So what did your flight cost?-

[souris]

OP popping in again. I'm enjoying seeing all the prices it is giving me a good idea of what is to come. I see some of the discount sites (expedia at least) now has my dates and so far listing from Detroit at $275each. I just wish I could book right away before they jump up...but can't do anything until early December when hubby knows his holidays. Than have to decide if we book everything at rack rate to be sure of flights coordinating, or book flights first at the deal and wait until a Disney discount comes up in order to get that.

We always book our flights months before our room. I look up at past promotions... Read up on the DIS to see when people think promotions are coming up. If you book a package ahead of time you have to call to make changes... When the fall free dining came up , people were on the phone for hours to make changes to their reservation. You can book a new reservation online at midnight (usually)... They have a select number of rooms at some resorts set aside for promotions. You cannot simply add a promotion to your room... There has to be another room at your resort with the promotion. Maybe I am missing something, but I don't see any advantage to booking the room at the same time as air faire. I guess if you had your heart set at a specific resort/room category...

 

[OnceUponATime15]

I'm flying out of Toronto to MCO the first week in December...

I spent alot of time finding my flights, I refuse to pay more for the flights then for the entire Disney vacation package. lol.

I am flying down with West Jet and returning with Air Canada.
Both airlines had seat discount promos about a week ago. 30% off in both cases...

My cost for 2 adults was $617 Canadian or $308 per person - all taxes and service charges included. Direct flights. Leaving YYZ early morning... then Leaving MCO late in the evening (to maximize my time at WDW)

Sign up for email notifications with Airlines or follow them on Twitter -- the deals will find you, you just need to check frequently.

 

[torontodisneyfan]

I live in Toronto but never fly out of Pearson... it is too expensive!

I just bought 2 direct (round trip) tickets on Jet Blue for May 2014 for $260.00 per person

I love Jet Blue.. free unlimited snacks and drinks, free seat back TV, new planes....

 

[mommymanda]

I live in Toronto but never fly out of Pearson... it is too expensive!

I just bought 2 direct (round trip) tickets on Jet Blue for May 2014 for $260.00 per person

I love Jet Blue.. free unlimited snacks and drinks, free seat back TV, new planes....

I keep checking Jet Blue and I believe West jet as they both at least include the luggage fees in the ticket price, but neither have my dates open yet.

I'm flying out of Toronto to MCO the first week in December...

I spent alot of time finding my flights, I refuse to pay more for the flights then for the entire Disney vacation package. lol.

I am flying down with West Jet and returning with Air Canada.
Both airlines had seat discount promos about a week ago. 30% off in both cases...

My cost for 2 adults was $617 Canadian or $308 per person - all taxes and service charges included. Direct flights. Leaving YYZ early morning... then Leaving MCO late in the evening (to maximize my time at WDW)

Sign up for email notifications with Airlines or follow them on Twitter -- the deals will find you, you just need to check frequently.

That is almost bearable for the convenience and hours, as the lowest I've seen so far is $255+fees. So for $308with fees we'd be close to the same if not still less.

 

[OnceUponATime15]

I keep checking Jet Blue and I believe West jet as they both at least include the luggage fees in the ticket price, but neither have my dates open yet.

That is almost bearable for the convenience and hours, as the lowest I've seen so far is $255+fees. So for $308with fees we'd be close to the same if not still less.

When traveling in Dec/Jan/Feb and sometimes even March.. If I can avoid the usually convenient drive to BUF in a possible snow storm or lake effect storm then that's the priority
The seat sales this time actually matched the prices on AirTran, Southwest & Jet Blue for the same dates within $20 return - in my favour!

If I can fly out of YYZ at the prices I was able to get this time - I feel like I've won the lottery!!

 

[One Hit Wonder]

I can't remember if I've posted this already in this thread but...

If you're flying out of Buffalo and planning on renting a car upon arrival, you may as well fly out of the Niagara Falls, NY airport on Allegiant. It flies into Sanford Airport direct (about 45 min from Disney World) and tickets are regularly $145.00 round trip, taxes included. By far the cheapest flights around.

No Magical Express from Sanford though, so that's why I mentioned the renting the car thing.

 

[redrosesix]

I keep checking for our dates in February, and they're still the most expensive I've ever seen them. Hoping there will be specials so I can book around Dec 1st -- there usually are, but I usually don't have my act together and we wait til January. I'd like to get all of that done early this year.

 

[shaycamp21]

March 5-12 BUF to MCO 1528.50 for 5 of us. We used Visa points for this flight so it actually only cost us the taxes and there were cheaper flights on our dates but since we were using points we chose the exact times we wanted.

 

[petbren]

March 5-12 BUF to MCO 1528.50 for 5 of us. We used Visa points for this flight so it actually only cost us the taxes and there were cheaper flights on our dates but since we were using points we chose the exact times we wanted.

Same dates as us.
March 5-depart 7:30am
March 12-depart 2:25pm

You?

 

[shaycamp21]

Same dates as us.
March 5-depart 7:30am
March 12-depart 2:25pm

You?

For us: March 5 depart: 8:55 am
March 12 depart: 6:35 pm I was hoping to book the 2:25pm but by the time my work had approved my vacation leave the price for that flight (and all other direct flights) had really jumped (and I wanted our Visa points to cover the cost) so I had to take the next best thing which was a flight with 1 stop which kind of sucks but at least we don't have to change planes.

 

[Pinkgurlshubby]

We will most likely fly out of Detroit, unless by some miracle Toronto (or better yet London) offers an amazing deal.

I am in the serious planning stage. I will be booking October for our trip August 2014.

Right now I can't even get estimate prices for flights as they are not open to book that far ahead (nor do I have set dates until DH gets his holiday approval for next year).

I know when scanning around earlier this year tickets ran around $260 round before all the fees.

Was that the average this year? Tips to finding the best price (I've seen the erase cookies tip)? Best website to use and find deals?

We paid 1600 for 4 YYZ-MCO for December with westjet. London was there but not much of a price difference and on;y had Friday flights. Sure enough I saw a 400 dollar price drop but our plans are already made and hotels booked etc we just don't feel like changing now.
5 years ago we flew on Air tran Detroit-MCO for 1100 plus 100 for parking and gas.

 

[mommymanda]

Posters keep commenting that they signed up for email notifications. Can someone please direct me into the direction of which sites do this? I have to admit I am kind of tired of jumping onto booking buddy every few days to check for a price change (especially since some are going up). I would love to just get an email saying "found this deal". Is that an option anywhere?

 

[OnceUponATime15]

Posters keep commenting that they signed up for email notifications. Can someone please direct me into the direction of which sites do this? I have to admit I am kind of tired of jumping onto booking buddy every few days to check for a price change (especially since some are going up). I would love to just get an email saying "found this deal". Is that an option anywhere?

I love a good deal & will search til I find them.. lol!

If you are on twitter you will often get social media deals by following airlines (Facebook too). WestJet, Air Canada, Jetblue, Southwest (which now is combined with AirTran) etc.. You will get instant & up to date notification of sales/deals that way.
Most airline web pages also will have a link on their homepage to any deals they are running. You will have to read through lists to find what you are seeking.

You can also sign up for price drop notification on sites like Yapta, Kayak, Hipmunk, SeatGuru..

Keep an eye on Cheapflights (.ca or .com) Expedia, prices can often change daily or even hourly in some cases.

Last thought.. don't feel you need to stick to flying round trip with one airline. I got better flight times and prices this time by flying down on Westjet & returning on Air Canada. (my return flight on AC is 9pm & was $122 - the latest return on WJ was 2pm & cost $147 on the same day)



PS - If you are considering leaving out of Detroit, check Spirit Airline - 8 out of 10 times they are the cheapest

 

[OnceUponATime15]

For anyone looking for the twitter locations for flight deals.. @JetBlueCheeps @ACflightoffers @WestJet @Kayak @Yapta @Flightnetwork
There will be a direct link to the websites on their profile page and lots of good info in their timelines

 

[HEMI]

$419+ tax = $550 pp.
I hummed and hawed for a while and decided to go with this one b/c the times suited our family. I would rather pay more for good flight times that go at crazy late/early times which would be a disaster for my kids.

 

[BOTL76]

We have booked our flights.

Fri May 2nd Southwest out of BUF direct to Orlando
Sun May 11th Southwest out of Orlando direct to Buffalo

For 5 of us it came to $1,249 US or 1,286 CDN

Hope that helps anyone when looking for the month of May.

 

[Gina-Gina-Bo-Bina]

$419+ tax = $550 pp.
I hummed and hawed for a while and decided to go with this one b/c the times suited our family. I would rather pay more for good flight times that go at crazy late/early times which would be a disaster for my kids.

Ouch. That's high (at least for us Ontarians). Which part of Canada are you flying from?

 

[souris]

Ouch. That's high (at least for us Ontarians). Which part of Canada are you flying from?

High for southern Ontarians... Lol. My mom in the north is paying over 700$. Anything less would be a steal!

 

[Gina-Gina-Bo-Bina]

High for southern Ontarians... Lol. My mom in the north is paying over 700$. Anything less would be a steal!

Owie.

 

[Tiggs14]

We're flying out of Buffalo on JetBlue

11/14 BUF to MCO non-stop 8:00am flight
11/21 MCO to BUF non-stop 6:45pm flight

$919.20 for 4