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bigbird
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My observations too, although I am lot less flexible than you and tend to travel in HIGH season.
I have had alerts that lasted less than 4 hours.
I set alerts on Kayak and googleflights and I am ready to pull my cc anytime. I don't really see any clear trend with best day to buy, but I would say weekends are almost always more expensive to buy (I have seen drops on Sunday nights though).
I flew into STI and left from SDQ for 298 on Spirit this past february, so I believe you since it was during the kids february break.
I admit, looking for fares is a kinda of a hobby, but it s work................
Exactly, I don't believe there are any set rules to follow for best fare. Best fares this week maybe Tuesday, next week Thursday, following week Wednesday at 1 AM.
You just need to keep looking and as mentioned be prepared to play games. Every person will be different when it comes to buying airline ticket.
Myself flying out of EWR guarantees me non-stop flights to SDQ. I am frequent flyer with United so even if Spirit was $100 bucks less the perks I get with United make up for the extra cost.
The frequent flyer mile points I try to save for summer or Christmas time use when fares are the highest. Even that is tricky because of black out dates.
NOW who is going to be the first to post $59 round trip to PUJ from NYC due to all the bad DR publicity.