smartytravel

Hi, I am looking for flights for next July or August, but the prices are exorbitantly high in economy class.

Could anyone help me verify whether the prices will likely go down in the next months, or is it the time to buy?

Specifically, I am looking for the following flights departing on Saturday (in July or August) and returning 12 days after on Thursday, for instance outbound flights on July 18, 2020, with an inbound flight on July 30, 2020.

Outbound flights:
KL1362
KL569

Inbound flights:
KL566
KL1363

fifty_two

why not tracking them with google ?

also you can see the history of pricing now with google

smartytravel

I have, and the price has been fairly consistent, recently increased a bit. This is a multi-destination ticket, so there's no history of pricing in Google.

I was hoping someone could shed some light what to expect and whether to purchase now or still wait. I know that airlines try to sell more expensive classes first, isn't this the case?

LondonElite

I would never buy travel more than three months out, at most. Better two. No one can verify anything for you, except KLM’s revenue management department.

Goldorak

What could help is that you tell us the destination instead of giving flight numbers and the price you have seen, so we can judge how "exorbitantly high" they are.
Keep in mind that you travel at a very busy period, so do not expect cheap fares in general.

smartytravel

Here is the desired itinerary, all operated by KLM (joining some other family members flying from elsewhere).

Outbound: WAW-AMS-JRO, initial flight commences on July 18
Inbound: NBO-AMS-WAW, initial flight commences on July 30

The fares I have seen are between $1500-$1800, and more recently on the higher end. However, when I look for other periods, January, February, March, the fares are less than half that.

Goldorak

Thank you. Indeed, that's pricey for Y...
I have no personal exp on this routing and so other posters may have a better assessment than me. But, what comes to my mind to explain such a high price:
- summer period : always expensive due to all the vacations & VFR traffic
- KL has little competition to JRO. NBO offers more possibilities
- your itinerary is an open jaw but involving 2 different countries

Did you try to price a WAW-NBO-WAW via AMS (all KL or KL+KQ) or via CDG (all AF or AF+KQ) to see if it is cheaper and, if the case, just try to find a cheap NBO-JRO flight on KQ ?

Goldorak

I had a quick look on AF and I found a round trip WAW-NBO on your exact dates for PLN 3131, that is EUR 737 (light fare).

747jetter

Do ti as Goldorak says.

smartytravel

We are coordinating with other family members to be on the same flight from AMS to JRO and NBO to AMS. They are flying from the US, and they paid about $1550/pax.

Hence my question about specific KL flights. If this fails, we will likely get the same outbound flight, but a different inbound flight.

Is KQ a safe airline?

paperwastage

it's not always 100% the case (depends on fare rules combinability), but often openjaw pricing is just taking 50% of the roundtrip fare for each leg

eg 50% of price for WAW-JRO roundtrip, and 50% price of WAW-NBO roundtrip


for that specific dates (7/18/20, 7/30/20), there is only fareclass U available due to married segment and fare availability

U class is 1547USD for WAW-JRO RT (take 50%) and 1306USD for WAW-NBO (take 50%), you end up with $1500 (taxes may differ)


pick your poison. which dates/flights you have to buy to meet people(expensive U fare), which dates you can be flexible to get a lower fare bucket. from what I can tell, the open-jaw leg segments are the limiting factor, AMS-WAW is wide open


if you return july29th instead, you get T availability, so it'll be USD1238 or 1211 (2 stop on return) (all on KLM/AF metal, no NQ). need to see if the ticket is bookable

Meneer Guggenheimer

JRO Will always be more expensive to fly to then NBO or DAR which are alternatives to JRO. Travelling in East Africa is expensive so always factor that in. NBO is the most convenient option compared to JRO but you will require an extra visa and more travel time. The Bus from NBO to Arusha or Moshi is cheapest
option. And is a nice drive. They leave from NBO hourly. But it will add half a day of travelling time.

please realize that JRO is more then a hour away from Arusha and Moshi. Both have local / regional airports with many connections locally around.

ZNZ is also an option but would replan your holiday to include the island.

KQ is fine but would opt for KL or AF metal if possible.

Leave from different airport is a good decision.

safari njema!

Goldorak

Yes.