Passengers walk by a Christmas tree on their way to make a fight a day before the annual Thanksgiving Day holiday at the
Salt Lake City International Airport. Do I book now or do I wait? It’s an age-old question that we all ask when planning our Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s trips. But with the end of September fast approaching, experts say you’ll be hard-pressed to find any more cheap flights in about two week’s time. The best bet for the consumer is to travel as early before the actual holiday or as late as possible afterward, and always leave room for schedule changes, explained Dean Headley, co-author of Wichita State University’s Airline Quality Rating report. During the past several years, the holiday travel period has continued to be a challenging time for travelers, and with industry wide seat capacity reduction, it will remain a stressful travel experience [this year].
Travel search engine
cheap-flight-4u.com analyzed hundreds of millions of queries preformed on the site last year and discovered that, on average, the cheapest airfares for holiday travel were found between September and mid-October. Procrastinators who wait until the end of October or later to book are likely to find a 17% increase for Thanksgiving travel, a 51% increase for Christmas travel and a 25% increase for New Year’s Eve travel.
If you miss that mid-October window, we recommend booking as soon as possible, Kayak spokeswoman Jessica Casano-Antonellis said. Domestic fares will rarely decrease beyond October, and
international flights will see no decrease in fares.
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