Auroraborealis18
Wilderness Queen
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- Feb 19, 2018
This is what helped me find our fares so close to the trip. http://matrix.itasoftware.com/#search:
we have been flying phila to Orlando (5 times in the last 6 years) and I am positively stocker shocked at this year’s prices.
I know SW releases their airfares for the next batch of calendar dates on May 30.
Should I try to book the moment it is released? Wait a few days? Any tips?
Last year I noticed the price was higher when it was first released and then dropped a few days later.
So confused.
Thanks!!
Do you fly frontier from Philly or Trenton?I live in south jersey and fly to Disney several times a year. While we have a SW CC that we pay anything we possibly can with, we rarely fly SW to Orlando anymore. We save our points to fly to the islands instead.
We've found Frontier to be MUCH cheaper. Now, we are frugal flyers. We do not pay to pick seats or check a bag or bring a carry-on. We make everything fit in our personal items. We usually pay less than $100 round trip on Frontier. And our flights are almost always late. We just plan to never be on time. For us, a family of 5, it's worth the hassle and the uncomfortable seats to save over $1,000.
Do you fly frontier from Philly or Trenton?
I live in south jersey and fly to Disney several times a year. While we have a SW CC that we pay anything we possibly can with, we rarely fly SW to Orlando anymore. We save our points to fly to the islands instead.
We've found Frontier to be MUCH cheaper. Now, we are frugal flyers. We do not pay to pick seats or check a bag or bring a carry-on. We make everything fit in our personal items. We usually pay less than $100 round trip on Frontier. And our flights are almost always late. We just plan to never be on time. For us, a family of 5, it's worth the hassle and the uncomfortable seats to save over $1,000.
That’s what sw prices used to be for me, but now 200-300 one way. Yowza. I know it varies like crazy depending on dates and city as well as timing of when you purchase (and their availability)- I’m just trying to arm myself with all the tricks in the book.I search travelocity/Expedia and compare to southwest. For us, Southwest is almost always cheapest especially when we fly as a family. I need that free luggage! I typically start looking at flights 90 days ahead of our trip, checking how the fares seem to be x amount of weeks ahead. What I like with southwest is the ability to check their calendar and see how expensive flights are. I’ve never paid more than $100 each way per person from CT (Bradley) to Orlando. For this upcoming trip I paid $89 pp for the flight down and $94 pp for the flight back. Both are nonstop and both are the flights I wanted. Obviously if you’re more flexible with dates/times you can look for a better deal.
That’s what sw prices used to be for me, but now 200-300 one way. Yowza. I know it varies like crazy depending on dates and city as well as timing of when you purchase (and their availability)- I’m just trying to arm myself with all the tricks in the book.
Last 2 trips we flew American, about 400 pp round trip. Now American wants 550 pp round trip. For a 2 hour flight.
Homey don’t play that.