Pricing Question - RT STX-MIA-NYC
 

Hey guys,

I'm booked in to a destination wedding in St. Croix the weekend of August 17th through 21th 2016. I had a few questions after looking at awards flights via AA and other pricing.

Here's my current idea:

Buy my downward leg 8/17/16 NYC-SJU-STX on B6 (Currently $224, far lower than AA)

Use 30k AA points to book STX-MIA-LGA on 8/21/2016 (Current B6 price is ~$388 and a comparable booking from AA is about $430-450)

Do these prices drop given it's the middle of August?

Also, there are already no Saver points fares available for the return leg (Leaving me the 30k Business/First Saver fare). Have they not been released yet?

Sorry for the long-winded post but I'm not used to booking outside of B6 for awards flights.

They should drop closer to the date

Thanks, I've got alerts setup on the route so I'm holding off for now.