Please forgive me for bumping up an old string but I just wanted to add a postscript to this.

We jumped on this rate last August (less than $300 RT next May). The only downside was that we had to give up a day and return on Friday rather than Saturday as usual.

Today I received an email from Delta saying they had cancelled the Friday return flight and telling us we had to return on Thursday. I called Delta and used all the charm and grace I could muster with a most understanding agent who rebooked us on the Saturday return flight for the same price!

I take back every bad thing I have ever said about Delta.