Originally Posted by
DavidDTW
Here in the US, Southwest prices go up across the board about one month prior to your travel date. I am not familiar with European LLCs, but they may use a similar pricing model.
Nah, you really can't say such a rule for carriers such as RyanAir and WizzAir. Often even departure in a few week's time is at dirt cheap prices. It's all about supply and demand, and whether there happens to be a sale or not.
For example, I find a flight Brussels CLR - Timisoara, Romania for only 3 euros one way (yes, three.) which departs next week on tuesday 13th december.
Real last minutes (as in, depart tomorrow), though, are rarely so cheap. They generally want to make money off of last-minute business travellers, people with family emergencies etc.
But you can be certain that high-demand routes in summer time, you will never find at cheap prices on short notice.