Flights to Florida....they seem to have gone up a bit...

[uk89camaro]

....since I went in the summer of 2008.

That year I booked late in July to go to Orlando (Direct from Manchester) two weeks later in August, with Virgin. It cost me about £2,400 for three tickets, but I expected that booking late, and at the time a couple of months notice would have got me the same tickets for a little over £1,500.

To the point. I'm now trying to book 3 seats for this August and can barely get a ticket under £1,000 each, and then it's a change or overnight stop over. I've booked loads of holidays and flights so I'm sure I'm lookimng in the right places. It it me, or is it a combination of fuel/tax prices, plus a bit of inflation, or am I just not looking in the right places?

Cheers folks.

[Wheelrepairit]

Ive booked Orlando with Virgin for mid may, booked about 5 weeks ago.

For 2 of us came to £2000, I was shocked.

[bull996]

Fookin ell thats a lot of dosh.

I booked Heathrow to New York, upper class for £2.5k for 3 of us on the 30th June.

[maser_spyder]

They've not gone up, your ££ is worth less.

££ has fallen in value by about 25% in the past 18 months.

Put it this way, a $1200 flight purchased 18 months ago would have been about £610.

The very same $1200 flight purchased now would cost £810.

This coupled with higher oil prices.

It's still $1200, the price hasn't changed. It's just your ££ is worth less.

These things take a while to filter through as travel companies/airlines hedge currency and fuel, so it often takes a while for the exchange rates to make a significant difference.