Return flight trouble

[Just_Joe1087]

Hello, so my fiancée and I are trying to book our second WDW trip, but we keep running into a problem. We are looking to come in the middle of November and leave just before Thanksgiving by a few days or so. Any dates we put in between the 8th and the 20th we seem to get an error message when it comes to booking the flight. Finally when we do get through, it only offers one return flight and that’s at 6:40 am. I tried to even check if we moved the trip to mid October (which we prefer not to do) and still the same thing when it comes to the return flight. Now I know we can go through delta, and just book our flights, but it’s cheaper if we do it with the Disney vacation package, and we prefer to just throw an amount towards the cost now. Lastly, we also tried to see if we changed the airline and gave jet blue a try, but we keep getting the same error. The chat assistance on the website was less than helpful. Has anyone else encountered this problem? Should we just wait and is it just a website glitch? We tried earlier today, then went shopping and grabbed dinner, came back tonight and still kept having the error message and the one 6:40 am return flight for any date we chose.

Also I apologize in advance if there is an official thread for this kind of thing but I didn’t see one.

 

[msjprincess]

Some airlines, Jetblue and SWA for example, haven't released their schedules for November yet.

 

[Alesia]

Most flights haven't been released for those dates yet.

Don't book your flights through Disney (or any other third party, for that matter.) You won't save any money and it's a real pain if changes need to be made.

 

[OrangeCountyCommuter]

It appears you want to buy the package. It's possible that those are the only flights being offered on a package. However, this is probably an instance where picking up the phone and calling might get you what you want. They probably can get you on a better flight but at a higher cost. Often those package booking engines only show you the 'cheap option' (which is why you think the Disney package is cheaper)

However, note that between now and November Delta is likely to change your schedule. When you book via Disney guess who you get to deal with on any changes... Disney! It adds a lot of complexity.

 

[rwdavis2]

Most flights haven't been released for those dates yet.

Don't book your flights through Disney (or any other third party, for that matter.) You won't save any money and it's a real pain if changes need to be made.

^^^ THIS ^^^^ x 100.

 

[Just_Joe1087]

Thanks for the advice everyone. We actually realized some airlines like jet blue hadn’t released their November schedule yet when we went on their website. We ended up finding flights through delta that was $600 round trip for both of us, and also put down a payment towards Disney. We are officially going back to Disney! Staying at Coronado Springs from November 13th until the 21st! We’re hoping F&W will still be going on and we’re also planning to hit up the MVMCP!