Subject: SF Gate: Too early not much better than too late for air tickets <snip> > Although "buy early" is often good travel advice, it's not always a good > idea for air tickets -- especially when you buy very early. > <snip> Last year I knew I wanted to go round trip Columbus-New York in November. The prices I report will not be accurate, but are roughly what I found. In June the lowest was over $400. By August the fare got below $300, and in September or early October I bought at $150. I don't know what happened after that, but I am sure that less than a week before my departure I would have been above $400 again. The cruise line business is also peculiar. I am going round trip Newark-Durban to go on a ship. I will fly through Atlanta both ways. I am told that the fare Atlanta-Durban would be $500 more than I am paying Newark-Durban. Gerry http://home.columbus.rr.com/gfoley http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/pollock/263/egypt/egypt.html