Planning a trip from SFO to HKG with flexible schedule, high price fluctuation?
Jun 23, 2018, 5:10 pm
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Planning a trip from SFO to HKG with flexible schedule, high price fluctuation?
I am planning a vacation plan from San Francisco to Hong Kong or Guangzhou in Sept-Nov. Just recently there were some good deals over these few months from multiple airlines direct flights around $400 dollars RT. I wasn't able to confirm my trip at the time and fast forward 3 weeks now the cheapest RT flight through United costs $560 for all these months, prices for dates changed in tandem. I had been monitoring the prices daily through google flights and the prices had been up and up for the past two weeks or so. Given that my schedule is quite flexible, is it wise to wait to see if it dips back down or generally that bracket of prices is already sold out so ticket prices will only rise onward?
Jun 25, 2018, 8:35 am
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It was a special fare sale/war a few weeks ago initiated by Hong Kong Airlines. Delta pulling out had nothing to do with the fares increasing out of SFO. It was just the sale ending, and now prices are back to the normal levels.
Jun 28, 2018, 5:03 am
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So the question to you is whether you will stay for a week if the sale resumes?
Also - the fare could be lower due to reduced demand.
I would wait if I were you.
Also - if you really want to talk about competition, DL's withdrawal has no impact to the U.S.-HKG market because 3 additional flights are added in this year.