I have noticed the same thing about the flight pricing. I booked our lodging for the first two weeks of November at the end of our last years trip in Nov.i looked at airfare as soon as it was available and rates were over $1,000 per person from Newark and they stayed high for several months and I booked for about $450 per ticket and if I waited a few weeks it went down to under $300 per ticket. No regrets as once I see a good rate I jump on it as it can easily go higher.