Airfare to Europe -- when to buy?

[Deleted]

I talked about our Spain trip below. We're looking to go in mid-May through Memorial Day, and round-trip airfare to Madrid is $833 per ticket (with a one-way Sevilla leg added on, it is $913).

We should buy now, right? It seems like a great deal to me (and we'll actually be able to buy one of those tickets with credit card points), but I hate when I buy tickets and then the price goes down.

Sure beats our $1450 tickets to Paris/Amsterdam this summer though! (But we bought those much closer to the date).

Thanks!

[GilliC]

$833 seems pretty good to me. I haven't seen many direct US flights drop much below that even during sales.

If it's in your budget, I'd just book it and stop looking at prices to avoid the disappointment. Otherwise, I'd watch it for a few weeks and see how it changes, but I've ended up paying a little more or having to change my itinerary by doing that.

[hz80408]

That seems like a great price; I'd buy if it's in/below your current budget

[chicago]

Sounds like a good price to me. I'd book.

[marytini]

For a summer fare, that looks pretty darn good. I'd snatch that right up and DO NOT check airfares again.

[Deleted]

I'd go for it. I check airfare for a few weeks and buy whenever I'm comfortable, usually more than 6 months out for international flights. No point in obsessing whether it may go down, and then risk it going back up.

Last year over Memorial Day we flew to Italy and paid 1600pp. I know Italy is more expensive than Spain in general, but I say that just to illustrate I think it's a good fare for that time of year. We paid 800pp to fly to Portugal in the dead of winter last year.

[Deleted]

I'd go for it. I check airfare for a few weeks and buy whenever I'm comfortable, usually more than 6 months out for international flights. No point in obsessing whether it may go down, and then risk it going back up.

Last year over Memorial Day we flew to Italy and paid 1600pp. I know Italy is more expensive than Spain in general, but I say that just to illustrate I think it's a good fare for that time of year. We paid 800pp to fly to Portugal in the dead of winter last year.

[frlcb]

We are getting ready to buy tickets from Atlanta-Madrid, then Madrid-UK, UK-Atlanta, and it is $1300 a person in March. Your airfare sounds good, buy it!

[wanderlustfoodie]

I would definitely book, seems reasonably priced.

[gt7301b]

I'd book it!