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When to buy Thanksgiving tickets?

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04 July 2019, 09:48 AM
Cindysphinx
When to buy Thanksgiving tickets?
We have a wedding in Arizona on the Sunday after Thanksgiving. That means we have to fly the Friday after Thanksgiving, returning the following Monday.

I'm seeing some pretty hefty prices for flights -- like $475.

Does anyone have intel on when we should buy these tickets? Buy now? Wait?
04 July 2019, 10:50 AM
Axtremus
Are there other nearby airports that you can check for cheaper airfare?

Don't know how many people in your party will be flying, but if you have 4 people and can shave $100 per person by using a different airport, that's $400 with a fraction that can go to ground transportation to/from that alternative airport.

Good luck and safe travels.


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04 July 2019, 11:01 AM
piqué
Gee $475 seems cheap to me. What do you usually expect to pay?


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04 July 2019, 11:17 AM
Steve Miller
Not sure about holiday weekends, but we usually fly LAX - CLE for about $120 round trip.

Brutal Spirit Airlines redeye, but it's cheap.


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04 July 2019, 11:22 AM
rontuner
You could check out the app "Hopper" - it gives guidance just for this situation...


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04 July 2019, 12:44 PM
QuirtEvans
Thanksgiving is the busiest travel weekend of the year. Airlines always jack up prices.
04 July 2019, 02:41 PM
BeeLady
quote:
Originally posted by piqué:
Gee $475 seems cheap to me. What do you usually expect to pay?


I was thinking the same thing.


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04 July 2019, 03:06 PM
Cindysphinx
quote:
Originally posted by piqué:
Gee $475 seems cheap to me. What do you usually expect to pay?


$350-$375. We can fly out of any of three airports, so usually there's something that works for less.
05 July 2019, 12:10 AM
piqué
Then it's the bad timing to blame. Can you travel for a full week to avoid the holiday gouging?


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