I can't say how easy it would be to snag the cheaper tickets. I try to buy T'day tickets as soon as they come out and I never see them drop in price.
I'd grab the $200 tickets and ask for a credit if it drops.

 

[m&m's mom]

We flew last year on Thanksgiving and I watched for quite a while and airfare did not go down for Thanksgiving day.
We flew American, but no discount.

 

[Michelina]

Thanks guys! I found a fare of $176.90 from United and booked it. I can't imagine that SW would be that much cheaper, I feel like it's a pretty good price!

 

[Michelle2]

Last year I kept watch on the Thanksgiving day fares knowing that the next year we would be flying that day. (So I am in the same boat as you are now.) But from what I noticed last year, the dates for Thanksgiving day and the day after stayed lower than the dates around it, which were alot higher BTW. I started checking during the summer months, so I don't know if they were always that low to begin with, but they stayed low until about 2 months before or so. But I am also from the west and flights are generally higher from here anyways. I think I checked SW, Delta, United, and Song. But yes, the day of Thanksgiving is lower then the days around it, since I guess people dont want to fly on Thanksgiving and would rather go home on the weekend....

 

[jadejazzkayla]

we fly every year on thanksgiving day. last year i paid $79 each way. both trips non-stop via delta/song. i will buy my delta/song tickets for 2005 on the day southwest fares open for thanksgiving. that's when delta/song will drop their price, which today is $140 one way.

 

[dcgrumpy]

I booked with Spirit a couple of months ago out of LGA for $54 one way. My sister got Song out of JFK for $59. I'm glad I didn't wait, I'd be kicking myself right now