Originally Posted by jzumrick

I have been following ticket cost to see how they change as one get nearer the flight date. In the past you could almost always expect a large increase in cost within 21 days of travel. After declaring bankruptcy a lot seems to have changed. The initial fares posted months out are at time approaching the costs of the 14 day tickets. There seems to be a major tendency for these fares to soften sometime dramatically as the flight date approaches. For example several months out I was quoted a flight at $410 while competitiors offered fares for $280. Two weeks letter Delta fares were $280, but I had already bought a ticket on another airline.