Originally Posted by
christhewriter (Post # 1) (March 2016)
A few tips I've learned from my trips:
4. Buy your flight tickets with months in advance.
Originally Posted by
merohitjain101 (Post # 93)
Of course! Drawing from personal experience, I offer the following advice:
To ensure reduced pricing, get your airline tickets early in advance.
Since this thread was started, airlines have applied artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to revenue management and almost never offer their best fares months in advance. They have no reason to.
There may be a constantly changing "sweet spot" to purchase tickets, which the airlines will never reveal to us, of between three weeks and two months prior to travel.
If sales are poor, there may be some last-minute good deals under this AI. On the other hand, with strong sales, the fares will likely only increase.
It pays to be flexible and to check fares often.