Airfare to Europe - did I miss the "less expensive" booking window?

[morgan98]

So, I went back and have a trip on hold ATL-MXP as two separate tickets on Delta. The trip booked directly from Atlanta was $1743/pp and I booked it for $1280 for both from JFK-MXP plus 24,000 points combined for the ATL-JFK leg. I am so happy! And this is leaving March 7th, so not even six weeks out.

You really have to look hard and think outside of the box to find the deals.

 

[Mrs. Ciz]

I’ve been watching flights for our July 2019 multi city trip from DC to London to South Africa to DC for a year and a half now. I priced tickets for July 2018 to establish my budget. I saw flights for around $1000-$1200 last year. For 2019 the lowest I’ve seen so far is $1620 pp. I’ve seen it drop that low 3 times. Now it’s back up to $2000 pp. I’m starting to get nervous!!!

 

[Angeni11]

We fly to England from the Washington DC area every other year to visit my husbands family. We go in June and try to book our flights in November/December. Starting in January the prices start to go up.

 

[RangerPooh]

We're flying to Europe this summer and found the cheapest rates on Norwegian Airlines. We booked last August, the trip out priced at $800/person from MCO to France with a connection in Denmark. The return trip was a little less I think, but we got lucky on those.

We've also been watching the exchange rate increase. The dollar is weak against the Euro and Pound. I recently made a payment on part of our trip paid quite a bit more due to low dollar value than I did with a previous payment two months prior.

 

[Mrs. Ciz]

I’ve been watching flights for our July 2019 multi city trip from DC to London to South Africa to DC for a year and a half now. I priced tickets for July 2018 to establish my budget. I saw flights for around $1000-$1200 last year. For 2019 the lowest I’ve seen so far is $1620 pp. I’ve seen it drop that low 3 times. Now it’s back up to $2000 pp. I’m starting to get nervous!!!

Since my July trip is quickly approaching, I’ve been watching the flights I want like a hawk. The flights I saw back in Dec for $1620 had a really good flight schedule. I should have booked then. I haven’t seen anything that good for that price since. Yesterday I bit the bullet a purchased tickets for $1819 with a very similar good flight schedule. It was the best price/schedule I’ve seen in the last 2 months. I could have paid $1400ish if I wanted to be flying for the better part of 5 days - no thank you.

I hate gambling and purchasing airfare is such a HUGE gamble. This time I lost $800. Ugggghhhhh!!!!

 

[RamblingMad]

I’m seeing flights in general continue to go up. They rose a lot in the last two years. Blame Buffett.

 

[amcc]

This morning, flights to Madrid on Iberia that were $1200+ all week were down to $600. Booked my parents and kids!

 

[Mrs. Ciz]

This morning, flights to Madrid on Iberia that were $1200+ all week were down to $600. Booked my parents and kids!

You really scored!!! I wish my flights were as reasonable. Congratulations and have a terrific time!!

 

[AndreaDM]

Check package deals, even if you don't need the hotel, for some reason they're often cheaper. We flew from Ohio to Germany back in November, r/t flights, 5 nights hotel & rental car for around $800pp.

 

[Mrs. Ciz]

Arrrgggggg!!! Tickets similar to the flight schedule I bought a few days ago just popped up on Kayak for $100 cheaper per person ($1711 vs $1819). Oh well!!! My crystal ball is definitely not working right now.