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Re: How early to book airline tickets?
[Re: TropicalGal]
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07/20/2016 04:40 PM
07/20/2016 04:40 PM
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Philthy
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We are going down in March and we booked already kept watching and the flights I wanted kept going up in price finally got tired of it and pulled the trigger. I guess I did the right thing they are still going up. I would rather have it locked in than to keep looking they won't get much lower if any, and the more seats that are gone only raises the price as far as I know they do not add more flights.
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Re: How early to book airline tickets?
[Re: TropicalGal]
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07/20/2016 04:53 PM
07/20/2016 04:53 PM
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Apparently the traditional wisdom is that tickets for international travel are the lowest around 90 days out. For ME, I can't wait that long, as it makes me too nervous. February is a long way away yet, so I wouldn't be in a big hurry to buy tickets. You can set up a Yapta (or other) price watcher program, to alert you when the price goes up or down by a certain amount, and follow the price for a while. When you see a price that you can live with, book it Danno! ...and then try not to look back, as you will just drive yourself crazy! You can look online for seats for the flights you want and see how many seats are left. Right now, and at those high prices, I would bet the flights are empty. Prices from the Northeast going to the Caribbean for winter are very high right now. Presumably they will go down at least briefly. The trick is to book when they do and then, as I said, don't look back!
Carol Hill
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Re: How early to book airline tickets?
[Re: Carol_Hill]
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07/20/2016 05:02 PM
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I just booked the leg to San Juan today for a trip to EIS in February. Thank you SouthWest!
Kirk in Maryland
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Re: How early to book airline tickets?
[Re: Kirk]
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07/20/2016 05:13 PM
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I booked my January flight to BVI when the flights opened up a few weeks ago. JFK-EIS via jetBlue. just checked and the flights are double today what i paid for the extra room seats... i would not expect the flights to drop below what i paid at all. good luck.
Steve
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Re: How early to book airline tickets?
[Re: stephenr]
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07/20/2016 05:46 PM
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Carol_Hill
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On Jet Blue, there is often an advantage to book as soon as the schedule becomes available, yes.
Carol Hill
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Re: How early to book airline tickets?
[Re: macaroni]
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07/20/2016 10:16 PM
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Doubt you'll see much movement lower. Friday of a holiday weekend. Lotsa luck.
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