Practical guides on flight routing, cabin choices, airport strategy and trip planning - drawn from the trips we book every day, not generic travel-blog filler.
Every guide has to clear one bar: would a Vista Destination agent actually tell a traveller this on the phone. If not, it doesn't get published.
The rules changed in 2024 and most travellers still do not know it. You no longer have to ask for a refund, and you do not have to take a voucher. There is one live loophole worth understanding.
Most advice tells you to book four to ten months out. It is late September. Here is what genuinely still works, and the one trade that saves more than any other.
The advice was to book by August. It is September. Thanksgiving is ten weeks out and still very bookable if you are willing to fly on the right days.
If a guide here doesn't answer your question, an agent who books these routes every day can.