Originally Posted by
PoppaJo
Best bet is to book Europe 2-6 months out. I just returned from London on Etihad, $1200 return from Melbourne and each leg in on the A380...and this is peak season.
Saw Italy/Ireland for travel later this year $1000 return on Etihad and Qatar few weeks back.
Forget booking a year ahead. EY/QR are the two to watch.
yes $1000-$1200 return is nuts esp to LON where taxes are very high. But these Arab airlines will survive with their 0% loads & oil money.
There are now certainly going to be some major cutbacks or failures as world economy shudders.
$700 return fares to USA from BNE, SYD, MEL & OOL are people start to think these are "normal" fares.
Still the best time to book USA at Christmas is Feb. We go to USA/Canada 2-3 times a year & apart from start of GFC (2007?) have never seen Christmas fares to North America cheaper in Feb. Can get subload fares, but who wants to go subload in busy Christmas holidays.