What Actually Moves the Price of Your Flight
Fares move for reasons that have almost nothing to do with the day you happen to be booking on. This is the machinery behind the number you see.
Tag: Cheap Flights
Five Ways People Overpay for Flights
Most of the money lost on airfare is lost weeks before the trip, to a handful of habits. These are the expensive ones.
Price Alerts vs. Searching Again Tomorrow
A search shows you one minute out of the day. An alert covers all of them. What that difference is worth, and what separates a useful alert from noise.
When Is the Best Time to Book a Flight?
The famous booking windows are averages across millions of itineraries. Useful as a starting point, useless as a plan for one route.
Are Budget Airlines Actually Cheaper?
Sometimes by a lot, sometimes not at all. The answer depends less on the airline than on how much of the unbundled fare you have to buy back.
Shoulder Season: Better Weather Odds, Cheaper Seats
The weeks either side of peak are the closest thing to a free upgrade on the whole trip. Fewer people, lower fares, mostly the same destination.
Off-Peak and Red-Eye Flights: Paying Less to Fly When Others Won't
The least convenient departures are usually the cheapest ones. Sometimes that discount is free money, sometimes you pay it back on the ground.