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.
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You can get there much faster for a little over $800, altho the DFW connection going is a little tight & risky.
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Planning on longer layovers each direction would be safer, for $826 for the pair...
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