Airfare for trip #12 has been purchased. For July?
Already? Yes and yes!
Trolling airline prices, setting price alerts on Kayak, and
even checking out a new airfare site, hipmunk.com keeps me in the loop for
flight prices, times, trends, etc. I was
watching fares climb and then descend.
Everything in my gut said buy. So,
we did. And, two days later the price
climbed $65 per ticket.
When I called our travel agent to make the purchase, she
called me back just a few minutes later to let me know that the prices were a
handful of dollars higher at an airport 60 miles closer than the one we were
booking our flights to and from. She
said she might make more work for herself by telling me but wanted us to
know. (Oh, just another reason why we
love her!)
I told her that I already knew the prices for that airport
but while the prices were only a bit higher, the times for the flights were not
as good. Early morning as compared to
later in the morning; one requiring an overnight stay prior to flying as opposed
to driving that morning. She laughed and
I thanked her for checking.
Buying airfare is like gambling and figuring odds of
winning. Knowing price trends for
various airports, airlines, and destinations helps. I have also found, after several trips, that
there is also a cycle with flights out of various airports being better deals
some years and then not so much other years.
When I was visiting with our travel agent, I told her I
thought it was funny that we booked the flights first and then will fill in the
middle, though we already know what we want.
She didn’t think it was funny to do the flights first at all. Let the planning begin!
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