<p>If you have refundable tickets for previously booked flights (kids coming home for Thanksgiving/Christmas for example), check current airfares. My wife just saved $800 rebooking flights we had already scheduled!!</p>
<p>Thankfully, I guess, S1’s airfare home for Thanksgiving has not dropped below what I paid in Aug. Sometimes it pays to plan ahead, and sometimes it doesn’t. Haven’t checked his winter break ticket yet, but doubt it is any cheaper than a couple of weeks ago when he bought it.</p>
<p>Wow, thank you for posting this. I just called JetBlue regarding the flight that I had booked for Christmastime. I was given a $120 credit that I can apply toward the spring break flight home, even though the fare was nonrefundable. So it doesn’t hurt to ask!</p>
<p>D’s Thanksgiving airfare is still $200 more than what I paid in June. I have not booked any Christams travel yet (her team had some travel plans that are now on hold, I guess), so thanks for the tip!</p>
<p>I made Easter break reservations yesterday on Spirit Airlines. The fare to Fort Lauderdale was half of what it was last year.</p>
<p>Just called and saved $40 on Southwest. Thanks.</p>
<p>Just called Jetblue, got $660 credit.</p>
<p>Checked the United website for D2’s flight, and it has dropped by almost a $100, but I assumed a rebooking fee would make it a moot point. Anyone have any suggestions?</p>
<p>I just checked DD’s Christmas flight. It is on southwest and is actually $50 more expensive than when I booked it in August. DS’s flight is exactly the same price on Delta (but his was with FF flyer miles). Unfortunately both have to fly back to school on January 3, a very busy and expensive day.</p>
<p>Why do colleges do this? Why can’t they cut these kids some slack and have classes resume on Wednesday…or the following week…when airfares are less costly? The weekend after New Years is always expensive.</p>
<p>Darn, my son’s flight home on Southwest Airlines in December is still the same price. We could have used FF miles, but his last final is on a Saturday, and wouldntcha know that’s when the blackout dates start. :rolleyes:</p>
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<p>Honestly - I have to fly cross country between January 3 and 4, and flights are about $100 more than if I could fly on January 5, when classes start up again :(</p>
<p>Icarus…my kid is in the same boat as you. Last year (and the year before) the school resumed classes a full week later (sometime around the 12th)…this year it’s the 5th. And it’s costing us a lot in airfare to get her back there. Luckily she lives off campus and can fly back on the 3rd. The dorms don’t open until the 4th and that was even MORE expensive. Classes resume the 5th.</p>
<p>DS went back that same week last year, but his classes resumed on Wednesday of the week so he flew back on Tuesday…much less expensive than that New Year’s weekend.</p>
<p>teriwitt, call the airline and ask. It couldn’t hurt. My daughter’s airfare was also nonrefundable. We were not charged a rebooking fee.</p>