OK - just paid around 600 for a nonstop to Cancan...bleh, not great but not horrible...I consoled myself by upgrading...I guess I will have to start planning 2 or three weeks at a time in coz to make it worth the airfare 
airfares so high!!
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That depends on the city of departure. My best prices (Portland, Oregon), are within two weeks of them available for purchase, again about 8 months out, and finally at 4 months out. I will not see cheaper fares later.
This is based on watching fares for over 250 days per year for the last 10 years.
I just booked Vancouver, B.C. to Cozumel on United. It is a milk run - Vancouver to San Francisco to Houston to Cozumel but I don't mind. Cost was $476.42 USD for travel in March. I had been watching all the airlines on a daily basis, and United always had the best air fares. The only one close was American, but I have flown with them before and was not impressed.
Just under five months and I will be back at Scuba Club along with a bunch of dive buddies from Ottawa.
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Just under five months and I will be back at Scuba Club along with a bunch of dive buddies from Ottawa.
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THX1138
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Booked Wash DC to Coz through MIA.
Round trip ticket was about $220.
Taxes and fees bring to slightly more than $300.
About 10 days before departure.
Sunday & Thursday flights.
Round trip ticket was about $220.
Taxes and fees bring to slightly more than $300.
About 10 days before departure.
Sunday & Thursday flights.
mikeycanuk
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Thanx for the thread. Got me to look at my rewards booking and to my dismay(sorta)...we have to stay an extra day and it's new-years eve. Sweet. We do like to have a day off to unpack before we go back to work and school though.
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I have a roundtrip ticket on Delta from Philadelphia to Cozumel for 300 bucks Dec 19th to the 26th.
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Competition helps. I'm still watching fares for a family group to Mount Rushmore, going up ever week.
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I find that buying well in advance is a good idea. I got a flight and hotel for two from Apr2- Apr10 for $1100 total from Denver.
I can't believe it costs so much more from the east coast
I can't believe it costs so much more from the east coast
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I guess you are talking about the original poster who did wait too late. He could have done better a month or so earlier.
Sometimes, but that's no guarantee. The airlines are going to charge as much as they can get, which is not evil - just working for their stockholders, not the passengers. From Denver, there is some competition, but it looks like American has the best fares & schedules. What happened to Frontier? I thought they were offering some bargains?
Your $1100 buy is ok, but not impressive. You could have had them for less than $800. The first choice on all of these pairs is too little time to clear I&C in my opinion, safer to take the longer layoever on return.
You can get there much faster for a little over $800, altho the DFW connection going is a little tight & risky.
Planning on longer layovers each direction would be safer, for $826 for the pair...
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