Airfare prices in May

[bunnyfoo]

When is a good time to buy Air Canada tickets for a May trip? I just checked Expedia.ca and I'm getting quotes of $589 ... a little more than I wanted to pay Strangely enough, I'm getting the same price off the Air Canada site. Do prices start to go down at a certain point in time? I'm going with Air Canada because we're getting one ticket for free through Aeroplan, but I don't think we'll be able to get enough points by May for another ticket.

 

[wenabre]

Bunnyfoo,
do you think you will have at least half to three quarters of the points needed? This summer I was short about 1/4 of points for my DD to go visit with her sister in BC and I just paid the difference ( which I didn't know I could do ). Maybe you could check with the aeroplan people and see if they still do that.

 

[madonna31]

Last year, Air Canada had a *seat sale* right after Christmas, in the New Year and we paid about $360/ticket for April 21 - May 4 travel. They usually have the sale every year...

...hope that helps!

 

[bunnyfoo]

Thanks for the reply guys! I suspected that there was a sale of some sort ... $589 is too high! I like the idea of purchasing more miles... I won't have enough Aeroplan, but I may be able to purchase more Air Miles ... I'm definetly going to look into it.

 

[emmalgin]

Last year I went last week in April flying Southwest out of Buffalo and paid $448 US for 4 seats to Orlando. There is absolutely no rush. Search the threads for info on prices.

Slow down..... There is no rush......