Flight Release Date
Nov 14, 2006 | 8:32 am
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Flight Release Date
Does anyone know when Continental will release their flight dates for Nov. 2007?
Nov 14, 2006 | 12:33 pm
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Originally Posted by snickers
Does anyone know when Continental will release their flight dates for Nov. 2007?
Nov 17, 2006 | 7:00 am
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Do you know at what time the new date is released? Is it at midnight, or is it the next morning after a certain time?
Also, is it okay to book 2 separate one way trips, if only the departure date is released, instead of waiting for return flight? I'm afraid if I wait for both dates to be available together as roundtrip, the departure airfare will have gone up, because the prices are cheapest as soon as flight info is released.
Also, is it okay to book 2 separate one way trips, if only the departure date is released, instead of waiting for return flight? I'm afraid if I wait for both dates to be available together as roundtrip, the departure airfare will have gone up, because the prices are cheapest as soon as flight info is released.
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Nov 17, 2006 | 7:10 am
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It depends if the lowest fares in the market have a one-way fare or not.
Typically, the lowest fares are not available 330 days out. Typically those are available either on a sale, or a competitor match, about 30 - 120 days out.
Typically, the lowest fares are not available 330 days out. Typically those are available either on a sale, or a competitor match, about 30 - 120 days out.
Nov 17, 2006 | 7:22 am
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channa is correct. You will almost certainly not get the best price if you purchase 330 days out. Regarding booking two one-way tickets, that depends on whether the fare you are purchasing requires a round-trip purchase. If it does, then two one-way tickets will cost more.
Nov 17, 2006 | 8:56 am
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Originally Posted by channa
It depends if the lowest fares in the market have a one-way fare or not.
Typically, the lowest fares are not available 330 days out. Typically those are available either on a sale, or a competitor match, about 30 - 120 days out.
Typically, the lowest fares are not available 330 days out. Typically those are available either on a sale, or a competitor match, about 30 - 120 days out.
I haven't seen the fares go down for that week; they only seem to skyrocket as time goes on.
Nov 17, 2006 | 9:23 am
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Originally Posted by snickers
But if it is a peak vacation time, such as Jersey Week, which is what I'm looking for, then the flights tend to be cheaper when they are first released.
I haven't seen the fares go down for that week; they only seem to skyrocket as time goes on.
I haven't seen the fares go down for that week; they only seem to skyrocket as time goes on.
What is Jersey week?
Nov 17, 2006 | 10:06 am
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Originally Posted by jerseygirl
What is Jersey week?
Nov 17, 2006 | 10:06 am
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Originally Posted by xyzzy
channa is correct. You will almost certainly not get the best price if you purchase 330 days out. Regarding booking two one-way tickets, that depends on whether the fare you are purchasing requires a round-trip purchase. If it does, then two one-way tickets will cost more.
Nov 17, 2006 | 10:09 am
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Originally Posted by mblajolla
I am getting I-class 330 days out into EWR - you have to plug the dates in manually (not click on the site calendar). The seat map does not come up until 323 days out.
It seems like it is being incremented by 1 day every day, because yesterday it went up to Oct. 19. I got this when I tried to plug in my dates and got error saying of what date it will actually go up to.
Nov 17, 2006 | 10:14 am
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Originally Posted by snickers
I tried that and it will only go up until Oct. 20,2007, and I need Nov.3.
It seems like it is being incremented by 1 day every day, because yesterday it went up to Oct. 19. I got this when I tried to plug in my dates and got error saying of what date it will actually go up to.
It seems like it is being incremented by 1 day every day, because yesterday it went up to Oct. 19. I got this when I tried to plug in my dates and got error saying of what date it will actually go up to.
Nov 17, 2006 | 10:30 am
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Also, just because you get an I fare doesn't mean that that the fare basis of that fare will not change.
Nov 17, 2006 | 11:37 am
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Originally Posted by mblajolla
It goes out one day at a time - as you point out, today it is Oct 20th but watch out, fares are usually not loaded properly on the first day.
Nov 17, 2006 | 11:38 am
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Originally Posted by xyzzy
Also, just because you get an I fare doesn't mean that that the fare basis of that fare will not change.
Thanks.
Nov 17, 2006 | 11:54 am
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Originally Posted by snickers
Could you explain to me what I fare is, and what you mean by fare basis of the fare changing?
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Thanks.
Fare basis examples (EWR-OAK in this case, but it doesn't matter):
$240 TA14XSBN
$240 TA7SNN
$296 TLAH0LSN
Each of these has different rules/restrictions. All are "T" fares.