Mexico - What is going on with MEX fares?

I travel to the DF multiple times per her and I've noticed that since the winter the prices have nearly doubled! Last year at this time I was doing BWI-MEX R/T for $450 on CO. Now fares are $750 and up. two weeks ago, my flight cost over a thousand!

Does anyone know why the incredible increase in fares?

From what I understand, more Americans are travelling to Mexico this year, including myself. I booked through AeroMexico LAX-MEX-CUN and got a reasonably priced ticket. The week after I booked, fares went up around $200. No bargains to be had for now.

From what I understand, more Americans are travelling to Mexico this year, including myself. I booked through AeroMexico LAX-MEX-CUN and got a reasonably priced ticket. The week after I booked, fares went up around $200. No bargains to be had for now.

They are all over the place. I just got a notification of a big drop in fares from SAN-CUN for $359 round trip. There is also a fare sale from SFO to PVR in the $259 range presently


Edit And actually, I just got a $313 non-stop round trip from LAX to PVR in May on Alaska.

After Easter the fares should start to drop. Right now they are crazy. We did very well last year booking last minute when flights 3 weeks out were half again as much.

After Easter the fares should start to drop. Right now they are crazy. We did very well last year booking last minute when flights 3 weeks out were half again as much.

Actually, they are pretty low right now - much lower than they were a couple of weeks ago when this thread was started. As I said, I recently booked a non-stop round trip from LAX to PVR for $313. A couple of weeks ago, the best fares were well above $400.

i think they're expensive everywhere in the Caribbean at least until the middle of the month. could hardly see anything less than $700 out of NYC. finally managed to get a "good" fare to CUN earlier this week traveling in 10 days of ~600 (one way eco, one way biz thought connecting).
i would think they would ease a bit after the spring break week, but oil is probably not helping the airlines.

ialto