When one can find cheap flight tickets?
There is an uncertainty on which day in week we should buy a plane ticket. This is usually because of the fluctuation in the flight tickets prices on a single website as well as price differences on numbers of different websites. It can be very overwhelming for a person to find the most reasonable priced ticket.
It is an important issue for a person who loves to travel. As Ger Murphy says,
“I travel because we all deserves a holiday.”
There are multiple factors affecting the price of flight tickets and when buying a ticket we should take into consideration these factors.
Booking on a specific day in a week:
Tuesdays and Wednesdays are the cheapest days to fly both domestically and internationally because studies explained that Tuesday afternoons are the best time to hunt for the deals as airlines often announce deals on Monday evening.
Although Tuesday is found to be the most effective day, a report suggest that Saturday and Sunday are the cheapest day to book premium air flight tickets.
Booking flights on Monday and Saturday helps you in avoiding the Sunday rush.
“Careful! Buy too early and you could pay too much. Buy too late and you could pay way too much.”
How early you should buy your ticket is also important. Last minute bookings are always expensive but buying way advance like more than six months can also cost more money.
Best prices the day one fly:
Flight tickets may vary in prices on different day in a week but many studies has suggested that it can only differs by a few bucks.
Still Tuesdays are best day to fly in cheaper fair this is due to less people flying on Tuesdays because people are not usually free on weekdays as well as parents of children who goes to school cannot travel on weekdays, for this this reason better deals can be found on Tuesdays due to less demand.
Weekend are more expensive for the very same reason. Prices are significantly higher because of high demand and it is suggested that you should avoid travelling on Saturdays and Sundays unless there is no other choice.
It is important to note that the prices of flight tickets is all about the day you travel not the day of booking.
How far to book in advance:
It is a common believe that the more advance you book in time the more cheap the ticket will be. A study report that: “After that six-week point, ticket prices tend to climb up slowly, then spike to their highest point a few days before departure.” It is important to plan any international trip in advance. The prices of international flights do not fluctuate as much as domestic flights so you would probably get the same prices as you have seen.
- For international flight tickets: book more than three months in advance.
- For domestic flight tickets: book six weeks to three months in advance.
Categorizing flights in to international and domestic makes it easier to establish the right amount of time needed to book a flight.
When and where to fly:
Ticket fair may vary in prices depending upon the time of the year you are travelling and the travel destination. Many studies have suggested that the start of the year especially the first month “January” is the best time to find the most cost effective ticket as most the individuals spend their vacation days on Christmas holiday with their families. January is the least travelled month of the year for US residents.
Cheapest travel destination may vary time to time due to gain in popularity of particular destination and the time you are travelling to that destination.
Tuesdays and Thursdays are often cheaper to fly but airlines do not lower the fair on weekdays to destination on specific times of the year when the demand to travel to that destination is high e.g. The Caribbean island of St. Barts is most expensive to travel in summer because of high inflow of tourist because of the weather conditions.
Also if there is any festival and event organized in the country you want to travel the flight tickets might be higher than the average fair even if the purpose of your travel is not related to that event.
Nowadays, Low cost carriers account for 22 per cent of the worldwide passenger traffic and offer 26 per cent of all airline seats.
It clearly shows that the cheaper airfares are offered by low-cost airlines.
Low cost airlines includes:
- Ryanair
- Easyjet
- Norwegian
- Germanwings
- Wizzair
- Transavia
- Aer Lingus
- Jet2