Air Fares

Do the high air fare prices determine if you will fly to take a cruise ?

We are seeing some comments about the high air fare prices impacting vacation travels

if the right hand doesn't get you the left one will. Whenever hotel rates or cruise rates are low air fares are high. If air fares are high the others are normally low, one seems to drive the other.

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After having booked air this year for flights from JFK to San Juan, & comparing fares from our last trip one year ago, we intend to look closer at what ports we cruise out of in the future. Our flights increased 25% over one year ago. It will be a bigger factor in choosing our future cruises. We'd love to cruise out of NYC & eliminate the flights altogether, but a winter departure see 3-4 days of colder weather & kind of defeats the purpose of fleeing the cold!

Prices for air fare should be coming down some with the price of oil falling but don't expect any great deals, the airlines are making good money these day's. We always try Choice Air prices and then see if we can match or do better on our own.

J.

Living in the midwest leave little options as to a 1200-1300 auto trip vs 1/2 hour to get to an airport. The real issue for us is how long is the flight and whether we want to upgrade to business class.

Prices for air fare should be coming down some with the price of oil falling but don't expect any great deals, the airlines are making good money these day's. We always try Choice Air prices and then see if we can match or do better on our own.

J.

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I booked my 4 hours on-stop flight from cleveland to san juan for my upcoming cruise with only 3 weeks notice, for $310 on united. Last year it was $700.

Some up, some down. In cleveland we;'re actually kind of lucky united pulled out so competition has returned and we have several of the low-cost carriers now.

Do the high air fare prices determine if you will fly to take a cruise ?

 

We are seeing some comments about the high air fare prices impacting vacation travels

Nope.

Thanks for all your posts & input .;):)

with only 3 weeks notice, for $310 on united. Last year it was $700.

That three weeks is the clue. Pretty educated bet the flight was either not selling well or there were just a very few seats left and United wanted to dump them so they could close out the plane. And please don't tell me the airline seat map was wide open. VERY, VERY bad indicator of how full a plane is.

Often, you can get some pretty good bargains 3-4 weeks pre flight. BUT you also run the risk of a VERY high price, particularly during peak periods-holidays/Spring Break/Presidents Week, etc. etc.

That three weeks is the clue. Pretty educated bet the flight was either not selling well or there were just a very few seats left and United wanted to dump them so they could close out the plane. And please don't tell me the airline seat map was wide open. VERY, VERY bad indicator of how full a plane is.

 

Often, you can get some pretty good bargains 3-4 weeks pre flight. BUT you also run the risk of a VERY high price, particularly during peak periods-holidays/Spring Break/Presidents Week, etc. etc.

The seat map was pretty full actually.

There were 2 1st class seats open down and about 12 in economy. Economy plus were full, (there was 1 non reclining exit row) I'm elite and had no access to those seats so they were sold. Coming home, there were 3 1st and about 18 economy left to choose from.

We always Check Choice air and Trip advisor. Just booked Dallas to Prague for 740.00 then Prague to Rome for $79.00 then Celeberty cruise back home

I adjust my plans to go to cheaper locations. My next cruise is out of Port Canaveral because I can find flights into MCO for about $150 cheaper/pp than I can MIA/FLL. That adds up for 4 people.

Since we live in the middle of Alaska we fly to every cruise embarkation port (even when we've done Alaska cruises). We almost always do B2B or B2B2B cruises to maximize the cost of air fare.

I booked my 4 hours on-stop flight from cleveland to san juan for my upcoming cruise with only 3 weeks notice, for $310 on united. Last year it was $700.

 

Some up, some down. In cleveland we;'re actually kind of lucky united pulled out so competition has returned and we have several of the low-cost carriers now.

We live in Toronto but we drove to CLE twice last year for flights to MCO and FLL - once on Frontier and once on United, both at very good price. We like CLE.

I saw Vancouver to Naples (Italy) and Venice to Vancouver for $875 today. So what high air fare? I have two flights booked to Hawaii for $400 pp. I'm finding great deals lately but we don't cruise in the summer.

Wow when and where did you find a $400 fare to Hawaii? We'd like to go back but it's so expensive!

Wow when and where did you find a $400 fare to Hawaii? We'd like to go back but it's so expensive!

I'm on the westcoast fortunately. We fly out of Bellingham on Alaska.

There have been some great deals to Hawaii from SLC too.

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There have been some great deals to Hawaii from SLC too.

 

 

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I saw that. Crazy low. Just found $167 each way for February. Wow

I am thinking about purchasing tickets for our October European cruise using Choice Air. The Choice Air flights I am interested in are listed as "Delta" flights on Choice Air. Will I be credited with Delta sky miles for the flight?

If there some way to check before purchasing a flight to see if miles will be awarded?

Thank you.

@pushkin-- not sure about the miles, but before you buy tickets check the flights booking 1 way instead of roundtrip. I am watching for tickets to Venice in Oct and decided to just check out of curiosity and they are actually cheaper that way than roundtrip!

If there some way to check before purchasing a flight to see if miles will be awarded?

Yes....buy from DL directly.

Some bulk tickets earn miles, some don't - and the problem is that you often won't know until after you've made your purchase.

Unfortunately, there is no simple answer to your question. Roll them bones!

We live in eastern Canada. I can fly from my home city and pay close to $800 PP, or I can drive 5 hrs to Portland, Maine and we can both fly for under $600 total. We choose to drive the distance to fly!

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