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12:09p, 6/1/26

AG

Have two trips planned this fall:

Rhine River Cruise in September (this has all been paid for)

Orlando in October. Location set and paid. Still looking at flights.

Does anyone (travel agents) have any feel for what will happen in the next few months about ticket prices? Looking at about $700/person on United.

I know this is all about fuel prices. Which means it's all about the Straight of Hormuz.

Buy now? Roll the dice and wait?

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1:03p, 6/1/26

AG

Not a travel agent, but those are still aways off.
I would start looking about mid July for the September flight.... I would also look in pronounce mode on the browser and from a internet that was not my home as I've found even with pron mode the websites are seeing the IP address a search was coming from (at least for ads)... so if they are tracking you are looking at flights the more you check the more they might charge.
And if the6 xan find a way to link that you have already booked everything but the flight, they know you will have to book a flight and can charge more as well.

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1:41p, 6/1/26

AG

United's CEO has already said that they are not going to lower prices if/when oil goes back down so I would not be holding out for that to happen.

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In reply to Ag CPA • 2:00p, 6/1/26

AG

I've got $300 in United flight vouchers so, I'm kinda locked in with them for this trip.

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4:07p, 6/1/26

AG

Nobody knows, TA's included. This year has been really different given the global disruptions. People are still paying the elevated prices so I would be shocked if they lowered the rates.

I've been monitoring biz class flights for three different European trips this fall, and in years past the best time to book is 4-5ish months out, but they have been holding firm or slowly going up since I started watching in March.

I've been telling my clients that if the fare cost is acceptable to go ahead and book. Small chance they drop but better chance they keep going up and there is a peace of mind knowing you're all booked and not further exposed.

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5:13p, 6/1/26

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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/opinion/summer-travel-planes.html

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7:29p, 6/1/26

AG

Yeah just like with the pandemic, the prices have risen steadily but people have continued paying. So even when the whole Iran thing is over, they'll leave the prices higher. It won't reset.

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7:57p, 6/1/26

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Am I the only one who has found prices to be far more reasonable than I thought they were going to be? I got a roundtrip ticket from Bangkok to Houston for Thanksgiving weekend for $850 on Untied and a roundtrip flight from Bangkok to Rome for $600 in October on Qatar Airways.

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8:39a

AG

Fares are absurd right now. Business class to Europe on United is $7700 for my dates. That's not happening. My Vegas flight last week with Economy Plus was over $800.

I definitely have clients holding off but it really is a gamble. Clients on a Disney cruise are still holding out but flight prices keep increasing for their October dates. Even the standard Cancun flights have gone up and with less flight availability.

I agree with the above - if it's a price willing to pay I would probably go ahead and book it. Some airlines will get a future travel credit if prices drop.

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8:52a

AG

We have decided to make it a National Park year and do a lot of 4 or 5 day motorcycle trips this year. Flights for where we want to go are up over 20% or more, so we will wait. We only lack around 7 NPs till we have seen them all, so we are going to try and finish off the list this year and next.