Crazy airfare cost!!!

[Orchid]

I managed to get my preferred airline....also no ling layover, but i lost 2 days in Jamaica....boo. Still....IM GOING!!!!

[booger]

I managed to get my preferred airline....also no ling layover, but i lost 2 days in Jamaica....boo. Still....IM GOING!!!!

Wow! That is unreal.....

The most I have paid for FIRST CLASS from So Cal was approximately $1100. It is amazing how rates have shot up, than again travel is also up. Simple supply and demand as well as less competition.

Not sure I follow that gas prices are up. If jet fuel runs close to the auto gas prices, not in cost but flucuation, it should be cheaper this year. Gas is .20 cheaper year over year in the US.
http://gasbuddy.com/gb_retail_price_chart.aspx

Jamaica is still a great value relative to most Caribbean locations. Those prices are yet to chase me away.

[Hussyband]

Wow! That is unreal.....

The most I have paid for FIRST CLASS from So Cal was approximately $1100. It is amazing how rates have shot up, than again travel is also up. Simple supply and demand as well as less competition.

Not sure I follow that gas prices are up. If jet fuel runs close to the auto gas prices, not in cost but flucuation, it should be cheaper this year. Gas is .20 cheaper year over year in the US.
http://gasbuddy.com/gb_retail_price_chart.aspx

Jamaica is still a great value relative to most Caribbean locations. Those prices are yet to chase me away.

Pricing is entirely arbitrary now, and I am convinced it is to make up for the "lean years" the airlines had. Our tickets from Philly (a heck of a lot closer than boogers west coast rates) were just under $3000 us for the both of us. I cannot even imagine how much that went up for Xmas. I will be traveling during the thanksgiving time frame, but it's still a bit out of hand, I think.