yeah, ticket prices started getting up there right around Thanksgiving and stay that way pretty much thru the rest of the year.....I use Orbitz....but I think it's gonna be pretty hard to find a really good deal now. The ticket I got to Seattle that I booked about 3 months ago ran me $340 round trip....I checked the other day and it's up to $620....so almost double! Airlines always try and make their money on the last minute tickets because they know customers are desperate and dont have many options, bastards!