Travel industry experts have repeatedly said that buying plane tickets on Tuesday is the best bet for finding a deal. We may be inclined to book flights over the weekend when we have spare time and aren't consumed with work, but the money you could save by waiting a few days is well worth not being able to check something off your weekend to-do list.
I searched for my honeymoon plane tickets on Sunday, only to find the price had risen since I'd looked a couple of weeks ago. At first I was frustrated with myself for not buying them when they cost less, but then I remembered the advice of those industry experts. The tickets had come back down when I searched again on Tuesday night, saving me about $200 per ticket! If you were planning on booking plane tickets this weekend, consider simply window-shopping the websites instead of committing to a price.
Have you noticed that plane tickets are cheaper midweek?
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i always thought that it was a wives tale of sorts..kind of like if you buy tickets at 12:01 AM then that's cheaper too since tickets are released from hold at that time. if there's something to it then i might have to check it out. there are 2 trips that i have to get tickets for so this could be helpful.
1Umm.. I've known about this for a long time.
2Do you know if that actually works, the 12:01 am, ilanac? And does it matter what time zone you're in? I have to buy cross-country tickets for New Years-eveish and I'm trying to skimp in any way possible.
3Yup. Never heard of the 12:01am thing, though. Makes sense!
4so if you buy them at 12:01 on Tues. you should be good to go!
5Interesting - I don't fly much so I have never heard this before. Pretty cool!
6What about month-wise though? A friend of mine said tickets are cheapest 3-4 months before the date of travel...
7I think it all depends on what route you're taking. We've gotten up in the middle of a Tuesday night to check before, and prices were exactly the same for our route.
8Hmm hasnt worked for me...I just randomly look every few hours and sometimes it goes down.
9i've been travelling on tuesdays for years. :}
10I have a question about this - Does this also apply to package vacations or is it strictly plane tixs?
11I've been doing this for ages! It IS true!
These past couple of trips, though, I didn't have to pay for tickets...the people that paid always wanted me to fly on Fridays and Sundays, but I *told* them that if I flew on Tuesday or Thursday, it'd be a lot cheaper for THEM...but they didn't listen. Whatever, it's *their* money!
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