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[Avery&Todd]

Here waiting with you all! Looking for flights for D23 Expo in September and Mexico in October. If they don't drop soon, I've got to get out the door to work. Do opening day prices tend to fluctuate throughout the day, or stay pretty steady for the day?

I've seen them fluctuate and go up as the day goes on - I've had them change the price on me from when I selected flights to when I got to the checkout!!

 

[JKMastalski]

Here waiting with you all! Looking for flights for D23 Expo in September and Mexico in October. If they don't drop soon, I've got to get out the door to work. Do opening day prices tend to fluctuate throughout the day, or stay pretty steady for the day?

I think they are usually somewhat steady the first day…or that has been my random experiences. .do you have the option to be able to book while you’re at work?

 

[AuroraluvsPhillip]

The thing is, you never know if that perfect flight that you pick today will not be changed before you go. This is with every airline. We are working with a very narrow schedule, so I am more nervous than ever.

Yeah, that's almost guaranteed now. My flight home in May was changed to an almost 1am arrival, that'll be a fun drive home, not.

 

[Laurabearz]

Refreshing with you all. I hope it opens up soon just so I do t have to deal with things at work lol (also thankful they will let me deal with it at work lol)

 

[Laurabearz]

It’s working!

 

[Laurabearz]

And flights secured at the price I thought they would be so I’m very happy! woohoo! WDW here we come!

 

[TitusPullo]

Good luck everyone! Flights secured to Oahu for our Aulani trip!

 

[okw19]

OOOF flights are double what I usually pay, and much higher than the august flights I'd been stalking! I don’t know what to do

 

[AlohaNow]

Woo hoo! It's open! The prices are meh. They're matching the United prices for my September trip, so I'm no longer concerned about booking today. But I'm happy for everyone that is getting what they want!

 

[Vinelander]

Well this is annoying. I need a flight on 11/5, but flights on that date don't seem to exist. Just flights through 11/4. Even the Low Fare calendar says Unavailable for that date. Guess I keep refreshing...

 

[Neener16]

Doing a RunDisney event. Flights out of Hartford are horrible. 1 nonstop, and it doesn't work for us. Booking JetBlue, but I'm not confident the flight will stick.

 

[JKMastalski]

Ugh double what I usually pay out of Phl. Going to only book one way home and fly American going down, they have been great since Southwest dropped all the non stop flights from PHL. They will get my business for sure.

 

[back4more OH]

Well this is annoying. I need a flight on 11/5, but flights on that date don't seem to exist. Just flights through 11/4. Even the Low Fare calendar says Unavailable for that date. Guess I keep refreshing...

I know I am having the same problem. Thats the day of our return flight, so as of right now guess we are gonna be stuck in Orlando. Ha ha!!!

 

[Avery&Todd]

Good gravy that was a mess - a mess that I created myself!!

I selected flights and got all the way to checkout when it dawned on me that I had intended to use the credits/vouchers we earned when SW lost/misplaced/couldnt find our luggage on our flights in March..

so then I had to race across the house and pull out the voucher from my super-secret top dresser drawer, race back, and then restart the flight search using cash vs. points...

and then I had to enter those 3 vouchers, and then I remembered I had some funds left on a SW gift card - so I ran back across the house and back into my super-secret top drawer and got my gift card and then raced back..

Flights would have been $665.92 but with vouchers/gift card I brought it down to $188.32...

and DH is NOT happy that I picked the 5:30am departure, with a layover in BWI, and then into MCO at 10am...there was a nonstop but it was a 12:15pm and got in at 1:55pm - and arrival day is a park day for us so I wasn't loosing those 4 hours!!

I did get us a nonstop at 10:40am home....

these were flights from RDU to MCO mid-October..

what a morning!

and I can't get the emoji's to work - how do I post without those guys???

 

[AuroraluvsPhillip]

Weird. Prices out of PVD are almost identical for weekdays and weekend flights except for Columbus Day weekend and around Halloween. Usually there's a little more variation. I'm booked anyway with nonstops, we'll see how long they last.

 

[lurkernj]

Ugh double what I usually pay out of Phl. Going to only book one way home and fly American going down, they have been great since Southwest dropped all the non stop flights from PHL. They will get my business for sure.

We usually fly out of phl on SW also. Newark is closer for us, but since SW stopped flying out of Newark, we've been going out of PHL to use our SW points. What a letdown. We used to fly direct PHL to MCO, Las vegas, and New Orleans, all of them now have stopovers.

 

[mmackeymouse]

And flights secured at the price I thought they would be so I’m very happy! woohoo! WDW here we come!

Glad it worked out for you!

Most people I have seen have said prices are much, much higher. That has been my experience as well.

 

[Vinelander]

I know I am having the same problem. Thats the day of our return flight, so as of right now guess we are gonna be stuck in Orlando. Ha ha!!!

Just got off with SW and it's a known issue. They said it should be resolved later this morning and to just keep checking. Also confirmed that they wouldn't be able to do anything about booking a flight for that date until the website was running, so no need to hammer the phones.

 

[LadybugsMum]

Well this is annoying. I need a flight on 11/5, but flights on that date don't seem to exist. Just flights through 11/4. Even the Low Fare calendar says Unavailable for that date. Guess I keep refreshing...

I noticed the same thing when playing around. Hopefully they'll get loaded soon.

 

[Tiggerette]

I agree, prices were higher than usual. However, I've noticed that on other schedule-drop openings for the markets I fly. They don't tend to open with the best price, but they do open with the most availability on all the flights listed. Sometimes having more choices for a better flight is worth the higher price in the long run. I'm in the same boat with a flight into MCO for the rD races but not out.... Now I'll never leave, muhahahahaa!! Just kidding... like cookies, Orlando is a Sometimes-Dish.