Help with airfare for July!!!

[muntzfab4]

I first posted this on the transportation board, but thought I would try here as well. Maybe some of you experienced summer cruisers can help!

We are doing the 7N Magic from July 24 -31. We plan on arriving the day before (23rd). I have been watching airfares for 2 months now and nothing has come down. We are flying out of NYC, preferably LGA, and I have checked Jetblue, Delta, Song, and American as well as all the travel websites. Fares range from 220 - 250 pp and we are a family of 4.

Please help!

1. Is it possible to get a lower fare for July? If so, what would be considered a good fare?

2. Should I wait a little longer? Or should I book now?

3. If I book now and fares go down, can I get the lower fare?

All of you have been so helpful, I hope you can be again!

Thanks is advance for your suggestions.

 

[stacy6552]

Book when it hits what youre willing to pay. Unless you pay full fare and get refundable tix you wont be able to switch to a lower fare later. You can set up travelocity to watch fares for you.

 

[MrsG]

We just booked 6 adults from LGA to MCO on July 11-16 for $174.49 round trip on Song. Jet Blue is still about $223. I usually pay approx. $169 Round trip so for a few dollars more (and a few people more) I grabbed it. Good luck! I don't know if I would wait much longer as jet fuel costs are supposedly going up and guess who is going to pay for that.

 

[suslynn]

Southeastern airlines flies out of smaller airports into Sanford. I think there are a couple airports in the NY/NJ area that they use. Our family of 4 was able to fly direct on Seal for 604 total, including taxes and fees. You might want to check out flyseal.com

 

[debden]

Spirit Airlines is flying out of LGA to Orlando for $165 pp (includes taxes/fees)I don't have any personal experience with this airline but the price sounds good and it's a direct flight.Unfortunately in order to get this price you have to take the 7PM flight out.The times coming back are not bad.
Good Luck,Debbie

 

[Ms. WDW]

As I type this DH is on the wireless doing what everyone else is doing....checking flights for July. What a difference between carriers and websites!!! I personally like JetBlue but right now round trip for our family of three would be close to $800.00 because our dates and of course the times we want to leave nd return.

But, in checking with Song, leaving a little later in the day
and leaving out of LaGuardia instead of Kennedy we found a round trip fare for the three of us around $640.00. I could even get it lower but I refuse to arrive at 7PM in Orlando and then add another hour or so for shopping and stuff!

We'll continue to check through out the day but I keep telling DH that the longer we wait the greater the risk of higher fares comes into play.

 

[muntzfab4]

Ms. WDW-
I agree, we will probably have to pay more for the flights we want. After the cruise, I don't want to wait until late evening to fly home, and 10:30 am will be too early.

Like your DH I will keep checking, but probably won't wait to much longer to book.

Good luck.

 

[Ms. WDW]

muntzfab4 - Hi Neighbor!

We just picked up 3 tickets directly from Delta.com. for $189.00 round trip each almost.
I say almost because these companies are slick. When I did the search originally based on 1 passenger, the price was $189 round trip. Ok..I bit the bullet and we're leaving later than I would really like to. But hey...we usually rest that first day anyway.
Ok, let's pick them up. I went back and selected 3 passengers and guess what...the fare went up to $229.00 each round trip for 3 passengers. So, I purchased 1 at $189.00 (mine), then went back and entered 1 passenger again (now for DH) and this time it was $209.00 round trip! So just for the heck of it, I went back and changed the number of passengers to 2 (DH and DS) and it was still $209 so I picked theirs up for $209.00 each R/T.

Good Luck on your selections! I'm really sorry I waited this long. I usually fly JetBlue but since I waited the fares are much higher now than they were 2 months ago. That'll teach me!

 

[pumpkinboy]

Flexible search on Orbitz, I am getting under $200 r-t for Spirit (best fares) also American and Song/Delta, all non-stop.

Good luck and have fun!

 

[jgates]

I waited too - my flight just jumped $50 per ticket (mpls to orlando 7/17 to 7/31) within the last couple of days. Crud.

 

[Ms. WDW]

jgates - we'll be there the same time.

Have you purchased your tickets yet?

 

[Eclpz314]

About 1 week ago I booked through US Airways website from Phila. to Orl. July 18th and back July 28th. Roundtrip is $144. plus tax, bringing it to $176. per person for 4 of us. This was for 8am depart and 6pm return, non-stop flights both ways. I actually came up with 2 different rates depending on whether I searched by price or times on their website. By searching by price, I came up with the $176. By times, it would've been $199. Still haven't figured out why there's a difference, but it even makes note at the bottom of their page to try different ways.