Originally Posted by
PDXPremier
I'm always amazed when I see fares from PDX-Hawaii for around $200 that are for flights departing the next day or the day after that....for all other AS destinations like LAX or SEA, the last minute fares seem to be at their highest, but the Hawaii flights seem to consistently go back to the lowest fare bucket a day or two before departure....to a lesser extent, I've also seen this with some of the Mexico flights. I'm assuming this is intentional on the part of AS and has something to do with trying to fill-up flights to primarily leisure destinations (although you don't see this with Florida cities like MCO).
Have any of you ever decided to take advantage of the low price and buy a ticket to Hawaii for the next day??? I feel like I've missed the boat on getting a good airfare for the holidays, but maybe not
Why? I'm convinced it's because of an algorithm or some bored price setter at AS who can't decide what the fare.
I've been tracking my flight to Maui in December and it has bounced around every week for the past 2 weeks. The fare jumps down to $203 and then up to $309 for about 24 hours and then back down the next day. This has happened 3 times now.
John