Airfares Experience Biggest Drop in 20 Years

Cheap traveloptions, including cheapairplane tickets, cheap vacation packages, and discount traveldeals are in ready supply this fall as a result of falling airplane ticketprices, which fell almost 6 percent in August alone.

While historically airfare prices have dropped betweensummer and the Thanksgiving/Christmas holidays, current airfare prices havefallen more than 9 percent when compared to the same time last year, accordingto Hopper, an airfare prediction app.

Given that future airline seat capacity is growing, pricesare anticipated to fall even further.

Airline ticket prices are expected to average about $237,during the overall fall holiday period, which runs from September throughDecember, which is 7.2 percent less than 2014 and 11.2 percent cheaper than2013.

Airfares to popular destinations work out to a savings ofabout $106 by reserving flights in September vs. August. Island destinations, such as Fiji, Tahiti,and the Bahamas are seeing some of the largest price declines from August toSeptember, ranging from 13 to 29 percent.

Traveling to Europe in September vs. August is significantlymore affordable. Visiting cities likeBarcelona, Milan, Paris, and Rome is 11 percent to 26 percent cheaper.

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