Hello all!
I have a few doubts that you guys probably know the answer right away, given your experience.
Before, I thought websites like Kayak would always give me the best fare possible, so never looked anywhere else. But a friend asked me to call a travel agency to check their air fare and... it was much cheaper (almost $600 less from what Kayak was quoting). Before that, I though travel agencies (B&M) were not competitive anymore with those big online sellers/agencies/tools.
That happened last year and, again, I have to travel to the same destination.
I've been checking with the same travel agency, their prices are still cheaper than Kayak but very far from what I paid last year. Last year I bought from them for $800 RT and now it's like $1700. $1700 is not the regular/acceptable price.
I don't know anymore where to look, how to find a fare that is at least close to the one I paid last year. It's not possible that something from $800 jumped to $1700. The regular price is $1000 I would say, and several times I see it from $800 on sale.
Can you guys help me out? Maybe someone that works for the airline could give me some insight, like how they choose which travel agencies will receive deals, when, etc.? I asked that travel agency and they told me it's the carrier that decides on their pricing.
The route would be NYC-SAO RT.
Thank you!