Holy Cow! Airfares

[yetta]

Just had to reply to this one....I'm feeling the same way!! I think this is the most extreme that I have seen the prices in years. I checked some dates for our next winter trip since the dates for our trip had not been opened up as of yet. Just 2 weeks ago, the prices were looking pretty good and basically about the same as this Dec/Jan. Then, I was ready to book since the dates were being opened up...and DA DA! they had increased over 300 US per ticket!!! Holy crap!! Think I will be waiting a bit longer and watch them, hoping, well praying that they will come down. The summer prices are much better for us, so a summer trip may be in our future. However, we can't not go in the winter. Literally, that would devastate me!! So, guess I'll be lurking on the web for price checks as often as I visit this board!

[Blueswoman]

The robber barons had rather fly half-empty rather than discount the fares, hope they all go bankrupt, maybe then will there be a reality check - oh wait- Obama will bail them out with our money and we won't have the money to vacation anyway.

[a214trip]

Yesss.... Obama....

[lisapat]

We live in the FL panhandle, and last yr...rather than fly out of our regional to connect in either Memphis or ATL(addl costs for 4 flts, round trip)...we decided to drive 7 hrs down to Orlando<yes, folks..FL is THAT big, with 2 time zones>they had JetBlue flts to/from MoBay for $79/$99..respectively....in the end we saved a bit, but we did the parksleepfly thing from a local hotel, arriving the night before, 4 tanks of gas, a dinner at the adjacent TGIFridays....and decided it's not worth the burden....especially when you have 7 hours to drive home after your flight back in....half way through the warning light started blinking to indicate my trans mission was going out......(knock wood, we got home 1st)...after replacing my trans.......any savings was a WASH, and then some

[tfw73]

We live in the FL panhandle, and last yr...rather than fly out of our regional to connect in either Memphis or ATL(addl costs for 4 flts, round trip)...we decided to drive 7 hrs down to Orlando<yes, folks..FL is THAT big, with 2 time zones>they had JetBlue flts to/from MoBay for $79/$99..respectively....in the end we saved a bit, but we did the parksleepfly thing from a local hotel, arriving the night before, 4 tanks of gas, a dinner at the adjacent TGIFridays....and decided it's not worth the burden....especially when you have 7 hours to drive home after your flight back in....half way through the warning light started blinking to indicate my trans mission was going out......(knock wood, we got home 1st)...after replacing my trans.......any savings was a WASH, and then some

Oh, that SUCKS! I had contemplated just driving to Atlanta but my husband was adamantly against it.

[booger]

We live in the FL panhandle, and last yr...rather than fly out of our regional to connect in either Memphis or ATL(addl costs for 4 flts, round trip)...we decided to drive 7 hrs down to Orlando<yes, folks..FL is THAT big, with 2 time zones>they had JetBlue flts to/from MoBay for $79/$99..respectively....in the end we saved a bit, but we did the parksleepfly thing from a local hotel, arriving the night before, 4 tanks of gas, a dinner at the adjacent TGIFridays....and decided it's not worth the burden....especially when you have 7 hours to drive home after your flight back in....half way through the warning light started blinking to indicate my trans mission was going out......(knock wood, we got home 1st)...after replacing my trans.......any savings was a WASH, and then some

Hey Lisapat,
When I lived in the Panhandle we would fly out of New Orleans. Do they not do direct affordable flights to Mobay?

And man I sure do miss my little spot on Navarre Beach. I haven't been there since the last big hurricane, so I'm not sure what's left, but you want to talk about a great beach.

[CC(US)]

Well I did read last week in the local Memphis news that Southwest is in fact coming to Memphis (probably in the summer). MEM has a couple of Air Tran flights to Dallas, Atlanta etc. Not many, but a few. Its some good news for MEM. There will finally be a small amount of competition. Now where the not so good news might come is if Southwest is going to keep Airtran's flights to Montego Bay. Today Air Tran does fly from Memphis to Montego Bay with a stop somewhere along the way. I've looked, but can't find anything that says Southwest will continue to service those flights. I always thought SW was only a domestic US airlines. Now if SW does start service from MEM to MBJ.....WHOO HOOO this girlie will be one happy camper.
Only time will tell.