Dear reader,I have a lot of stories in preparation. Today I will talk about a recent and still strange event.
An unexpected event happened and I have to go to Paris urgently tomorrow. I started looking up online for price of plane tickets on Tuesday afternoon. I followed the price of the same trip over several days on the website of a big Canadian company. Here is the outcome:
Tuesday afternoon: ~1130$
Wednesday morning before 10 am: ~930$
Wednesday after 10 am: ~1010$
Today, morning: ~1010$
Today after 2pm: ~930$
Here I compare tickets in the exact same category, with the same service and stuff. I have no understanding of the parameters than can induce such a change. Is it because one or two other persons in the plane have booked or canceled over that period? Is it fair? More importantly... it is commonly though that booking way in advance is the best choice. In my case, in this special situation, it wasn't true. I probably would have had a much better deal two weeks ago. But I had today a better deal than two days ago. So can we do?
Some airlines offer the possibilily to temporarily book a flight and confirm it a couple of days later. Given that option, you should book temporarily only and shop for another couple of days for cheaper. In my situation I saved a significant shunk of money by doing so.
This is my advice of the day... and if someone can explain to me how those big oscillations occur...
Love
Tara George, always on the move.
3 comments:
I have a theory : this is related to French election. There is a correlation between the price of the tickets and Nicolas Sarkozy's popularity in the polls. Wednesday was the day after the big meeting of Ségolène in Charlety, and this morning was just after the debate. The correlation is just perfect ! It seems difficult to understand why there is this correlation.
Hi Tom,
In fact, when I exited the plane earlier today, a man told me:
"tomorrow is the election, it's gonna be either riots or collapse at the Bourse" I decided to change subjest, since it sounded most dangerous. He started then complaining about the planes. I said that airlines are loosing a lot of money in general, but he argued that the Canadian company we had just flew with was actually doing pretty well... maybe it is because it has this new speculation skill, that allows it to make timely good choices, who knows...
for you information
http://blogperso.univ-rennes1.fr/arthur.charpentier/index.php/post/2009/10/20/Quand-faut-il-acheter-son-billet-d-avion
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