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Old Dec 14, 2020 | 9:21 am
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Originally Posted by JimInOhio
That suggest we shouldn't buy tickets too far in advance. Conceivably, one can book a flight one year out and not be able to change it to a later date.
In most cases, you'll get the best price on airfare sometime between 3 months and 3 weeks prior to departure. There are four reasons I can think of to book further in advance:
  1. You found award or upgrade availability
  2. You think there's a very high chance that the flight will sell out (example: going to Las Vegas during CES)
  3. You have personal knowledge of the behavior of fares on a route and can therefore identify an excellent value
  4. You're purchasing a sale fare (e.g., from the https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/premium-fare-deals-740/ forum).
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