I just got a Yapta alert

[mbw1024]

That my fare that I already purchased for May 2009 has gone from $408.30(what I paid incld tax and all that) to
$1256.30!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Holy smokes! Sitting here thinking DARN GLAD I booked when I did!
This is EWR to STT route on the only direct flights they offer at that time of year.

[California Girl]

Wow! That's quite a hike! I don't have my flight on Yapta because it's sold out, so I doubt the price is going to change. Good thing you leaped when you did!

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[Lulu76]

The flight I got for $404 last year is $955 this year. I am booking tomorrow for a reasonable flight, even though I have to fly from ATL instead of BNA. Thank goodness we have Saturday travel this year!

[flip-flop]

I've started looking at tix for June 09 and so far NADA on the FF front and ranging from $650-$1000 on various airlines.

I'll be waiting...and praying.

[pjayer]

That's scary!

[flip-flop]

We usually pay no more than $400. Sad for me, sadder for STJ as more and more people won't be able to afford to get there much less stay there!

[martini girl]

Is your flight on Continental? I grabbed a non-stop EWR to STT for January 09 for $420 (including taxes) on Continental....USAir out of Philly was around $800! Now I just keep hoping Continental doesn't start messing around with those flights, know what I mean?

Where does one park when using Newark? Never been to that airport.

[chrisn]

I signed up for Yapta twice and still don't get the alerts! I did the email verify thing. What gives? Anyone know?

[pjayer]

Chrisn, how long ago did you sign up? It took a few weeks before I received anything. I may have even been a month.

[mbw1024]

Is your flight on Continental? I grabbed a non-stop EWR to STT for January 09 for $420 (including taxes) on Continental....USAir out of Philly was around $800! Now I just keep hoping Continental doesn't start messing around with those flights, know what I mean?

Where does one park when using Newark? Never been to that airport.

Yes a Saturday flight out of Newark on Continental. Jan. is high season so I think they offer more direct flights at that time of year so you should be ok. Off season it goes to weekends only I think.

Last time we parked at Newark I believe we used Fast Track. Just allow yourself plenty of time to take the shuttle to the terminal. http://www.fasttrack.com/LocationHomePage.aspx?ln=9041

[Randy in MD]

Hey Flip-Flop - I just plugged the dates 6/13/09 to 6/20/09 (Saturday - Saturday) from DCA to STT into the AA search engine and got a RT as low as $322 + taxes. Don't know exactly what dates you're looking at but this sounds pretty good...

[mbw1024]

I signed up for Yapta twice and still don't get the alerts! I did the email verify thing. What gives? Anyone know?

Are you actually tracking flights? I don't recall the exact steps but I had to download and install something to be able to track flights. Now when I'm looking at flight on say the USAir site I get a little Yapta check mark that asks me if I want to track this flight.
You got all that going on?

[flip-flop]

I get $493 for our dates. Which is doable. Wonder why that's not coming up in Kayak.

[mbw1024]

not sure that this applies here but I read recently that some airlines are starting to pull their inventory from sites like Kayak because they pay fees to Kayak, etc to be listed on their sites. So maybe they are starting with keeping their bests fares to their own sites? While I use sites like Kayak to compare deals I always check with the airlines direct site as well to make sure I'm not missing anything.