When to Buy Plane Tickets?

[StephSAP]

We are going to WDW in September. I have booked out trip but not airfare yet. I am not happy with the fares I have found so far. Should I wait to see if they go down? I do not know when the best time to buy plane tickets is. Any suggestions on times to buy and airlines? I am flying from Detroit and do not want to stop.

Thanks.

Stephanie Barry

 

[ceecee]

I always say book them when you see a good price. I waited and should have bought sooner as they have gone up $30.00 each. I normally have bought in July for our Sept. trip.

 

[dozeman]

We are going to WDW in September. I have booked out trip but not airfare yet. I am not happy with the fares I have found so far. Should I wait to see if they go down? I do not know when the best time to buy plane tickets is. Any suggestions on times to buy and airlines? I am flying from Detroit and do not want to stop.

Thanks.

Stephanie Barry

Hello, I live in Grand Blanc and have good luck flying Airtran out of Bishop in Flint. They have a daily non-stop to MCO. Outbound leaves Flint at 7:00 AM arriving MCO at 9:30 inbound leaves MCO around 7:50 PM arriving in Flnt around 10:10 PM. Parking is very cheap, very easy airport to negotiate. I paid $214.oo RT PP. NW also flies NS out of Flint. Their Flight leaves at 8:10 AM and the flight out of Orlando leaves around 11:00 AM. If you have to fly out of DTW Orbitz is the best for checking for fares. Click on their deal detector link. You can enter the amount you are willing to pay for flights and they will Email you as soon as any airline has fares matching your price. Good Luck

 

[Cheshire Figment]

Try Spirit Airlines. I know they have nonstops between DTW and MCO.

 

[firemouse]

I just booked a month ago with SWA. Go to www.Iflyswa.com and then download Ding. It will automatically let you know when a special is posted. Then go to their site and see if where the flight is to. We got round trip non-stop to Tampa from Indy for $334.44 total cost for my family of 4. That is about $83.00 per person round trip. You may have to wait a few days or even a couple of weeks, but if southwest flies out of your area then it is well worth the wait! They do fly out of Detroit.
Eric

 

[SqueakyMouse]

When you see a good price, book your fares. I missed a really good rate 2 weeks ago for our long weekend trip at the end of July. Also, check mornings and evenings on-line. I finally caught a pretty good rate on Delta a couple of days ago. It's not a price to rave about, but I no longer feel as if I'm being raped by the airline.

 

[CarolA]

When in Sept?

If you are going Labor Day weekend you are WAY too late. For anything else if it were me I would NOT wait more then 60 days out.