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aggiesal

(8,953 posts) Sun Mar 2, 2014, 06:59 PM Mar 2014

Ever wonder when to book your flight to get the best price?

Finally, there’s a scientific answer to that magic number of days before a flight when tickets are at their cheapest.
The answer? Are you ready? Are you reeeally ready?

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/01/best-time-to-book-a-flight_n_4875266.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular

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Ever wonder when to book your flight to get the best price? (Original Post) aggiesal Mar 2014 OP

I had a funny thing happen 1 1/2 wks ago, had to cancel, rebook a flight. I found a one way flight uppityperson Mar 2014 #1

ooh thanks, Kayak has a probability calculator on whether a particular price is likely to go down or bettyellen Mar 2014 #2

uppityperson

(115,681 posts)

1. I had a funny thing happen 1 1/2 wks ago, had to cancel, rebook a flight. I found a one way flight

Reply to aggiesal (Original post)

Sun Mar 2, 2014, 07:05 PM

Mar 2014

10 days out for less than 1/3 of the round trip in the foreseeable future. It was very odd. The plane ended up with 1 empty seat, was a non-stop also.

Thank you for the article, I look forward to checking it out.

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)

2. ooh thanks, Kayak has a probability calculator on whether a particular price is likely to go down or