Commuting weekly by air -- best options to save but avoid change fees/breakage.
Apr 21, 2017, 5:17 pm
#16
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 622
I haven't tracked SEA-SFO fares, but SFO-IAD prices do not linearly increase as dates get closer, and often RM won't open up cheaper fares until closer to the date of travel. For example, today, G fares opened up on the last two 5/20 SFO-IAD flights, where previously it had been S. S fares also opened up on UA727 where previously it had been V.
Similar flights on 6/25 only have fares U and higher filed.
Similar flights on 6/25 only have fares U and higher filed.
Apr 21, 2017, 5:27 pm
#17
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Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: MSP
Programs: DL PM, UA Gold, WN, Global Entry; +others wherever miles/points are found
Posts: 14,379
Right, for any given route you learn its cadence and when to book. The answer is almost never more than 3 months out, although really what you do is wait for a good sale fare and book a whole bunch of things at once.
As an aside, that is quite possibly the worst excuse for a G fare (most expensive) I've ever seen.
As an aside, that is quite possibly the worst excuse for a G fare (most expensive) I've ever seen.
