walt57

I started at 450, then jumped to 550, then 583, then 658 (they dropped the paper delivery fee). The last number would have been a total of 750 including taxes and fees. None were accepted. The best counter offer I saw was 875, which is about $15 off the current lowest price (Continental). That price may be able to go lower, but I don't think much lower-- probably 850 at lowest. As you said, they probably sell out anyways with their current prices, so why offer lower cost tickets? I'll have to think about this...

The taxes and fees listed for a bid is 91.45, and they include the 24.95 paper ticket shipping fee in the price, too. So my max would be $583. FYI when I was browsing prices on other websites, I saw tickets (esp Continental) that only had $90 taxes and fees, as well as tickets with $300+ taxes and fees (Northwest). But it looks like Priceline is on the low-end of those two. Do you think I'm searching for the impossible? Thanks for the quick responses!

How expensive can taxes and fees get? This may be completely unreal, but I don't want to spend more than $700 on airfare (including taxes and fees). Flight times, connection airports, and length of connection time don't matter. I'm assuming that the length of connection time won't exceed 8 hours-- is that realistic? So I assume I can reasonably expect to leave on March 13th and arrive in Tokyo on March 14th or 15th at latest.

I want to fly from New York (any airport) to Tokyo (any airport) on March 12th or 13th 2008, and return a week later (19th or 20th). Looking around, the cheapest airfare seems to be around $850 - 900 including taxes and fees. What prices should I begin bidding at? What is a reasonable (or realistic) deal on airfare. Will my chances of getting a low price go up if I wait until the day before or just a few days before? Thanks for the advice.