need ticket from bayarea to new york during thxgiving

[henryleestl]

hi all,

i tried to bid for round trip tickets from bay area to new york during thanksgiving, preferably 11/22-11/30. but price line said the lowest fare is around 570. anyone know how i can get a better deal?

thanks.

[GM Mike]

You're looking at the regular flight booking section of PRICELINE - not the bidding section. You have to search for two specific airports (for example, SFO to JFK), then priceline will give you a link to the bidding section on the top left corner of your results.

In general, the return on Sunday is bringing the price up. If you can return on Monday (12/1) the price goes down to $485 on Orbitz.

Good luck... Please use the travel links in the "support page" section here if you choose to purchase.

[henryleestl]

i am looking at the bidding section, i clicked the big Bid Now button.

i read on some of the posts that if you bid, you should get about 30% cheaper prices then regular tickets. but that's not the case here. is it because i bid too early? my trip is another 2 months from now.

thanks for reading this though

[GM Mike]

So you have been bidding and you're not winning? How high are you bidding? Which airports are acceptable?

Thanksgiving is a rough time to be looking for a plane ticket. There's a chance the prices might go down as you get closer, especially if there's a flight that ends up with a lot of empty seats. Are you comfortable waiting?

(Also, welcome to betterbidding!)

[henryleestl]

i'm ok with departing from SFO/SJC, and arriving at JFK/LGA/EWR.

so you think it's good to wait a while and see if the price will come down? i thought price will go up as it gets closer, :)

and yeah, i'm brand new to this online ticket bidding business, and haven't seen a good deal yet.

thx for reading my thread, :)

[GM Mike]

Well I don't know if I'd say it's good to wait... It's a major gamble...

But if you can tolerate that, I'd keep searching and keep bidding until you're no longer comfortable with the risk of the price going up. You should also consider hotwire.

Also, farecast is a great resource for this (www.farecast.com)... Right now its prediction is 80% confidence the price will go down on at least SFO-JFK.

It's always a gamble tho...