Is there anyway to fly for a decent price during the holidays?

You have to buy way in advance.

They get the highest price because the demand goes up. Basic economics higher demand——>higher prices. Fly on Christmas day.

Booking in advance isn’t helping. It was about $500 three months ago and it’s still the same.

Buy the tickets way in advance and shop around.
I usually go to all the online sites and find who has a special at the moment and go from there.

Now is the time to buy. wife and i just purchased a round trip ticket for our daughter for Christmas. the price is $339.00 from Seattle to Nashville. Southwest Airlines. make your purchase early. the prices change everyday.

Booking in advance means 330 days before. That is the first day the tickets are for sale.

Make sure you check out http://www.kayak.com and set up flight alerts. They’ll email you if any crazy deals are found. I’ve found really amazing deals (Newark to London roundtrip for $450). Just keep checking back daily. Also try looking at multiple airports in your area and where you’ll be flying to. :) Good luck!

Also: While buying in advance is a good tip, sometimes you can find even better last minute deals. So don’t worry about that.

Christmas day is a cheaper day to fly, sometimes the night of the 24th is inexpensive also. Returning you have to do it days ahead of New Years, by the 28th probably? Maybe the 29th is the same? Or, fly up days before Christmas and return on Christmas day.

I just looked up tickets flying on the 25th and they were $200 cheaper than the days surrounding it.

Two words: Book now!