Originally Posted by
edy4eva
The advice given is based on a fresh and solid 6-month experience on the front end of the travel industry. Seat availability out and into the UK around the first week of last January was a killer (as it has always been like been told). This includes full flex seats. Savers were all but gone. We're talking about 3-4 months out when the early Jan getting completely zero out.
Unless a major scare takes place (e.g. SARS) chances are you won't see the lower fare buckets open, let alone see EK release discounted fares for that period.
When is quiet in jan? Towards the end? I've noticed sept is also a quiet month.
I'm looking at different options now.