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How far out are you looking/booking?
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08/04/2020 10:31 AM
08/04/2020 10:31 AM
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shaggy77
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Hey all, Wondering if anyone here is already booking a trip for 2021? Who is rolling the dice for the winter? Looking online at flights the prices look pretty good, but there's no guarantee to actually make the flight. Hope you all are doing well.
"if you don't do it this year, you'll be one year older when you do"
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Re: How far out are you looking/booking?
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08/04/2020 10:33 AM
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skyhawk8519
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Hi all, it must have been about 5 years since i posted! 3 kids growing like weeds and were finally looking at a family trip (or a "send the kids to grammy's" trip!)
Looking at a January 2021 booking and guarding investment with trip insurance.
MD Pirates always get their Booty!
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Re: How far out are you looking/booking?
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08/04/2020 10:34 AM
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ruralcarrier
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Booked for March 2021 and also Nov. of this year. No idea if either will happen. Too many hoops to jump through will lead me to cancelling.
J.D.
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Re: How far out are you looking/booking?
[Re: shaggy77]
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08/04/2020 10:38 AM
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Looking at our annual first of April trip. We have usually booked by now, but it's a wait and see this year.
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Re: How far out are you looking/booking?
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08/04/2020 10:58 AM
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We have dates booked at Beachside Villas for June next year, but haven't booked air yet. I am somewhat surprised that AA Miami to SXM is now over $400 r/t for tickets with reserved seats, which is quite a bit more than we paid for our cancelled trip in June this year. So, kind of dithering at this point, whether to just wait a bit on air, and hope the prices go down for next June. Of course, there is the real possibility that they will go back up to around $600, which is what AA normally ran, before Jet Blue started running flights to SXM from FLL. 
Carol Hill
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Re: How far out are you looking/booking?
[Re: shaggy77]
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08/04/2020 11:23 AM
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When I started looking at flights yesterday for January, on a whim, I found round trip from Bos to Sxm for $400 per person. That is as low as I can remember seeing them. Now I'm falling down a rabbit hole of possible planning.
"if you don't do it this year, you'll be one year older when you do"
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Re: How far out are you looking/booking?
[Re: GaKaye]
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08/04/2020 01:10 PM
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We're still booked for this November. Fingers are crossed that it happens. Us, too, Georgia but the closer we get, the less optimistic I become. We are also booked for April and November 21, too, and hoping that eventually, one of those trips will happen. I'm still pouting over the cancellation of April 2020.
Respectfully,
pat
"Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them."
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Re: How far out are you looking/booking?
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08/04/2020 02:39 PM
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Yup...the Sunday arrival makes it a no go for me.....
Edit: reply to above post
Last edited by boucharda; 08/04/2020 02:39 PM.
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Re: How far out are you looking/booking?
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08/04/2020 03:08 PM
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boucharda
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JB is waving cancellation/change fees up to September 8th.....for now...looks like AA is September 30th..Delta looks like one year from purchase Tickets originally purchased between March 1 and August 31, 2020, can be changed without a change fee* for up to a year** from the date you purchased it.
Last edited by boucharda; 08/04/2020 03:10 PM.
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Re: How far out are you looking/booking?
[Re: shaggy77]
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08/04/2020 11:38 PM
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We're still booked for 5 weeks on the Dutch side, starting mid-January 2021.
There are so many hurdles and issues that need to be satisfied, I would only give it a 50/50 shot of actually happening. So I have held off booking a car rental or flights (even with waiving of cancellation fees and a 24-mth. future credit on WS), although I am monitoring both regularly. The fluid situation and constant rule changes don't make planning any easier.
If WestJet is going to resume filling the middle seats, then a 5-hour flight without a vaccine, even with masks, will add to the potential risk, IMO. Getting a 72-hour turn-around on a Covid-19 test for entry is also problematic. Finally, can we get adequate travel insurance and will the 14-day, full quarantine still be required when we return home?
So many questions and not so many answers!! Time will tell. Things may change for the better; but if not, we will likely have no choice but to push it off for a year. Unfortunate, but there you have it.
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Re: How far out are you looking/booking?
[Re: pat]
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08/09/2020 11:23 AM
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Still booked for mid November but prepared to cancel if necessary.
I would gladly pay for the COVID test at the airport because It's doubtful we could meet the 72 hour requirement here.
Joyce M-C www.tickerfactory.com]
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