Airplane tickets

[Brut]

Ok I will be buying a plane ticket so I can go back to San Jose, California. I didn't have the cash to buy the ticket and I had to keep waiting to buy it. Last week I would check the ticket price everyday to see if it would go up or down. Well the ticket went from $419, $430. $440, then $450. I check the ticket price on Sunday and the price had dropped to $440. Today the ticket price dropped to $420. Do any of you guys think the tickets would drop down any lower than it is right now or should I just go and buy them right now?

[silver]

I did the same thing buying a ticket to Miami and finally bought it about 3 weeks before I was going, it's hit or miss though.. I think I got my ticket for $319 and a week later the other people that I was going with that waited till last minute paid over $500. You have to take into consideration the time of year, is it peak vacation season or a holiday weekend that you are going, ect.. If you have days that you can work with, tickets will be cheaper flying out certain days of the week also, there is an option when searching for flights where you can check fares around your date or for cheapest fares around when you are flying...

[SPOOLIN]

ahh the game of air fare. the guy next to you paid $120 for his ticket while you paid $632

[lilslowcivic]

Might want to wait til wednesday to purchase a ticket, the price goes down a bit on wednesday.... also if you fly out thursday it be cheaper too...

I am going to San Jose as well.. So i'm looking everyday also.. lol... which day are you going?

[SampaGuy]

go on stand-by if u can

[Brut]

Might want to wait til wednesday to purchase a ticket, the price goes down a bit on wednesday.... also if you fly out thursday it be cheaper too...

I am going to San Jose as well.. So i'm looking everyday also.. lol... which day are you going?

im going on July 30-AUg 11

[gtikid]

I was reading somewhere and it said to call like on Mon-Wed right at midnight or right after midnight and call them to see if they have anything. The reason for this is that at midnight is when cancellations process in the system. So if someone cancels their flight at 5pm today, it won't post on their system until midnight. I haven't tried it myself, but give it a shot.

[SampaGuy]

I was reading somewhere and it said to call like on Mon-Wed right at midnight or right after midnight and call them to see if they have anything. The reason for this is that at midnight is when cancellations process in the system. So if someone cancels their flight at 5pm today, it won't post on their system until midnight. I haven't tried it myself, but give it a shot.

kinda like stand-by. u go to the airport, tell the girl at the check-in desk that ur doing stand-by, then u have to wait till like 15 min before the flight leaves and if anybody doesnt show up, u can take their spot for like 25% of the price of a ticket. not all airlines do it though, if everybody does show up, then u just wasted ur time lol. my dad used to do it sometimes.

[DRFTR]

shop online...the longer you wait the more it will cost in most cases
-dave

[lilslowcivic]

Theres nomore standby unless you have family working there or you bought a ticket and miss your flight and you need to standby... theres no such thing as going in and trying to buy a ticket up front.. tried that and got embarrassed..



kinda like stand-by. u go to the airport, tell the girl at the check-in desk that ur doing stand-by, then u have to wait till like 15 min before the flight leaves and if anybody doesnt show up, u can take their spot for like 25% of the price of a ticket. not all airlines do it though, if everybody does show up, then u just wasted ur time lol. my dad used to do it sometimes.

[SampaGuy]

Theres nomore standby unless you have family working there or you bought a ticket and miss your flight and you need to standby... theres no such thing as going in and trying to buy a ticket up front.. tried that and got embarrassed..


oh ok nevermind then lol

[Brut]

The reason I was asking this question was back in April when I was last in San Jose. I had purchased the tickets from Frontier round trip for $314.00 and I would check if the prices changed as the time went on. A week before I left for San Jose the prices dropped down to $274. I was kinda pissed because I bought my tickets ahead of time but a week before my trip they dropped 40$ and I thought that was kinda fucked up.

[NewGen33]

If your flying Air Tran ask for the student discount. My mom does a bunch of travel stuff, send me a pm and I'll see if she cant hook you up with something. :goodjob:

[Brut]

ygpm and so far I've chosen to fly delta

[gtikid]

kinda like stand-by. u go to the airport, tell the girl at the check-in desk that ur doing stand-by, then u have to wait till like 15 min before the flight leaves and if anybody doesnt show up, u can take their spot for like 25% of the price of a ticket. not all airlines do it though, if everybody does show up, then u just wasted ur time lol. my dad used to do it sometimes.

KIND OF, but not really. This is like an early stand-by haha.

[lilslowcivic]

hey i want cheaper tickets to san jose too.. come on New Genn

[cactusEG]

always better to buy them months be for ur trip date

[SniperJoe]

www.farecompare.com
www.sidestep.com
www.kayak.com

[NewGen33]

hey i want cheaper tickets to san jose too.. come on New Genn
I got your pm :goodjob: