Just trying to get a steal on a ticket to Reno from Dallas for early Feb. Should I wait until the day before, or stick with purchasing 14 days in advance? Seems like if its the day before, and they have empty seats, they would list them for cheap to try and break even. Any other suggestions will help. thanks in advance.

Welcome catfish 1:

Of course others will have advise but my experience suggests your conclusion is inaccurate, at least on the major airlines I frequent.

Why not check by confirming the price for tomorrow vs price today for a 2 week advance purchase on the routing and airline you plan to use?

Good luck

Yeah, I did a couple of searches for the same days of the week (Sun. - Thurs.) for different weeks and they definitely go up closer to the day of the flight with no exceptions. Anyone with lots of miles be willing to buy me a ticket for $200 including taxes and fees? (Only half joking).

US Airways and Frontier airways are selling tickets for $99 each way DFW-RNO. Once you add taxes it isn't too far off from the $200 you want.

Keep in mind that offering cash for a trade will result in a ban as it is against this site's rules. There is also a forum for trades but you don't have access to it yet as you need to wait a certain period of time.

This forum generally is filled with frequent fliers. Requests for "deals" generally are not talked about here because there isn't really such a thing as a deal on an airline ticket. The airlines publish the prices and we are able to buy tickets. The only "trick" IMHO is to know what fares are available and then search until you find seating availability for flights that give you the cheaper price.

On the other hand, if you FIND a deal, feel free to post it in the Mileage Run forum.

Uh... NO.

If you have any questions, however, I'm sure we can (try to) help you. If you just want to buy a ticket with someone else's miles, try Ebay or Craigslist.