I feel the same way now, and realized it was a mistake to keep comparing costs to last December. I didn’t book at $486 from Charlotte because I wanted to see if it would go down to last year’s price. Then it just went up and up. I ended up booking now to lock in the option of changing flights for free. That option seems to be ending this month with basic economy tickets on Delta and AA. I think it’s still available for the more expensive tickets.