Airfare to Europe Paris on Thanksgiving early December Very High!
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I am sure many of you are aware of the airfare alerts you may sign up for on Kayak. My wife and I will be flying round trip to Brussels in May (back in June) for a trip from South Florida to Brugge and Paris (3 days Brugge, 9 days Paris, 1 day Brussels). When I first checked, the lowest fare was $1100. Recently, I received an alert from Kayak that Delta had a fare of $880 (including all taxes and fees). Since this was much lower than the previously posted fees and we are Delta Sky Miles members, I booked it. I checked three days later and the lowest fare on Delta was almost $1200 per person. The lowest fares I have seen since are $1100 and these flights are not as convenient. My point is if you find a good fare, it might be best to book itrather than hoping lower fares are coming. I also think Kayak has made the fare checking much easier. I'll let you know in May if I made the right decision.
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Am flying Boston to CDG first week of january. I wasw aiting for costs to go down but last week got a ticket 880. direct flight. There is only one per day and it is Air France/Delta.
Now ten days later the flight is 1080.00. It is just crazy.
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Now ten days later the flight is 1080.00. It is just crazy.
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The price on the flight I was tracking (Continental, Newark > Madrid) just dropped (this afternoon) nearly $50 for travel in early January: $559, including taxes.
Not that great of a deal compared to other fall prices I've seen, but I bit the bullet and grabbed it before I slowly went insane from checking prices daily. Now, if I can only stop myself from peeking at the prices again before I leave!
Not that great of a deal compared to other fall prices I've seen, but I bit the bullet and grabbed it before I slowly went insane from checking prices daily. Now, if I can only stop myself from peeking at the prices again before I leave!
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I too am not seeing any deal for fall travel. Prices in spring were much much less, I'm glad I went accross the pond in spring and I'm still hoping a seat sale will come about in fall, although, it's not looking good.
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As has been pointed out... Seating charts are NOT reliable indicators of unsold seats.
I have been on planes with "full seating" charts where I had a whole row to myself and on planes where it looked like I would have a whole row and they wind up 'begging' for volunteers.
Considering current taxes... Under $600 is a DEAL!
Also, there is actually less capacity on international now then last Spring. I booked for October. I used to have NUMEROUS options ATL to LGW for example. Now...tomorrow shows ONE flight on Delta. I think that's at least two flights gone... LOTS of capacity. The airlines are getting closer to meeting the supply demand model in thier favor.
I have been on planes with "full seating" charts where I had a whole row to myself and on planes where it looked like I would have a whole row and they wind up 'begging' for volunteers.
Considering current taxes... Under $600 is a DEAL!
Also, there is actually less capacity on international now then last Spring. I booked for October. I used to have NUMEROUS options ATL to LGW for example. Now...tomorrow shows ONE flight on Delta. I think that's at least two flights gone... LOTS of capacity. The airlines are getting closer to meeting the supply demand model in thier favor.
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I booked my flight two nights ago, and today I got an email from American Airlines announcing a sale to Europe. I almost had heart failure. ;-) When I checked it out, it was the same prices as before (at least between JFK and CDG) except they extended the travel dates through April....
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Yes, fares are high considering that it's winter. I go every year for Thanksgiving (though Europeans don't celebrate it and most American's stay home)and rarely pay more than $500 from Houston or New Orleans. There's usually a sale because the flights are empty so anything over $600 is high. I only paid $450 in May to go to Rome. I can't find anything as to why the fares are higher this year. Best of luck though I think you're outta luck in finding a deal.
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