Originally Posted by
j3823x
I agree with this; wait until the date gets closer. It makes sense for airlines to put the high price out there now and see who will bite.
I'm looking for some Thanksgiving and Christmas travel on other carriers. One trip is outrageously high. The other trip is okay but no great deal. A lot can happen between now and then. My experience has shown that the prices for both trips will come down. Unless supply drops significantly or demand increases significantly, pricing isn't gonna increase too much over where its been.
One exception to waiting is if you're looking to book award tickets. If your dates are set, grab those when they open up.
Thank you for the additional feedback, which I confirmed during fare searches this past weekend. The best current nonstop legacy carrier fare from NY to Orlando for the President's Day week in 2/08 that I could find was on American out of LGA, which with taxes and fees was $358. Given the standing presumed "generic" competitve fare out of the NYC area to Orlando (a highly competitve route) normally runs in at most the $230-250 range, that's clearly the sort of "
let's see which suckers willl bite" premium pricing you described.
