Best day of the week to puchase airfare...???

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PaminMaine
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Best day of the week to puchase airfare...???

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Starting my search for airfare, what day does everyone think the best day of the week to purchase airfare is? I heard they release new flights on Tuesday, not sure if this is a myth or not. Finding flights for $1100 for us leaving Boston and getting to Charlotte at 130pm.. cant decide if I want to ride it out or bite the bullet?!! :roll: We are arriving Feb 24th, I cant imagine the price will go down any? Anyone with more knowledge care to help me make a decision?? :P
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Post by P-600 »

Have you checked Jetblue out of Boston. They just added five nonstop flights to STT i just changed my flight to leave four days earlier and the price was only $149 one way! You are flying during February school vacation which is always higher.
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Yeah I did.. the cheapest one way they had was 346 for a 12 hour flight! :shock:
According to Bing travel it says " wait" prices are dropping. And my husband said that gas is going down. Soo, I will wait another week( maybe) and bite my nails.. LOL
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Post by Lovermont »

Not sure what day you're returning, but I just looked up some roundtrip fares on http://matrix.itasoftware.com, and saw some fares around $411.
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Good luck is all I can say. To me this is the worst part of what otherwise is an exciting and fun time to plan your vacation in paradise. Back in November I bought tickets from IAD to STT on Continental for $662.10 each and TODAY those same tickets are $1,042.10 a piece. Good grief...what the heck is up with ticket prices??? To wait or not to wait is the hardest decision to make.
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Post by susan & herb »

We have been watching airfare from JFK to STT for May and have seen it go up twice in the last 6 weeks.
We went ahead this weekend and bought our tickets. I really don't see fares going down.
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Post by News of St. John »

Maybe you can look at flights out of Hartford? I purchased a roundtrip flight for $380 on JetBlue for travel at the end of January. It's a bit farther for you but may be worth it.
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Post by jmq »

clear the cookies from your computer before you go back onto an airline website so they don't know you were just there checking the price or else you may see a higher price
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Yes, I would have to agree this is the worst part. I have checked alternate airports, not much of a savings. I will try deleting the cookies and try again. I did find non-stop with Jetblue for 600 each, oh so tempting...
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