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Re: 2016 FLIGHTS
[Re: juniormints]
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06/04/2015 02:35 AM
06/04/2015 02:35 AM
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Posts: 414 Memphis, TN
beerMe
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This year, six months out, our flights were more than double for late June compared to last November. We were also booking 3 from London and we chickened out and bought early. Lately, I've see rates drop a month or two out just as the usually have in the past. Personally I think that they have cut flights enough to increase rates some and I am not convinced they have any incentive to pass lower fuel rates on to us. Good Luck doing better than we did this time!
Life involves risks, take some prudent ones (NOT with the BVI ferries)!
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Re: 2016 FLIGHTS
[Re: EnchantedSailor]
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06/04/2015 06:27 AM
06/04/2015 06:27 AM
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Posts: 2,439 Miramichi NB Canada
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If using cape air the commuter books are the way to go. 10 one way trips for $1800 so a round trip is $360 they are good for a year from the time you purchase. you can book and purchase the book when you check in at cape air at SJU .We have nothing but good things to say about cape air....love those little planes and the entire experience. sadly our pilot called in sick on our last flight last week from EIS to SJU and we had to take a seaborne flight....so ordinary <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Grin.gif" alt="" />
Kim
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Re: 2016 FLIGHTS
[Re: juniormints]
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06/04/2015 08:27 AM
06/04/2015 08:27 AM
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Posts: 1,683 Memphis, BVI, CT
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Two weeks ago we saw one-way flights to Beef Island in December for $304/each, so we hopped on it. I checked yesterday, and the identical flights were $50/each less. That is a steal!
Haven't bought the return tickets because we haven't decided how long we're going to stay. It's a bit of a risk, but we're trusting we'll find something when the time comes.
The deals are still out there, but, as others have said, the airlines are a lot smarter about their pricing
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Re: 2016 FLIGHTS
[Re: RatmansWife]
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06/04/2015 11:15 AM
06/04/2015 11:15 AM
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Posts: 598 Jacksonville, FL, USA
onlymedication
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The airlines have gotten a lot smarter about their pricing and also about their booking. Where flights with empty seats was common years ago, out of the several flights I've taken in say the last 3-4 years, I'd say maybe 10-20% have had any empty seats at all, and even on those, there were very few empty seats.
This is all just based on anecdotal experience, but it seems that they have really figured out how to manage their inventory while maximizing the dollars per butt-in-seat. In the end, I think it means more predictable fares and that the gap between the lowest paying passenger on the plane and the highest paying passenger is smaller. My guess is, it also means that, while you may sometimes find the best fares 60-90 days before the flight, on balance, I would prefer to buy as early as possible and not take the risk of the flight filling early. That's just the way I'm looking at it lately.
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Re: 2016 FLIGHTS
[Re: AndyPIT]
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06/04/2015 03:11 PM
06/04/2015 03:11 PM
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Posts: 5,720 Massachusetts
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I haven't paid close to $400 in a while. We're usually $500-600 to get to San Juan.
Matt
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Re: 2016 FLIGHTS
[Re: EnchantedSailor]
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06/05/2015 12:40 PM
06/05/2015 12:40 PM
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Posts: 598 Jacksonville, FL, USA
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EnchantedSailor said: Are you saying Cape Air cancelled all their flights? If so for what time frame? No, I think ANDYPIT was using exaggeration in saying that "the airlines", in the collective sense, and talking more about the major US carriers, "cancelled all their flights" and that is why they are flying with more full planes these days than was the case several years ago.
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