On Monday, I looked up a flight from Chicago to LA using Expedia's flexible dates option - and had dozens and dozens of direct flights at $193 all over February. Taxes&fees included. I was a click away from booking...
Then on Tuesday ("cheap Tuesday?"), ALL nonstop Chi-LA flights in 2007 in ANY web site start at $305.
Besides banging my head on the table until it cracks open, can someone help demistify how can such a thing happen?? Obviously this has nothing to do with availability, not everyone bought their 2007 LA tickets on Monday.
Should I still wait longer, or would the price just keep raising? I need a flight around Feb. 14-19.
2007-01-30 21:42:55 · 5 answers · asked by binba 3 in Travel ➔ Air Travel
The prices jumped for all the flights ever, not just the near ones.
What price would you deem resonable for a Chicago-LA flight?
2007-01-31 03:24:02 · update #1
After my own research I can add a couple of answers to my own question:
An exhaustive CalTech reseach about airline fares:
http://vita.mcafee.cc/PDF/DynamicPriceDiscrimination.pdf
And also:
http://notesfromacafe.net/Travel-Tips/mark-your-calendar-the-best-times-to-buy-flight-tickets
2007-02-01 10:06:14 · update #2
If you don't buy at least two weeks before your flight date, the prices go up substantially. I have no idea why this happens, or how the airlines can all get away with doing this, as it sounds a lot like a monopoly situation to me, but that's the way it works.
2007-01-30 21:47:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
On sites like expedia, all those availabilities you saw were probably not really available. When you actually click on it to purchase, it tells you it's sold out. There have been times when I even went through the purchase and confirmed, then a travel agent calls me to tell me it was actually not available. I don't purchase from those sites anymore. I use them to find out who flies where, then I buy from the airline website. For those dates you gave, I think you can still find fares around 200 if you buy today, since Feb 14 is a Wednesday. .
2007-01-31 01:52:55 · answer #2 · answered by averagebear 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-01 22:59:31 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The fun thing about this is that fare sales are completely random as to when they post, but like any offering, they have expiration dates, and you probably got caught up on an expiring fare.
Why did you wait? If you're ready, you just need to book, or at least hold it (preferably on the airlines' own site... why pay a 3rd party a booking fee for crappy service?)
2007-01-31 20:51:30 · answer #4 · answered by IceTrojan 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2007-01-30 21:49:42 · answer #5 · answered by bill a 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋