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[quote=Anonymous]I moved to the US 13 years ago from Italy, and have been going back almost every year since, alone first and with DH and kids later. Before kids were in school, we used to go in September, paying around $800 per person round trip. now kids are in elementary school, so we have no choice but to fly in the high season in summer, and usually pay around $1200-$1300 per ticket, and the cost has been about the same for years.

in the past I flew in the winter and I remember the costs be significantly lower (in 2005 I went in January for about $500). I now checked the costs of three tickets to Italy in mid February (10 day trip) and the minimum price is $1000 per ticket!!!  (actually, there was a ticket for $680 but it was through Istanbul both ways, which would add many hours to an already long trip with little kids, so this is out).

is this possible? flying to Italy in the dead of winter now cost $1000 per person?? are prices now always so high throughout the year? at leats in the past the summer and Christmas time were  very expensive, but other times of the year it was possible to find reasonable fares, and especially January and February the prices were low.  are there going to be sales later in December/January? am I really out of luck?  [/quote]

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