I've been traveling to Negril since 97 and I'll be darned if I can figure out air fare or even see any real patterns to their pricing. We don't really do the air/hotel pkg's because we have done better price wise by keeping them separate. But sometimes I do see some pkg deals that are extremely low pricing.

The last 5 years or so we plan our trips about 9 to 10 months out and seem to have gotten decent airfare. I'll keep tabs on the up and down movement on price during the upcoming months to our trip and really haven't seen it go too much lower than it is when we have purchased it so far in advance. But I have notice it rise with each month that gets closer to our date, or so it seems.

When we are able to have time off for a last minute quicky trip I have checked pricing a couple times a day every day for as long as I can and a couple of times have seen it sky high one day and then a few days later much more reasonable and then a day or two later spike up again?? Also a couple of times I have got a better deal than what is posted on the website by calling the airline, but that was luck I think because that hasn't worked lately for us. Hard to figure, except keep trying.

Next trip is in May and I got our tickets in Oct for $550 and now we have a couple late additions to our trip and they are reporting prices over $800. Quite a difference.

At times it seems almost like a roulette wheel or throwing dice as to what the price will be each time you check.

Good luck,

Jamb