How far ahead in advance do you make plans?

[I Am Humanoid]

The prices will get more expensive as CGE draws nearer. Just wondering how far in advance everyone makes their plans for CGE tickets, airfare, hotel, etc.

[Mayhem]

Normally I'd have booked everything by now (from previous years) but slower this year. Prices aren't going up at least in everything else, they're just still rather high!

I'll probably get it done when I return from the US in May...

[RetroYoungen]

I'll probably buy tickets a week before like I have for the past four years or so.

[DTJAAAAMJSLM]

I'm planning to get everything arranged by next month. I just need to find out if my cousins can make the trip this year.

[Drexel923]

3 days ago I was looking for package deals and found 4 Nights with roudtrip for $680. I had to hold off to check my payment situation so yesterday I check again...$760 :angry: WTF...2 days and an $80 hike in price. :eek 2:

So I said screw it and bought the package deal with the flight times I actually wanted and it came to about $800. Would have been about the same if I would have bought each separately so I guess its not all bad, but man am I pissed.

[Lady Jaye]

Looks like I'll be able to plan very, very soon -- provided my boss gives me the two weeks I want in August (most probably, as she already has chosen her 2 weeks...). More details to come soon! :D

[rf switch]

how much are CGE tickets? Thats all I need to worry about...

[I Am Humanoid]

Get tickets and info here:

www.cgexpo.com

[rf switch]

thanks...I now feel dumb becuase I already went there and couldnt find the prices at that time...but now I know...errr

[I Am Humanoid]

The airlines are creeping their prices back up:

In an effort to stem huge losses, the big U.S. airlines increased their domestic ticket prices heading into the weekend by $10 to $20 roundtrip, depending on the length of the flight.

Stung by high fuel prices, the industry has attempted to raise fares on many occasions over the past year. Only in the past few months have the price increases stuck, however, as passenger demand rises and fewer seats become available.

"Some routes are definitely up," said Bob Harrell of New York-based Harrell Associates, which tracks fares. But the growth of low-cost carriers has kept average fare levels under pressure, with business fares down 32 percent from a year ago and leisure fares up just 10 percent, Harrell said.

The latest round of fare increases was launched by AMR Corp.'s American Airlines, which increased ticket prices systemwide on Wednesday night by $2-$6 roundtrip. Delta Air Lines Inc. upped the ante on Thursday by raising roundtrip fares by $10 to $20. American then mimicked Delta Friday morning, according to AMR spokesman Tim Wagner.

By Friday afternoon, the moves were matched to one degree or another by Northwest Airlines Corp., UAL Corp.'s United Airlines, US Airways Group Inc., America West Holdings Corp. and Continental Airlines Inc., Wagner said.

Carriers generally decide over the span of a weekend whether or not to make the fare changes permanent. This particular fare increase is different than previous efforts in that the carriers raised fares by $2-$6 on routes where they compete with low-cost carriers, Wagner said.

Harrell, the fare analyst, said that while systemwide changes usually affect every route, the cheapest fares in the bucket aren't usually affected. "They're just too competitive," he said.

Carriers have blamed the high price of jet fuel and the encroachment of low-cost carriers for their travails, which have included more than $30 billion in losses since 2001 and bankruptcy filings by United and US Airways.

At $1.51 per gallon on the New York spot market, jet fuel is about 21 percent more expensive than a year ago.

[PapaStu]

Ummmmmm

Last year I walked out of my Apt and went down the street and was there at the hotel/convention center.

This year would be a bit of a drive. So in all actuality, not really planning ahead at all.

[ozyr]

ASAP! I prefer at least six months in advance. Main this is when the show picks and posts their dates that the thing is running.