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Hilary wrote:

Not all flights have specials, as I said before.

So far, you haven't given me any flights that don't have specials.
You say that EI doesn't have specials, but I don't believe you.
Just type ``Aer Lingus sale'' into Google. Next time I see them
advertising a fare sale, I'll make sure to post it here.

Are you saying that July is the best time to buy tickets to Florida
for next June 30? This is nonsense. Let's do a little experiment.
Give me a route to Florida. I bet that tickets on that route for June
30, 2007, will be cheaper in November than in August.

Let me recap slowly. Schools in Scotland break up at the end of June.
1st July is when the prices jump to peak-season prices. There are only a
limited number of seats on each date. People who *don't* want their kids
to miss school (or who are teachers themselves) and *do* want good prices
book as early as possible because otherwise it costs them more later.

Give me a specific route. How about GLA-MCO? You can bet your bippy
that GLA-MCO fares for travel on June 30, 2007, will be cheaper in
the winter than when they are first released in July 2006.

So I am asking you - which airline and which route? Frankly, I just
don't believe you. Buying tickets 12 months in advance makes no
sense whatsoever. It is possible that there are some Delta routes
where prices only go up, but I have yet to see them.

I already gave you an example earlier: EI. Any route, but most
particularly their transatlantics.

Are you saying that EI does not drop prices on transatlantic flights?
That the cheapest transatlantic fare on EI is the one you can buy 12
months in advance? I don't believe you. Again, give me a specific
flight and fare for May 2007. I promise you that there will be a
cheaper fare available on the very same flight between now and next May.

Buying tickets early may not make
sense to you but there are many reasons why other people do this, and they
are valid reasons. Just because you don't agree with them or have more
flexibility or different priorities does not mean these people don't
exist.

Alright, you convinced me that such people exist. What they do doesn't
make an ounce of sense, but I can see why some people would rather pay
more to book it early so that they don't have to worry about it later.
Even then, lots of things can happen in 12 months... Plans change,
airline schedules change, airfares are guaranteed to drop, etc. etc.