seattle to NYC question
 

Hey everyone, I'm a newbie to the forum and I'm glad to have found it. I am planning a roundtrip from Seattle to NYC (any three airports) from roughly Dec.28th-Jan.4th. I've been tracking it for a couple of weeks with farecast saying it should decrease. Well it isn't...$515 Does anyone have experience with this route and dates? With the holiday travel, should I book now, or do you all think I should wait it out for something cheaper? Thanks!

Today is Nov. 26th, and your preferred departure date is 28th.
I say book now, but I found something less expensive.

Seattle, WA to New York, NY: 2413 miles 5 hrs 25 min
Delta Air Lines Flight DL88 on a Boeing 737 (jet) in coach class
(food for purchase, movie)
Departs Seattle, WA (SEA) Fri, Nov 28 6:35a 5 hrs 25 min
Arrives New York, NY (JFK) 3:00p

New York, NY to Seattle, WA: 2464 miles 8 hrs 9 min
US Airways Flight US3743 on a Canadair Reg. Jet (jet) in coach class
(operated by US AIRWAYS EXPRESS-AIR WISCONSIN)
Departs New York, NY (LGA) Sun, Jan 4 6:29p 1 hr 10 min
Arrives Philadelphia, PA (PHL) 7:39p
Layover in Philadelphia 56 min
US Airways Flight US1547 on an Airbus A321 (jet) in coach class
Departs Philadelphia, PA (PHL) Sun, Jan 4 8:35p 6 hrs 3 min
Arrives Seattle, WA (SEA)

Total cost is $419.50.

Ahhh...the folly of FareCast.

I have very little confidence in is predictive abilities, especially within a couple weeks of travel. In this case the fact that something so cheap is available within 2 days of travel is actually pretty amazing.

Correction(dates)
 

Hey guys,
Thanks for the response...I feel bad. I put the wrong departure date in there. I meant Dec. 28. Any thoughts?

Looking at a couple of the fares it looks like the January 4 return is what it hurting you. That is a peak travel day as the Sunday following the New Years holidays. I'd give it a week or so to see if things soften up a bit, but I wouldn't hold out too much hope or let it go inside 21 days or you may see fares creep up even more.

If you can fly back to Seattle on Monday on the 8:30am flight (arrives ~noon) CO has something for $470, but that also includes the SEA-CLE redeye which is pretty painful.