If you have any hope of purchasing cheap fares, such as cheap airplane tickets or cheap vacation packages, and want to travel around Thanksgiving, days which are traditionally the busiest airline days of the year, as well as the most expensive, then you need to start looking at airfares now.
When considering which days to fly on keep in mind that the following are the less expensive days to fly:
Thanksgiving Day, November 28th (this is the least expensive day to fly)
Monday before, November 25th
Tuesday before, November 26th
Saturday after, November 30th
Tuesday after, December 3rd
The most expensive days to fly are:
Wednesday before, November 27th
Sunday after, December 1st
Monday after, December 2nd
If you have no choice in flying on one of the most expensive days, you should still try to fly one way on one of the cheaper days. That way you can total ticket price will still be considerably cheaper.
The following are examples of attractive round trip airline ticket prices that you should pounce on, even if you can only come close to them, according to Rick Seaney.
On flights between New York and Los Angeles:
Traveling on expensive days look for $550
Flights on cheaper days around $425
On flights between Chicago and Washington, D.C.:
Traveling on expensive days around $375
Flights on cheap days, below $300
Flights between San Francisco and Los Angeles:
Traveling on expensive days, around $200
Flights on cheap days, about $150
If you intend on purchasing airfare to travel on the most expensive days, the sooner you purchase your tickets the better. Ticket prices are expected to increase around $5 per day.
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