If ever there was a black art, it's airfares.  My standard recommendation is that when you are ready to buy air, buy the tickets and forget about it - predicting airfares is right up there with teaching a pig to sing! From Yahoo newshttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090909/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_flight_plan_holiday_travel;_ylt=AkHM3L.Rijnkb8As8Luq5488sM0F;_ylu=X3oDMTNjZXVxY3AwBGFzc2V0A2FwX3RyYXZlbC8yMDA5MDkwOS91c190cmF2ZWxfZmxpZ2h0X3BsYW5faG9saWRheV90cmF2ZWwEY3BvcwMzBHBvcwM2BHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcnkEc2xrA3Byb2NyYXN0aW5hdA--: click