When should I start looking for airfare out of CT???

[kjasmin]

Wow- this could've been my thread last month! we booked 2 families out of White plains in January - got good deals- like 75 down and 59 back....
But then we found out the parking rates
we were going for 2 weeks at 22 a day? ACK!!!
We paid a friend to drive us the hour and 1/2 trip down and to pick us up again- it was still cheaper than parking there! Our lesson we learned was to always check the parking before gettig flights!
We LOVED airtran- they leave early for their flights and both times we got where we were going early- love them!
The WP airport was so nice,small, easy to get through... boarding was easy- best flights ever!
If I could find a local hotel where we could leave the car,I'd pay for a stay the night before!
Newburgh sounds pretty good, it's about 2 hours from us, Bradley is the closest, but we got tired of waiting for Sw to put out decent fares....

So when did you start looking?

 

[hsmamato2]

I always start about 5 months ahead- i like to have my tix all set no later than 3 months ahead- I think for mid january I had my tix bought by early-mid October,as soon as I saw a sale posted- then the price on the return dropped some more,and they gave me a credit.... I just had to call and ask for it- I suggest signing up for all the travel emails you can,and ding, and the instant you see a good fare- jump on it!

 

[kjasmin]

I always start about 5 months ahead- i like to have my tix all set no later than 3 months ahead- I think for mid january I had my tix bought by early-mid October,as soon as I saw a sale posted- then the price on the return dropped some more,and they gave me a credit.... I just had to call and ask for it- I suggest signing up for all the travel emails you can,and ding, and the instant you see a good fare- jump on it!

Cool... did Airtran apply the credit to your current ticket or for future travel?