Anyone that knows me very well, knows that Im scared to death of flying. Being in an airport can make my heart race even if Im not flying anywhere! Ive had re-occurring nightmares of watching airplanes crash since I was really young. The funny thing is, Im never on them, so I dont know why Im so freaked out about flying! Anyway, for the last two months Ive been pricing flights to Las Vegas, as Im going there in March with my sisters and daughter. Some of them are competing in a half marathon, and Im going to be there with my camera in hand to photograph the event! Ive been doing my homework to see "when the best time to purchase a plane ticket" is, and Ive decided the stuff I found out was all a bunch of phooey! Just by monitoring Southwest myself, every single day, same days and same hours for two months now, I have learned that Monday is the best day to buy a plane ticket. Everything I read said buy weeks in advance and on Wednesdays, so I believed them and bought my tickets two weeks ago on a Wednesday! Unfortunately for me they were/are wrong! I can get a better price today, the same one I could have gotten five weeks ago on a Monday, which was the best price yet. I thought at the time I needed to hurry and buy them because each day the price kept going up. I wish I had hung on a little longer for today! Dumb Dumb dumb! So, flyers, my advice to you is buy your tickets weeks in advance on Mondays!
Auntie, I think I am going to drive down. Thanks for the tip on when to purchase flights!
ReplyDeleteThats funny. Every airline is different. like with jetblue you should book inadvance but not more than 5 months in advance cause our prices can go down. But about a month before our flights our prices will start going up and usually keep going up. I think most airlines will give you a credit though if your fare goes down from what you paid. You should give them a call.
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