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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's all timing. I fly to Europe about every 2-3 months. If I fly outside of summer, my tickets are $800-1000. If I fly in summer, they are $1,300-1,600. Same route and same carrier every time. It's just supply and demand.

Right now it looks like I have to go to Amsterdam in July for work. Tickets on the dates I need are pricing at $2,400 (direct flight; with connections is $1,500), though it drops to $1,600 if I stay the weekend. THat's still high -- I can fly there in winter for $800.

Basically what I realized now that we have kids is that if you want to fly when they are off school, that's when everyone else wants to go also so you'll pay dearly for it.

Compare that to the $3,000-$4,000 I pay to fly to China [i]in business class[/i] when I fly in October/November (17 hours of traveling). There's simply no demand then.[/quote]

Only being able to go during school vacations is killer, cost-wise. My dc’s old school had spring break at odd times, and it was great — one year we went to Paris because it was cheaper than domestic flights. His current school has spring break around Easter and it’s awful. Not sure why more schools don’t wise up. [/quote]

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