Jet Blue Booking through Feb 13

[Irine]

I don't know whether they will all shift. As mentioned in the Minni flight thread one of the reasons we are looking at other air carriers is because some (like Jet Blue and Southwest) only offer flights 6 to 8 months out. In today’s new travel world of book your room before you leave for next year, having to sit on pins and needles until your preferred carrier finally offers flights can be unnerving. We book the cheapest earliest flight we can based on what we are willing to spend. Sure our flight may drop as much as 50 or 60 a ticket later, but peace of mind goes a long way for us. We have our room, our flight is booked, we just relax and watch the trip ticker now. The airlines that don't start putting up their schedule a year out are going to lose customers for sure.

[SoloTraveller]

I don't know whether they will all shift. As mentioned in the Minni flight thread one of the reasons we are looking at other air carriers is because some (like Jet Blue and Southwest) only offer flights 6 to 8 months out. In today’s new travel world of book your room before you leave for next year, having to sit on pins and needles until your preferred carrier finally offers flights can be unnerving. We book the cheapest earliest flight we can based on what we are willing to spend. Sure our flight may drop as much as 50 or 60 a ticket later, but peace of mind goes a long way for us. We have our room, our flight is booked, we just relax and watch the trip ticker now. The airlines that don't start putting up their schedule a year out are going to lose customers for sure.

We usually have booked by now for Feb for the reasons Irene states. But when I saw Jet Blue was up to Feb 13 (SW was at Jan 6), I decided to wait. Not sure how long I will have to wait, however.

[mwenvlay]

We book the cheapest earliest flight we can based on what we are willing to spend.

yeah, i'm totally someone who books trips 3 to 6 months in advance, as soon as i see a fare i can tolerate.

i REALLY want to head down from august 24th through labor day, but can't commit to spending the money just yet. i have no idea at all if the hotel i want will have availability and flights will be doable (schedule- and price-wise) if i wait until around august 15th to book.

we'll have to wait until the week before thanksgiving if we can't swing it this summer.