have airfares really gone up this much?

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I have not booked any airfare since the summer when I was booking for the Mexico trip we took in March and I was investigating airfares for the fall - I have always used Continental for Latin American trips and their rates from Philadelphia were always excellent. I randomly put in dates - 1st week of December - departing on a Tuesday (which is usually much less expensive ) and returning the next Wednesday - Phila - Lima, Peru and I could not believe the airfare per person was $1400! I have been to Peru 3x in the past couple of years and have never had airfares over $700 on Continental - and most of the selections they gave me were on United flights through Washington DC or Chicago instead of the usual PhL - Houston - Lima route. I think I am starting to see that good old reliable Continental is being swallowed up by United ;-( bummer

[kyshel]

I did similar on DL--Dec6 16
$1500+

I got it--it's the end of the world Mayan calendar and everyone is going to MP

[bonniejoy03]

The Caribbean is SO high. I can barely get to St. Marten for under $800. (then I have to go on to Anguilla!) Same for Virgin Gorda and going through Tortola. Glad I bought my tickets almost 8 months in advance!

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I can see in the very near future that travel is going to become a luxury item only affordable by the elite few. After the feds, state and local communities tax us to death, there will be nothing left over to use for travel ;-(
All these great LL packages but the airfare is 2x as much as the package - will have to stick to the places where airfare is somewhat affordable - Mexico, US, Guatemala, Belize

[travel2fun]

I have not booked any airfare since the summer when I was booking for the Mexico trip we took in March and I was investigating airfares for the fall - I have always used Continental for Latin American trips and their rates from Philadelphia were always excellent. I randomly put in dates - 1st week of December - departing on a Tuesday (which is usually much less expensive ) and returning the next Wednesday - Phila - Lima, Peru and I could not believe the airfare per person was $1400! I have been to Peru 3x in the past couple of years and have never had airfares over $700 on Continental - and most of the selections they gave me were on United flights through Washington DC or Chicago instead of the usual PhL - Houston - Lima route. I think I am starting to see that good old reliable Continental is being swallowed up by United ;-( bummer

I just noticed I can book a r/t trip on JetBlue cheaper than I can buy gas for my car for the week.

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I don't know anything about JetBlue - where do they fly?

[omegaet]

I don't know anything about JetBlue - where do they fly?

Denise....I don't think JetBlue is going to get you to your desired destinations in South America anytime soon.....maybe t-2-f is simply reflecting on the rising costs of gasoline as compared to promotional air fares JetBlue is offering for some east coast flights.

My guess!

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I have never flown on JetBlue, Airtran or Southwest - they just seem to be low fare flights within the US and I have not gone to a US destination in years that required flying

[LL_Travelfan]

I have never flown JetBlue, Airtran or Southwest either. But I am flying off to Paris on AirFrance next week for a mere $124 roundtrip out of Munich. Here truly, I couldn't buy g, of course, the same flight can cost as much of 800+ Euros if you book at the last minute.

[kyshel]

what is "buy g" please?