Xmas 2011 jetBlue Airfares

[cg1200]

I'm close to pulling the trigger on a trip Dec 26-Jan 1st for 2011. What should I expect to pay in airfare? Has anyone recently been down there from Westchester County area? What did you pay this past Xmas?

We went down for Thanksgiving in 2010 and I paid about $325/ticket which is kinda high for jetblue but it was better than $500. I see that jb has fares posted through Sep. Seems like they publish about 8-9 months in advance. I'd probably try to book as early as possible.

 

[Halle]

We flew from Rochester NY to MCO on 12/27/10 - 1/2/2011, paid $700.00 roundtrip. I booked the flights in April non-stop, paid a premium to do so only to have them changed in October. We had to fly through JFK both ways. On 12/25 it looked as if all Flights through JFK were going to be cancelled due to inclement weather....we were able to fly out of Buffalo on the 27th. $300.00 for transportation to Buffalo and extra 2 days parking in Rochester. Major, major stress on Christmas night. Never again will I book a flight that far in advance with Jet Blue. I have been a frequent, loyal flyer and am now disheartened. Sorry for the rambling.

 

[cg1200]

Well, I booked the trip for Dec 26th - Jan 1, 2012. I am really worried about the airfare. Is Xmas week typically more or less expensive to fly than Thanksgiving week? When can I expect JetBlue to release Dec fares? May?

 

[deedeetoo]

My experience is that Christmas is ridiculously expensive to fly. Two years ago we flew Dec 27 - Jan 2 on JetBlue out of Boston. We booked the day fares were released and paid $375/ticket which is much higher than normal. A month later my Mom decided to join us and by then fares had jumped to about $800 pp. We booked it because there really wasn't anything cheaper. The price did drop to about $600 pp bythe time we flew so we ended up with about $200 in credits.

 

[Halle]

Our experience this past year was that the airfare didn't drop it only went up. We flew out of Rochester NY which doesn't have many options so we are a captive audience.

 

[jrehberg]

When looking for airfare, check out Yapta.com. You can select a flight and it will track it for you. You can set it to send you a email alert if the price drops, as if may do for only a day or two. I have gotten airfare from Newark to Anaheim for 239- the price was that low for only a day, but an email alert helped us out