When is the best times to choose a flight?
I am wanting to take a round trip from Indianapolis to Salt lake city in mid to late june for 2 or 3 weeks. When is the best time for me to choose my flight and get the best possible price?
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go on expedia.com for great fares and all the price choices
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A couple of months before you go. Or a month before will help. I was looking at flights to go to Cali around mid-Feb just today. and the total including taxes and fees was about $243. And then just for the heck of it I searched mid marched and it almost totaled to $350. So yeah. Sometimes buying ahead isn't always the cheapest. And if you can.... go directly to the airline website and book it. The first time I tried cheapoair.com I was like OMFG it's so cheap. And I clicked on "book" just to see how much the total was and the taxes and fees was like $85 itself added to the total and it cost even more than the tickets that the airlines sold. I was so mad. I suggest expedia.com too.
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by when is the best time, do you mean how long before you fly, should you book your flight? if that's the case , it totally depends on a lot of things, how busy the route is, how flexible you are with your travel days, what the price of fuel is ( jet fuel is going up so a lot of airlines are adding surcharges and raising rates because of it). there are some sites like yapta.com and fareminder.com, that track prices for you and let you know if they go up and down, i would say keep watching them and if you see something that looks like a great deal, buy it then. worst case if prices continue to go down , most airlines will credit you the difference if its more than a certain amount, usually $50. and even if it goes down a little after you buy it, at least you know you got a seat on the flight you wanted and didn't have to sweat not getting a ticket.
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One thing to keep in mind is to purchase tickets for travel on weekdays. For some reason, they like to charge more for flights on weekends.
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can try farecompare.com and check the "research cheapest airfares" box and daily fares will be displayed from which you can select the better one.
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Hmmm.... what do you mean by "the best times"? The best time of day is early morning because that's when cheap seats are released back into the system after a ticketing deadline has passed.
