Is your ticket price a TON higher than from 2011?
May 7, 2012, 11:58 am
#1
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Is your ticket price a TON higher than from 2011?
In Jan 2011, I was able to secure direct (continental) from NJ (EWR) to LAS for about $350 pp for my 2011 August trip.
Since November 2011 (thru now) prices are like $580 pp, and they don't seem to be coming down. And I'm not including the bag fees (I have a CO card but not all my bags are comp'd)
Are prices going to stay so high? For my family of five, I really don't wanna spend $3000 just to fly.
My wife says she wants to go but it's rediculously high for a non first class ticket.
Since November 2011 (thru now) prices are like $580 pp, and they don't seem to be coming down. And I'm not including the bag fees (I have a CO card but not all my bags are comp'd)
Are prices going to stay so high? For my family of five, I really don't wanna spend $3000 just to fly.
My wife says she wants to go but it's rediculously high for a non first class ticket.
May 7, 2012, 3:00 pm
#2
Join Date: Jul 2004
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off peak
If you can travel on, say, Wed to Wed you can save a couple hundred per person. But weekend travel to LAS is very expensive. I agree that fares are much higher than last year.
Look in http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/milesbuzz-370/ and get some miles. You can still get some decent award tix if you can be flexible with flight times/dates.
Good luck.
Look in http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/milesbuzz-370/ and get some miles. You can still get some decent award tix if you can be flexible with flight times/dates.
Good luck.
May 12, 2012, 10:24 am
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Even from San Diego I was looking at $178 one way for a flight on a Thursday. Airline pricing is ridiculous. Found a flight on same airline, Southwest, out of SNA on thursday for $66. Flight times were around the same departure.
May 14, 2012, 12:16 pm
#5
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Agree, from Miami a typical fare last year was between 250 and 300. Couldn't find anything in late July/early August for under $500. Finally ended up "buying up" to an instant upgrade fare of 800. I suppose that is good business for the airline!
May 16, 2012, 9:52 am
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And just like that.. 48 hours ago a round trip fare dropped from $578 to $472. I expect it to drop futher as the flights are not filling up.
Any thoughts on the auto-price drop, and how it might move in the future, and when?!
I need to book soon.
Any thoughts on the auto-price drop, and how it might move in the future, and when?!
I need to book soon.
Jul 24, 2012, 4:30 pm
#9
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Prices are indeed crazy. Flying from ANC for a four-day weekend in Vegas, the best bet I found was with Delta Vacations. Flight and 4 nights at the LVH came to $760, which was several hundred dollars cheaper than Expedia or any other airline/hotel combo I could find.
I've often found that various 'Vacations' sites were able to offer much better deals close in to the date of travel, the exact opposite situation that one finds with airlines.
I've often found that various 'Vacations' sites were able to offer much better deals close in to the date of travel, the exact opposite situation that one finds with airlines.
Jul 24, 2012, 8:24 pm
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Jul 26, 2012, 8:09 am
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Yeah it's really a shame how much it's gone up. Even from LA, it should be really cheap it's a 45 minute flight and hard to catch a break for a weekend turn around under $150. When going with friends I lean more towards driving these days just cause the costs are lowered. Though that drive is getting old fast!
Jul 28, 2012, 10:50 am
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I agree with the other posters. My wife and I go to Vegas three or four times a year. I book the flights in advance and almost always pay in the 250-300/ticket range from PBI. We are scrapping one trip this year because we can only find flights in the 470-490/ticket range.
We can afford the extra but I won't pay it out spite. The airlines have trained me what to pay and I'm just not going to pay double.
We can afford the extra but I won't pay it out spite. The airlines have trained me what to pay and I'm just not going to pay double.
Jul 28, 2012, 3:49 pm
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Jul 30, 2012, 11:39 am
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