Flight Prices?

[stiffany]

Has anyone else noticed that prices to Central America seemed to drastically increase just within the past few days? Does anyone have any suggestions for finding cheaper fares for a March trip or know if it's silly to wait to book until fares (potentially) decrease? ;-)

 

[kent_1848]

Yeah, they do that all the time. I got flights to Costa Rica last year for $300 before taxes, and when a friend bought his fiance a ticket about a month before we left, her ticket was $800 before taxes. I usually find a cheap flight, and then do my vacation around that. You should set up an account with Travelocity or someone like that and then set up fare alerts. They e-mail you everytime the price goes up or down more than a set amount of $.

 

[tjmills]

Never wait til the last minute unless you can wait to the very last minute (like 2-3 days) We purchased our tickets to Bonaire for 545/each. One year ago we could have gone for 325.00.

I agree with Kent above. Plan your vacation around the tickets and you can save alot of $$. Travelocity is good but we have also been very successful with Orbitz.

 

[mjnansen]

Airline websites are good too. If you sign up for fare alerts you can get web specials that only the airline will offer you on their mailing list. I know Taca does this, but also check Continental, Delta and American. If you want better prices we need more flights, so e-mail your favorite airlines and request Roatan flights. I know my airline is considering it (Alaska airlines- it would be great to have a flight from the west coast), and they are always happy to receive input from passengers, so feel free to drop them a line on their website www.alaskaair.com

 

[hopefulist]

Flights to the Bay Islands from the west coast would be AWESOME! It usually takes us 24-30 hours from start to finish to get from Oregon to anywhere in Honduras. I'll post a comment.

 

[Vagabonding]

Just thought I'd use this time to share my fav flight searches -- these are all agregators and will search both airlines sites and online travel agencies.

www.kayak.com
www.quixo.com
www.mobissimo.com
www.sidestep.com
www.cheapflights.com

 

[zendiver1]

I have found that the airlines themselves generally have the best prices and if you call them directly, you can even save a few extra dollars for the same flight listed on their website.