May 10th, 2011 
admin This question is for anyone out there who works in the airline industry, or is experienced in International travel.
I’m currently tracking prices on RT tickets from JAX to ROM for travel dates Nov 19th – Dec 3rd (two weeks there). Tickets are currently about 0 RT. Do you think they will drop near the end of summer – once summer travel is nearly over? Or will they rise more? Will they rise, then drop? What typically happens to international airefare for winter travel? And how will current situations affect that? I saw an article that Delta may need to increase prices 15-20%, but is that just for summer airfare?
If you’ve bought tickets before, when did you get the best deal (i.e. by booking 90 days in advance, or waiting until 45 days in advance?)
Just want some opinions…thanks!
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For transatlantic travel in late November, you can generally get best offers if you book 30-60 days advance, but you need to know exactly how cheap JAX-ROM has been when it was on sale over the last year, and to see the seasonal pricing trends that affect transatlantic flights (ie, cheapest in winter; most expensive in summer). For that, you need http://www.farecompare.com Enter from JAX to ROM and click "Find cheap airfare." It shows you the cheapest fare currently offered (it could go up or down–they can only show you what’s actually available at the moment you check). On the left of that site, click where it says "historical deals" and it will show when and how much the most recent sales on this route were. Add your email to the "my trips" part and it will alert you when this route goes on sale. If you only do 1 thing to get the best fare for this trip, I think Farecompare is it. However… it never hurts to shop around, so also try your dates at http://www.bookingbuddy.com which also checks consolidators to see if they’ve got better "unpublished" deals available. And by the way, $770 seems about right for JAX-ROM… don’t wait too long to book this one since there’s usually a spike in demand for travel over Thanksgiving, and more Americans are travelling to southern Europe in off-months so there’s been growing demand over the past 11 years or so that I’ve been daily tracking transatlantic airfares.