Rubacal~ With US Air, if the flight goes down after you've purchased it, BUT before you use it, yes ~ you get a voucher for the difference that has to be used within a year of the date of the voucher.

Other airlines will give you the credit back on whatever credit card you used to purchase the tickets.

It depends when these people are going to Aruba as to when they should get their tickets. I do it 330 days out simply because I go at Carnival time, and the flight that I like fills up quickly.

If they're leaving at a time when it's low season, I don't see a need to purchase the tickets early. It's really a crap shoot.

Funjet flies from Detroit Nov-April, Always
Sun thru Sun. Past Jan we paid $299 RT pp.
That's difficult to beat with commercial airline.

This will our first time to Aruba and I've already booked our flights. We're going out of Newark, New Jersey In October. We haven't flown since 1981 so I booked first class (900pp) to lessen the anxiety. My husband is very tall and hopefully it will be more comfortable for him.