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Old Jan 22nd, 2023 | 12:25 PM
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Airline Fare Website Which Posts Price Trends

Hello, I am wracking my brain trying to remember an airline fare website which gives "advice" after plugging in travel dates such as "prices are likely to rise" or "prices are likely to drop." I remember I used to check that site but can't remember its name.

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Old Jan 23rd, 2023 | 06:58 AM
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I believe there were several sites that did something like this; Kayak comes to mind.

The problem is, the impact of Covid is still ricocheting around the travel industry. Coupled with global uncertainty in terms of fuel pricing, supply chain issues, and many other factors, any "baseline" from which the "rise/fall" predictions might have been made, is pretty unreliable if not outright BS. So I think the old approach is more justified than ever: when you see a price you can live with, pull the trigger and don't look back.

Which is not to say that you can't do a few things to help your timing. Several sites, like Kayak and Google (and I'm sure many others) will allow you to set up "price alerts" on given routes, so that when their robots see a move in the price it will send you a notification. You could also educate yourself on how the airlines' pricing algorithms work, which MIGHT help you with overall timing and route selection, although, as I say, anybody who thinks they can outsmart those algorithms is a bit delusional. Unless you're a Hogwarts professor, I suppose. But here's a useful video on the subject:


Best of luck.
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Old Mar 17th, 2023 | 06:12 PM
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I think you are thinking og Google flight alerts, or possibly Momondo.
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