It's not just United. Southwest has been really expensive lately, too, especially if you want to go anywhere interesting. We are going to Phoenix/Sedona for Spring Break because it was one of the few domestic tickets that was under $400. I saw plenty of domestic flights that were $600-$800, depending on date and time you wanted to fly.

You can still get a deal with them, if your travel dates are flexible. And I'm counting the days until that happens for me. But, realistically, if you want to plan a trip around a holiday or weekend to make the most of your vacation time, you're going to pay a premium for it.

Shout out to JMac03 - she's been fantastic to work with. I may not end up booking with her, only because we are prob going to end up on United flights and it will be cheaper to book those through the website.

But she was able to find flight options that I cannot see. I also learned that there are itineraries offered to me that she can't get. I consider myself pretty travel-savvy, and this booking has been a learning experience for me.

Just booked DIA to Cancun on United for like 23,000 + $94. Glad I'm not flying out of Houston.

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Mexico is insane right now from IAH and even Hobby. United is makin a killin off those 1.5-2 hr flights.

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Just booked a flight to Mexico for a wedding in May. Set me back a lot, I literally found cheaper tickets to parts of Europe around the same time.

And this isn't even in one of the popular beach resort towns--it's in central Mexico.

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Mexico is insane right now from IAH and even Hobby. United is makin a killin off those 1.5-2 hr flights.

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it's all about flexibility.

IAH-CUN

march 11 is $800+. first sat of Spring break obviously.

Go 4 days earlier on the 7th, it's $99.

Or nearly any other sun,mon or tues in march, april or may, and it's $99. I'm at the point where I don't care if I pull kids out of school. I'm not paying 3x as much for a trip just because the school is saying that's when the break is.


We don't fly on holidays. Spring and fall break are for road trips. Flying trips are during school year or in summer where we can easily do mon/tues/wed flights.

62strat said:

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TX04Aggie said:

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Mexico is insane right now from IAH and even Hobby. United is makin a killin off those 1.5-2 hr flights.

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it's all about flexibility.

IAH-CUN

march 11 is $800+. first sat of Spring break obviously.

Go 4 days earlier on the 7th, it's $99.

Or nearly any other sun,mon or tues in march, april or may, and it's $99. I'm at the point where I don't care if I pull kids out of school. I'm not paying 3x as much for a trip just because the school is saying that's when the break is.


We don't fly on holidays. Spring and fall break are for road trips. Flying trips are during school year or in summer where we can easily do mon/tues/wed flights.

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This is becoming more and more common. Our ISD even mentioned waiting until after 10am so they count for the day.

62strat said:

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TX04Aggie said:

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Mexico is insane right now from IAH and even Hobby. United is makin a killin off those 1.5-2 hr flights.

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it's all about flexibility.

IAH-CUN

march 11 is $800+. first sat of Spring break obviously.

Go 4 days earlier on the 7th, it's $99.

Or nearly any other sun,mon or tues in march, april or may, and it's $99. I'm at the point where I don't care if I pull kids out of school. I'm not paying 3x as much for a trip just because the school is saying that's when the break is.


We don't fly on holidays. Spring and fall break are for road trips. Flying trips are during school year or in summer where we can easily do mon/tues/wed flights.

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Great philosophy for your kids education. My wife has made tons of parents like you letting your kids get behind being selfish and letting your kids get behind so they need tutoring

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62strat said:

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TX04Aggie said:

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Mexico is insane right now from IAH and even Hobby. United is makin a killin off those 1.5-2 hr flights.

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it's all about flexibility.

IAH-CUN

march 11 is $800+. first sat of Spring break obviously.

Go 4 days earlier on the 7th, it's $99.

Or nearly any other sun,mon or tues in march, april or may, and it's $99. I'm at the point where I don't care if I pull kids out of school. I'm not paying 3x as much for a trip just because the school is saying that's when the break is.


We don't fly on holidays. Spring and fall break are for road trips. Flying trips are during school year or in summer where we can easily do mon/tues/wed flights.

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My wife has made tons of parents like you letting your kids get behind being selfish and letting your kids get behind so they need tutoring

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Spoken like a true scholar.


My kids have an educator mom and engineer dad. I think we can figure it out.

Oh good grief.

At least our representatives all got rich as they allowed one of the highest taxes ever to hit the middle and lower classes through inflation. I know, not politics. But anyone that thinks these costs aren't associated with our covid shutdowns, as well as a whole host of other policies, is delusional. All of them are worthless.

Not sure the actual cost as I was on a govt fare but flying from SFO to STR via LHR on UA and returning MUN to SFO Polaris was less than 1/2 full on the LHR flight and the MUN SFO flight was a little over 1/2 full. From what I could tell economy looked about the same. Was actually a bit surprised as all the domestic connections have been packed it seems. Flying again at the end of the month from SBP to BHM and most of the flights are at least ~3/4 full already. I'd say demand is definitely not slacking off.

Frontier and Spirit both starting DFW-SJU to compete with AA, Puerto Rico may become my new long-weekend destination if fares stay in check.

Just an FYI that I learned today. My preferred itinerary was a combo of United and Lufthansa flights. They code share with each other, but neither airline website would give me the flights I wanted.

The United website would not give me the outbound flight I wanted (a Lufthansa flight), and the Lufthansa site would not give me the flight home that I wanted (I got an option with a much shorter connection time).

The United site ticked me off the most because it refused to show me the outbound flight on Lufthansa. It would only show me the United flight that cost DOUBLE. I actually would prefer the United flight, but not for double the cost. The other choices all had 2 stops instead of one.

But when I searched Google flights, I was able to create my exact itinerary, and it directed me to the United website to purchase it. Which I did.

This booking has been a PITA for a lot of reasons, this one being the worst.

But, moral of the story is, check Google flights if you're trying to put together a specific itinerary, especially if it involves a code share. The airlines DO NOT show you all of the options, nor do they show you the best options. I saw plenty of itineraries with 1 hour layovers on international flights. I don't live on the edge like that.

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I don't think it's just a demand issue. My experience has been that there aren't as many flights. I think the airlines are keeping seats limited, both with fewer flights and smaller planes.

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Airlines are still ramping up to 2019 levels and there has been a general move away from wide bodies and towards narrow bodies. Some of them plan to hit 2019 daily flight counts by summer.

Geez. I didn't know it was that bad. But, yeah, just go to any airport or look at any flight schedule, and it's easy to see they are using smaller planes.

The Lost said:

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62strat said:

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TX04Aggie said:

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Mexico is insane right now from IAH and even Hobby. United is makin a killin off those 1.5-2 hr flights.

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it's all about flexibility.

IAH-CUN

march 11 is $800+. first sat of Spring break obviously.

Go 4 days earlier on the 7th, it's $99.

Or nearly any other sun,mon or tues in march, april or may, and it's $99. I'm at the point where I don't care if I pull kids out of school. I'm not paying 3x as much for a trip just because the school is saying that's when the break is.


We don't fly on holidays. Spring and fall break are for road trips. Flying trips are during school year or in summer where we can easily do mon/tues/wed flights.

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Great philosophy for your kids education. My wife has made tons of parents like you letting your kids get behind being selfish and letting your kids get behind so they need tutoring

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this is comical

Airfare is totally insane right now. As mentioned above, it is crazy that airlines are still running abbreviated schedules in smaller planes.

FriscoAggieFan said:

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The Lost said:

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62strat said:

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TX04Aggie said:

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Mexico is insane right now from IAH and even Hobby. United is makin a killin off those 1.5-2 hr flights.

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it's all about flexibility.

IAH-CUN

march 11 is $800+. first sat of Spring break obviously.

Go 4 days earlier on the 7th, it's $99.

Or nearly any other sun,mon or tues in march, april or may, and it's $99. I'm at the point where I don't care if I pull kids out of school. I'm not paying 3x as much for a trip just because the school is saying that's when the break is.


We don't fly on holidays. Spring and fall break are for road trips. Flying trips are during school year or in summer where we can easily do mon/tues/wed flights.

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Great philosophy for your kids education. My wife has made tons of parents like you letting your kids get behind being selfish and letting your kids get behind so they need tutoring

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this is comical

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Maybe, but when my wife was teaching, parent's would do this and then show up demanded their kid be tutored after school and such to catch up. Then they'd complain to the administration when she said no because she had to go coach or had other things to do.

wangus12 said:

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FriscoAggieFan said:

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The Lost said:

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62strat said:

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TX04Aggie said:

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Mexico is insane right now from IAH and even Hobby. United is makin a killin off those 1.5-2 hr flights.

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it's all about flexibility.

IAH-CUN

march 11 is $800+. first sat of Spring break obviously.

Go 4 days earlier on the 7th, it's $99.

Or nearly any other sun,mon or tues in march, april or may, and it's $99. I'm at the point where I don't care if I pull kids out of school. I'm not paying 3x as much for a trip just because the school is saying that's when the break is.


We don't fly on holidays. Spring and fall break are for road trips. Flying trips are during school year or in summer where we can easily do mon/tues/wed flights.

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Great philosophy for your kids education. My wife has made tons of parents like you letting your kids get behind being selfish and letting your kids get behind so they need tutoring

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this is comical

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Maybe, but when my wife was teaching, parent's would do this and then show up demanded their kid be tutored after school and such to catch up. Then they'd complain to the administration when she said no because she had to go coach or had other things to do.

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I'm not even sure what you were trying to say in your original quote?

Wife and i are going to a family wedding in Honolulu around memorial day weekend. Like y'all have said, flights are running around 20% higher right now. Anybody think that will go down in the next month or so, or should we just book it now?

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Wife and i are going to a family wedding in Honolulu around memorial day weekend. Like y'all have said, flights are running around 20% higher right now. Anybody think that will go down in the next month or so, or should we just book it now?

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which airline?

SW and United both, you can rebook and get back the difference.

Or try my United (or SW) hack, book the cheapest flight of the day, and there's a decent chance they will change the itinerary, which allows you to switch to another flight that day for no cost or fare difference.

Thanks for the info. Dont really have an airline preference but we do have some SW points.

The only way I see airfare dropping is if the planes aren't full

Just looked at fares for my London trip this summer and fares have jumped $150 per ticket in the last 6 weeks.

Price for our flights to Playa dropped to 10,500 each way today.

Playa what? Del Carmen? Per person?

Yeah DIA to Cancun. 10,500 there on United and 8,890 on SWA coming home.

Ok now I'm just assuming points? I thought you were talking about money.

Yeah lol. $219 round trip.

How many Schrute bucks for Cabo?

Are you flying with your gear or renting up there? If not just backpacking, do you carry some sort of insulated food container?

Yesterday said:

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wangus12 said:

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FriscoAggieFan said:

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The Lost said:

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62strat said:

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TX04Aggie said:

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Mexico is insane right now from IAH and even Hobby. United is makin a killin off those 1.5-2 hr flights.

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it's all about flexibility.

IAH-CUN

march 11 is $800+. first sat of Spring break obviously.

Go 4 days earlier on the 7th, it's $99.

Or nearly any other sun,mon or tues in march, april or may, and it's $99. I'm at the point where I don't care if I pull kids out of school. I'm not paying 3x as much for a trip just because the school is saying that's when the break is.


We don't fly on holidays. Spring and fall break are for road trips. Flying trips are during school year or in summer where we can easily do mon/tues/wed flights.

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Great philosophy for your kids education. My wife has made tons of parents like you letting your kids get behind being selfish and letting your kids get behind so they need tutoring

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this is comical

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Maybe, but when my wife was teaching, parent's would do this and then show up demanded their kid be tutored after school and such to catch up. Then they'd complain to the administration when she said no because she had to go coach or had other things to do.

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I'm not even sure what you were trying to say in your original quote?

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It's ironic, but I think it's a typo where he missed the second f in "off" and made it of… his parents probably took him out of school 4 hours early the day of that lesson.

Southwest is insane right now. Everyone using their 25K points from the Christmas debacle.

Insane in more ways than one.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/southwest-airlines-brawl-breaks-dallas-phoenix-flight

Just changed our flights to PDX this morning. They decreased to 8,500 miles each. Steal of a deal.

Trying to book a 10-yr anniversary trip for a few days to Paris. Choked on my coffee when I saw IAH to CDG flights are running $4,500 for the pair this summer. Wtf