<p>From what I have been told, you can safely assume that she will not have classes on 11/26 in the afternoon. Even if the professor does not cancel classes on 11/26 in the afternoon, very few will be heartless enough to hold it seriously against the student if they do not show up for class. </p>
<p>However, it is not so safe to assume that buying early will save you money. There are some relatively unambiguous indications of a serious gap between the current price of oil, and what economic indicators are saying about the future price of oil: [Whither</a> the Price of Oil? - Thoughts From The Frontline - InvestorsInsight Publishing](<a href=“http://www.investorsinsight.com/blogs/thoughts_from_the_frontline/archive/2008/05/24/whither-the-price-of-oil.aspx]Whither”>http://www.investorsinsight.com/blogs/thoughts_from_the_frontline/archive/2008/05/24/whither-the-price-of-oil.aspx) While I am not a big fan of macroeconomic predictions, I have been reading John Maudin for enough years now to be fairly convinced that he knows what he is talking about. The trouble with this analysis is that, while he is likely to be right at some point in the future, it is not clear when that will be. Still with all the wild swings in the price of oil over the past month or so, airfare prices are likely to be just as unstable. For example, for us fares for Parents weekend went from $270 to $200 back to $270. On the other hand, tickets to leave LA on 11/26 and return on 11/30 have been holding steady at $400 for nearly a month now, possibly because many of the deep discounters have not yet published their fares for November. </p>
<p>You might find these websites useful:</p>
<p>1) farecast.com
2) farecompare.com
3) kayak.com</p>