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Old Jan 19, 2019, 9:38 pm
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dkc192
 
Join Date: May 2007
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Originally Posted by azfanboy
i have been monitoring the flight for the past 2 months and only the Q bucket has been available so far for $1826. It just dropped today in the $1400 range.
Is this price drop the result of lower fare buckets opening up (e.g. W), or a decrease in the Q fare? I'd certainly expect the former--IME it's rare for a Q fare to drop by $400 or 25% at once--in which case, the advice above holds: sit quietly and monitor PZ availability on the routes/dates of interest until two months out or even closer in.
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