And not a good Yowza, either. Flights opened today for February-April and I had hoped to score a Mint seat for $499-699. Try $1399! That seems to be the fare now - I looked as far back as early December (not every day) and didn’t see anything less expensive. I even called to see if it was correct - EF is showing all seats open on every flight I’ve looked at, so it doesn’t seem that anybody is biting at that price, either.

Do I have any realistic hope that the price will fall or should I resign myself to Blue or another airline?

So bummed....