purchased tickets for July

[jbrid23456]

I bit the bullet and went ahead and purchased our 4 tickets to Aruba out of Newark for July/August. I was using Kayak.com to monitor prices but wasn't thrilled with the pattern. The lowest fares were for itineraries that were longer than 20 hours. If I wanted to hang out in Miami for a day and pay for a hotel room to boot, then maybe I'd consider it. But we're traveling with toddlers and we would be ready to slit our wrists after 10 hours.

[Kristin113]

How much did you get the tickets for? I've been checking prices for July 27-Aug 3 leaving out of either JFK or Newark and can't believe how high they are!!

[jbrid23456]

They ended up being around $650 each for Newark to Aruba on American (incl. all fees).

[jbrid23456]

One other factor is that American does not charge for the 1st checked bag per person to Aruba from US.

[cpjones]

Bright side.... you are going to Aruba!!!! My airfare for July Bos to Aruba was about the same on Jet Blue..... Glad to go!

[arubabob]

We bought tickets on Delta for May. Tulsa to Aruba was $733. We have enough frequent flier miles to go on American but we would leave Tul at 06:00am and arrive in AUA at 10:00pm and change planes in DFW, Houston and MIA. On Delta we leave at 06:00am and arrive AUA at 02:30pm with one change in ATL. Return on AA was 08:00am arriving TUL 10:30 pm with 3 plane changes. Return on Delta is 03:30 from AUA arriving TUL 09:30 with change in ATL. We will save the FF miles for another trip.

[jbrid23456]

Tried using AAdvantage miles for trip but none of the lower end awards were available. I would have needed 60,000 miles for one R/T.

[Dom]

Yesterday, I purchased 5 tickets out of Newark on Continental for June. I paid $438 each including all taxes for non stop flights. When I checked the fares today the price had risen to $610. What a difference a day makes. It goes to show that when you see a reasonable fare, jump on it.

[RhoKnuckles]

Is Aruba really that much busier that airfares go to the $600 and $700 range for the summer or they know ppl are taking vacations and will pay it. I usually go in the fall or early spring and its in the $400 range.

[Chadd]

Originally Posted by RhoKnuckles

Is Aruba really that much busier that airfares go to the $600 and $700 range for the summer or they know ppl are taking vacations and will pay it. I usually go in the fall or early spring and its in the $400 range.

Aruba is consistent, unlike a lot of other destinations, thanks to the abundance of time shares.

From what I have seen with hotel bookings, the only real "slow" times are post-spring break until school is over and right after school is back in session until Thanksgiving in the US.