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Old Feb 10th, 2007 | 06:12 PM
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going to athens- when to buy tix?
i'm going to a wedding in athens, greece in june and have been checking out the airfare prices now. they are a lot more than i thought they would be. i'm hoping the prices will drop if i check back later. how far in advance should i be buying them to get a reasonable price?
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Old Feb 10th, 2007 | 06:46 PM
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Buy now. The closer it gets to June the higher the price will be. Cheaper tickest went on sale late last year and prices have already jumped $200-300.
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Old Feb 10th, 2007 | 08:37 PM
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Another vote for buying it now. I bought mine at the end of December and the price has already gone up by several hundred dollars. I doubt very much that the price will decrease for June since it's high season.
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Old Feb 10th, 2007 | 08:39 PM
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ESPECIALLY with the high costs of fuel.
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Old Feb 12th, 2007 | 08:09 AM
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thanks for the input. but the cheapest rate i'm seeing now is still $1000. is that the best i'm going to get?
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Old Feb 12th, 2007 | 10:26 AM
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That same ticket probably cost $800 in December. The longer you wait the more expensive it will become. Of course there's always a slim chance you will find a special offering somewhere. Do you want to risk it?
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Old Feb 12th, 2007 | 12:30 PM
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Buy now. We already bought our tickets to Athens for July because we wanted a direct flight from JFK. We didn't want to risk having multiple flights/layovers. We didn't care how much the tickets were, we wanted the convenience.
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