Originally Posted by
TheStrangerIn29K
I'm finding one-way Main cabin fares SEA/IND in August as high as $499, in September and October as high as $349--again, ONE WAY. Lowest fares I can find (Q) in Sep/Oct are $199 each direction, more typically $249. Unprecedented, as they say. Pretty sure I recall pre-pandemic never paying more than $119 for the same a month or so out.
Even SEA/CVG is getting up to $249 one way in Sep/Oct already. And a RT SEA/CVG booking I made last week for late Aug/early Sep would now cost $160 more now than when I booked it.
Glad I got a few trips booked before this trend started. It's looking more and more like a good summer for road trips and day trips from home.
But hey, I live in the PNW. That's a good thing.
I booked a trip to FAI in Sep from SJC. A friend wants to tag alone and he searched using Google Flight. Return flight was $319 on AS, $189 on DL. Same date, similar flight time and departure time.