sorry - another airfare question - $$

[Cands]

OK - so I've decided (I think - Lol!) that we are going to fly with AA for our trip in July. The prices haven't changed since December. I'm looking at around $1650 for coach and $1850 for 1st class. We would pay the extra and go 1st class. My question is do I just get over the price and book now? Should I wait it out a little longer in hopes the price goes down. We've always paid a lot less but then by the time we pay for bags and seat selection the price really gets up there. Not to mention upgrading to 1st class at the airport!!

(I know there is a direct AirTran flight - don't like the times and the extra fees add up quickly.)

Thanks everyone - I'll stop asking airfare questions. Well..................hopefully..................

[SandT CHI]

What!!! How many people? Out of Chicago?

[Muzikdoc]

Thats Crazy...I'm flying airTran out of St Louis..470.00 RT

[Cands]

That's for two people out of ORD (Chicago). The flight down is around $650 pp for coach then for the flight back there is an extra charge for coach flights. Some of the 1st class flights going back to ORD are cheaper!

I get hung up on flight times and it ends up costing me!!!

[SandT CHI]

What's your ideal flight times? I have non stop both ways out of O'Hare leaving at 730 on a Monday morning for just over a grand for two.

[Eco]

Put down the pipe and hand it to your travel mates. Those prices are nogood=you are looking to far out....relax. Your travel dates are during low season and your prices should reflect that.

[Cands]

Looks like the price gets bumped up because we want to do an overnight flight and take an early morning flight the day we arrive in JA. This flight will get us into Mobay at 9:50 am. If we fly the day of our resort reservations we would arrive in Mobay at 11:40 am. Going home I like to leave no earlier than 2:00 pm.

I did find an AA flight that is $1220 coach for 2 round trip. Not the overnight flight I wanted to try. That flight is $1470 coach for 2.

I guess it boils down to how much is a couple extra hours worth to us. I'll probably just end up booking the cheap (I should say "cheaper") flight leaving ORD the day of our resort reservations and just forget about the overnight plan - sounded good in the beginning.................

Thanks everyone!!!!

[Cands]

Ha ha Eco! No pipe here! I'm gonna wait a little bit. Just used to being booked already and watching the prices go up!

[SandT CHI]

Check out AirTran out of Midway also. Midway is a much easier airport to go thru...

[Eco]

Cands, I like to book 30-60 days out....some people fine tune that even more...a link posted here or on facebook from Ja travelers http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/0...n_4875266.html the link says 54 days and if that was true now the airlines will screw with that day..

As a wild guess I could pay $350pp so $700 for two or under roundtrip from Providence or Boston to Mobay in July.....can't image it could be more for you since we would have the same Atlanta or FL connections.