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Do airline prices go down as it gets closer to travel date?
Posted on 10/20/16 at 8:57 am
Posted on 10/20/16 at 8:57 am
Need the board's opinion
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Posted on 10/20/16 at 9:04 am to Andy Bernard
Not in my experience. They usually skyrocket.
Posted on 10/20/16 at 9:13 am to Andy Bernard
They go up the closer you get.
Posted on 10/20/16 at 10:10 am to Andy Bernard
Barring sales and price matches, they are typically at their lowest point somewhere around 21 days out. That's assuming loads are normal and you aren't traveling for a holiday or to/from a big event.
Depending on the route, you may see a revision lower inside of 7 days...but from my experience those routes and times are less than desirable.
Depending on the route, you may see a revision lower inside of 7 days...but from my experience those routes and times are less than desirable.
Posted on 10/20/16 at 10:12 am to Golfer
Thank y'all. Any sites y'all like to use best for cheapest flights?
Posted on 10/20/16 at 10:58 am to Andy Bernard
Google
Posted on 10/20/16 at 11:09 am to Andy Bernard
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Thank y'all. Any sites y'all like to use best for cheapest flights?
I'll typically use Google and Kayak.
Posted on 10/20/16 at 11:52 am to Andy Bernard
Yes....for example, if you were looking to go to Europe next summer, now is not the time to book....barring some super special deal that may pop up. Right now, the airlines have their standard high fares plugged in and they won't lower them until late winter/ early spring.
This post was edited on 10/20/16 at 7:19 pm
Posted on 10/20/16 at 12:43 pm to Reservoir dawg
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They go up the closer you get.
Posted on 10/20/16 at 5:39 pm to Andy Bernard
Supply and demand. There are less seats the closer you get to the flight.
Posted on 10/20/16 at 5:47 pm to Andy Bernard
if you are buying one ticket, sometimes last minute deals are really good.
Posted on 10/20/16 at 11:54 pm to AbitaFan08
I never really understood this.
I've flown on many flights that were at capacity, so for those, it makes sense the price goes up as you get closer and supply goes down.
But I've also flown on many flights that were 25-30 percent full at takeoff. The marginal cost of adding one person isn't much... so you figure they would do some discounting at the end.
Maybe there is a business reason, like they don't want to encourage last minute bookings.
I've flown on many flights that were at capacity, so for those, it makes sense the price goes up as you get closer and supply goes down.
But I've also flown on many flights that were 25-30 percent full at takeoff. The marginal cost of adding one person isn't much... so you figure they would do some discounting at the end.
Maybe there is a business reason, like they don't want to encourage last minute bookings.
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