baseball4
Posts: 279
Feb 7, 2012 2:10pm
When is it?
I'm trying to book a flight to Vegas with a few friends. We were going to book 2 days ago when flights were $260 roundtrip. We look back today and it's almost $400. We waited a couple of days to see if a couple of friends that were dragging their feet were going to join. Is it safe to assume prices will come back down? We are trying to book for mid May.
I'm trying to book a flight to Vegas with a few friends. We were going to book 2 days ago when flights were $260 roundtrip. We look back today and it's almost $400. We waited a couple of days to see if a couple of friends that were dragging their feet were going to join. Is it safe to assume prices will come back down? We are trying to book for mid May.
sleeper
Posts: 27,879
Feb 7, 2012 2:14pm
Southwest.com
gorocks99
Posts: 10,760
Feb 7, 2012 2:15pm
Fly on a Tuesday/Wednesday.
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sportchampps
Posts: 7,361
Feb 7, 2012 2:16pm
I've always heard that the lowest prices on sites like travelocity can be found on Tuesday evenings. I have found this to be true in the past as well.
OSH
Posts: 4,145
Feb 7, 2012 3:21pm
Shop around.
Allegiant does nice flights to Vegas out of select airports. As do other smaller, lesser known airlines: Jet Blue, AirTran, etc.
Kayak.com is a good comparison site.
Allegiant does nice flights to Vegas out of select airports. As do other smaller, lesser known airlines: Jet Blue, AirTran, etc.
Kayak.com is a good comparison site.
Automatik
Posts: 14,632
Feb 7, 2012 3:23pm
I've always heard Tuesdays were the best day to book, but I've never noticed any truth to that.
Ever since I've discovered Bing travel it's all I've used. Just set up an alert and you're set. The price predictor is legit. I use kayak.com also and compare.
Ever since I've discovered Bing travel it's all I've used. Just set up an alert and you're set. The price predictor is legit. I use kayak.com also and compare.
FatHobbit
Posts: 8,651
Feb 7, 2012 3:36pm
I just checked out Bing for the first time, but I think I like Kayak better. The flexible search did not work for the cities I wanted to fly to, and the price predictor was not available either. (Those seemed like cool features, but they weren't working for me.)Automatik;1078672 wrote:I've always heard Tuesdays were the best day to book, but I've never noticed any truth to that.
Ever since I've discovered Bing travel it's all I've used. Just set up an alert and you're set. The price predictor is legit. I use kayak.com also and compare.
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thavoice
Posts: 14,376
Feb 7, 2012 3:59pm
Are you asking when is the best time to book a flight...or what day is the best to actually fly out?
Fab1b
Posts: 12,949
Feb 7, 2012 4:35pm
Alot of times I end up booking directly through the airlines themselves, you'd be surprised compared to some of the travel sites.
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Bigdogg
Posts: 1,429
Feb 7, 2012 4:55pm
Book around eight weeks before you fly.
Midstate01
Posts: 14,766
Feb 7, 2012 5:05pm
Just FYI. My uncle works as a media consultant for Priceline. He said when you look at prices, it reads your IP. The more you check the higher the price will go.
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vball10set
Posts: 24,795
Feb 7, 2012 5:13pm
this is good to know--thanks!Midstate01;1078780 wrote:Just FYI. My uncle works as a media consultant for Priceline. He said when you look at prices, it reads your IP. The more you check the higher the price will go.
GOONx19
Posts: 7,147
Feb 8, 2012 11:47am
I'm going for 5 days the week after the semester ends. $160 roundtrip direct from Lexington to Vegas.
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MontyBrunswick
Feb 8, 2012 11:55am
I haven't flown in several years so I can't help, OP. Sorry
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vball10set
Posts: 24,795
Feb 8, 2012 11:58am
Who'd you book your flight through?GOONx19;1079587 wrote:I'm going for 5 days the week after the semester ends. $160 roundtrip direct from Lexington to Vegas.
OSH
Posts: 4,145
Feb 8, 2012 12:27pm
Probably Allegiant.vball10set;1079605 wrote:Who'd you book your flight through?
Allegiant flys out of Lexington, Kentucky for real nice rates.
GOONx19
Posts: 7,147
Feb 8, 2012 1:26pm
Yep. AllegiantAir.com, flight only, Lexington to Las Vegas, April 28 - May 2.