Carotthat

I am looking for a fair based price setting with AA (having vouchers) on 7/30/23 for 2 kids and 2 adults.
Yes, being AA the top dog on this route, I cannot believe the start at 1800 and going way over 2500 $ for us.
Do you think there could be a lower price someday or have any other suggestions?
We are unfortunately fixed on that day, arriving the day before from Europe.

Thanks,
Caro

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GNRMatt

Is that price for coach or first? If coach, that does seem a bit high (I'm assuming that is the price per person not a total for 4 people). Out of curiosity though, if you are coming from Europe the day prior, is there a reason you aren't looking to book a roundtrip ticket Europe-->ANC-->Europe?

Carotthat

That's the total price for all of us in coach.
R/T is not possible, as some flights are award redemptions...

GNRMatt

Oh...that means it is between $450-$625/person for coach. That I would consider a very, very reasonable cost to head to Alaska and would jump on it.

Let me add for this, if you are making separate flight arrangements to get to/from DFW, be very careful. If you have flight delays/cancellations, it can cause you to have a very expensive mess on your hands if you don't have experience at handling these types of situations. There are others on here who do this type of thing, but they typically know the "ins and outs" to work through the system if things go awry. Please make sure you understand the risks of doing this and you know what to do if say your Europe-DFW flight is cancelled and you don't arrive for 24 hours resulting in you missing your flight to ANC.

EXP100

At least for now the days of the $99 fare are gone. Unless there's an economic meltdown I see next summer fares for many markets in excess of $1K for coach. I just booked MIA/CLT for next month, a 650 mile trip, with one of the cheaper fare options of $339 rt.

Carotthat

I am aware of this, as it's a poker game anyway planning flights into the far away future.
But thanks anyway!

BlooJoo

You mean "only dog". The quoted price seems very reasonable. I certainly wouldn't expect lower.

nineworldseries

Dead of summer flights from a Lower 48 hub to Anchorage are going to be prohibitively expensive. I'm actually rather surprised you found a fare this cheap. Just be aware that DFW-ANC in AA economy seats is not going to be pleasant. They no longer run widebodies on this route.

Carotthat

It's actually DFW-SEA/PDX-ANC.
A friend even found a price via kayak for about 350$/pax. But this is not possible for us, as I have to book directly with AA, otherwise I cannot use these vouchers.

USFlyerUS

This fare is very reasonable for that route. It's not high.

nineworldseries

So then you're flying on Alaska metal, not AA.

Carotthat

Ticketstock is AA, second leg is AS metal.
Direct flight would be in the lower 2000$

USFlyerUS

That's still a reasonable fare of $500 or so per person on a route like DFW-ANC.

xliioper

Cheapest fares on AA non-stop are $450 one-way, but require Mon-Thu departures (there are often day/time requirements for cheapest fares in the fare rules). Cheapest fares for Fri-Sun departures are $514 (June 30th is a Friday). It's possible AA will load new cheaper fare filings at some point, but I wouldn't expect them to be much cheaper than what you are seeing now for this particular route. What you are seeing right now on the 30th are the cheapest fares currently available for flying on that day of the week.

Repooc17

OP, I would wait until at least 2023 before booking this. There are no "deals" at this early juncture, and revenue management is not tweaking fares anytime soon for summer 2023.

For what it's worth, I have scored under $200 r/t to/from Alaska the last two years (this and last) via IAH and DFW in August. Also purchased the fare around 1.5 months prior to departure - my sweet spot for purchasing US domestic flights

Airfare is never constructed as the flying distance between A and B.