Welcome to FT orchiddagny511!
Agree, this is the correct forum.
OP - "name your own price" for air travel has kind of been dying a slow death with most people. As airlines cut routes and capacity and fuel prices rise, planes are flying pretty full. There aren't a lot of empty seats to end up available for PL bidding.
Add to that the summer Olympics this year, and traveling at the height of vacation time, and you are looking at expensive fares, and low probability of getting an inexpensive ticket. I don't own a crystal ball, but I see no reason for "better fares" to pop up. I have been watching TATLs for this summer since last August, and they have done nothing but increase.
If you are willing to take what you can get, go ahead and bid on PL and see what pops up. Good luck.