Originally Posted by yytleisure

While I have no illusions about cracking airline pricing patterns, I don't think it's unreasonable for someone to be curious and check. I know airfares go up and down. Sometimes I get a great deal and it goes up the next day and never gets close. Sometimes it drops by half and I curse. But I lIke to know, more data gives me a (likely illusory) sense I can predict better in the future. YMMV