By Denise K (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1692) on Friday, January 18, 2008 - 10:35 am: |
I remember reading somewhere suggestions on the best days to shop for flight deals. For example look at prices on a certain day of the week at certain times. But I can't find the info now. Anybody have suggestions?
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By Tom Schamp (BonaireTalker - Post #91) on Friday, January 18, 2008 - 10:57 am: |
Two things I do.
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By Tad Jones (BonaireTalker - Post #60) on Friday, January 18, 2008 - 11:27 am: |
Denise,
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By Tom Schamp (BonaireTalker - Post #92) on Friday, January 18, 2008 - 11:30 am: |
Hmmm, I took a look at sidestep and seems like they've merged with kayak.
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By Ann Phelan - www.bonairecaribbean.com (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #3041) on Friday, January 18, 2008 - 11:48 am: |
try www.yapta.com
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By Tom Schamp (BonaireTalker - Post #93) on Friday, January 18, 2008 - 11:52 am: |
Isn't yapta better after you've already bought your tickets?
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By Tad Jones (BonaireTalker - Post #61) on Friday, January 18, 2008 - 12:13 pm: |
Thanks Ann!!
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By Denise K (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1693) on Friday, January 18, 2008 - 12:26 pm: |
I have 4 alerts set up on Yapta (4 sets of flights using various airlines)
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By Peter Dobson / Den Laman unit F (BonaireTalker - Post #78) on Friday, January 18, 2008 - 2:18 pm: |
My experience this year with AA was very interesting. About 9 months before my trip I found tickets at about $150 less than 2007 trip and bought, thinking I had made a good deal. A month later the tickets were down $50 and AA refunded the difference. 2 months later the tickets were down another $150 and this time AA would only cancel the old tickets ($100 charge) and give me a voucher for $50 for next years trip. Timing is not automatic and it pays to watch for special deals. Last year a ticket from JFK was almost $600 and this year the best deal for the trip was $350. Peter
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By Scott Knobler (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #103) on Friday, January 18, 2008 - 5:41 pm: |
For some reason, I have noticed that prices drop on Wednesdays. It is not always, but I was shopping for the Newark flight for months...it kept changing dramatically. On Monday's and Tuesdays it would be about $490. On Wednesdays for several weeks it dropped to $370. I waited til a wednesday and snatched it up.
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By Sue from NJ (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #707) on Friday, January 18, 2008 - 9:47 pm: |
Scott - $370?? what month are you traveling? how I can't wait to my kids are older and I'm not wedded to the &*^(ing school calendar!
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By john mitchell (BonaireTalker - Post #20) on Friday, January 18, 2008 - 11:31 pm: |
Let your kids skip school. A family trip is at least as important as 2 weeks of school.
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By Scott Knobler (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #104) on Saturday, January 19, 2008 - 9:26 am: |
Sue, I couldn't believe it either but we scooped up a few tickets on the direct flight from newark March 8-16 for $370 WITH taxes! I got them right after christmas. The price changed depending on the week so we just chose that week. It looks like it is up to $525 now, but it is a Saturday ;)
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By Denise K (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1694) on Saturday, January 19, 2008 - 9:26 am: |
Thank you Scott.
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By Sue from NJ (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #708) on Saturday, January 19, 2008 - 11:26 am: |
sorry - I am strict about my kids not missing school for vacation. Just my philosophy, so it's not a debatable point.
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