UPDATE:
Okay, Ashley Schmeucker and Helay Safi are booking the Spice Jet flight SG 305 right now (2600 rupees is around $50). Randi will have company on this flight. Yippee!!!
As of 12:30pm, Friday, Dec 14th, the other flight (JET AIRWAYS 9W2343) on Sunday, January 20th has sold out the $50 ticket price. They have $80 tickets available.
However, when we went back to Spice Jet, they had opened the $50 (one-way) fares again for flight SG 305.
As for Spice Jet, it's possible that someone was holding a set of tickets and then did not purchase them.
Alaura and I are on the earlier flight on Jet Airways, arriving in Madurai at 11:55am.
Please book either Spice Jet flight SG 305 on Sunday, January 20th OR Jet Airways flight 9W2343.