Buying 4 tickets from PHX into STO June 28th, flying out of CDG back to PHX anytime from 14th to the 16th of July. Tickets are 1600 each, should I buy now or wait? Ive heard prices always go down 4-6 weeks beforehand, but the price of oil isn't going down! What do you think I should do?
Posted by
Chicago
2876 posts
I'd buy now, especially since you're going in the height of the travel season and you need 4 seats. Prices may go up or down, but the number of available seats will always go down.
Posted by
OP
Mesa, AZ, USA
90 posts
Thats probably a good plan...ugh...Ive never paid this much. EVER
Posted by
OP
Mesa, AZ, USA
90 posts
thanks...analysis paralysis! Normally I would book, but I have 4 to buy! ugh...I never travel in summer
Posted by
Phoenix, AZ, USA
1035 posts
Mark, I doubt they will go down since this is peak travel season. You can save a little by flying out of LAX, $1450 tickets, but probably not worth the hassle. Saves $600, but time and expense will chew into most of it.
Posted by
Bay Area
3551 posts
I sympathise w/ you as I just bought a tix rdtrip from SFO-Edinburgh for over $1500 for one in econ.. I have been watching and cking daily for 1.5 mo. consolidators and major airlines. And yesterday they all went up another $100 dollars and the schedules aren't as gd as I had hoped. I purchased but in last 8 yrs of European travel I have never pd more than $975.00 for summer. Of course the fuel surcharge and xtra taxes for my trip are over $550. You need 4 tix not an easy request I think you will need to purchase at $1600 if you still want to go. Also realize usually CDG is more costly than some other like Zurich. all the best and I if you are renting a vehicle a gallon of reg fuel in GB in $7.99/gallon so will prob be sim elsewhere.
gd luck.
Posted by
OP
Mesa, AZ, USA
90 posts
thanks for all the ideas...I finally booked AA from PHX into LON for 1255 each ticket. I then bought separate tickets from london to STO and from STO to CDG and taking the Chunnel back into london. Total cost is almost 6200. 300 cheaper than what I wanted and 800 cheaper than when I finally decided to book, but then found out the tickets were gone.
I got a better departure time from PHX. I leave at 2.15 pm vs leaving at 650 am.... The only downside is that I have to go through customs at heathrow, grab my bags and then check back into heathrow...but all in all, Im ok with it. In addition, I did apply for a BA chase card and got 100k miles...so when I go to Rome in September, at least part of the way will be free....