Ummm....Really glad I booked my airfare when I did

[Disneyfan1977]

Purchased roundtrip tickets for a family of 4 for a trip from PHL to MCO and got them for 655.00 total with a 20% off promo about a month ago. Flying southwest so I have been checking back to see if the flight has gone down at all. To my surprise, it has risen pretty drastically from the price I purchased for. I was sort of unsure at the time of my purchase if I should buy or not, but wow, I am soooooo glad I made the choice to go ahead and purchase! Its up nearly 900.00 for the same flights now.

Anyone think the prices will come back down????

 

[stufftheme]

i don't think so that the prices will come down because inflation is at its peak and no change of decrease in price

 

[aubriee]

My airline tickets for this past May on Air Tran were $149.40 (without seat or luggage fees). My tickets for my upcoming Sept trip I bought in early May, I paid $219.40 (not including seat or luggage fees). At the time I bought airfare for the Sept trip, I was also looking for airfare for my Nov/Dec trip. I kept putting off buying for the Nov/Dec trip because it was so high and because Southwest will have pulled Air Tran out of Dallas by that time. I have been checking prices just about every day for that trip though. Since I was checking all the airline sites anyway, I have also been keeping an eye on that Sept Air Tran flight too. That price hasn't gone down since I bought it and in fact has been over $300.00 for a couple of weeks now. Flights for my Nov/Dec trip have been between $300.00 and $600.00. American finally dropped their prices last week, so I gave in and bought them for $277.40, which is the most I have ever paid for flights from DFW to MCO. The next day they went up $12.00.

With Air Tran leaving Dallas after Nov 22nd, I think our days of cheap airfare are definitely over (at least in Dallas). Southwest has always been the most expensive airline flying out of Dallas. The same day I got the $277.40 airfare on American, Southwest was $611.80 for flights leaving about the same time. On Delta, Continental, US Air, and United they ranged $317.80-$518.00.) Funny thing is that as well as being the cheapest, American had the best times and were also the only one that had nonstop flights.