Best time to book long haul flight?

[Gerald Oliver Swift]

> In article <zHiN0bC2smtIFAl0@perry.co.uk>, roland@perry.co.uk says...
>
>> Travel agencies have all bit died out, replaced by "holiday shops" who
>> don't have a clue about scheduled airlines. However, I've always thought
>> Trailfinders was good, if only to benchmark the sort of fare you should
>> be expecting.
>
> I have often found Trailfinders to have seats at prices unavailable
> elsewhere and considerably cheaper than buying direct from the airlines.

As Roland mentioned in his post, Trailfinders are useful for benchmarking.
I've never used them because I've always found cheaper prices elsewhere.

Gerry

[Roland Perry]

In message <2uednf0NlremKivVnZ2dnUVZ8uydnZ2d@bt.com>, at 15:33:09 on
Thu, 28 Aug 2008, Graham Harrison
<edward.harrison1@remove.***************> remarked:
>If I'm looking for a cheap(er) fare I then look at dates and times when
>"they" *won't* be travelling. So, on the Atlantic, for instance, I
>will often look at Tuesday/Wednesday both ways

I have often found that the cheapest flights USA-UK over the Xmas period
are leaving on the 31st (arrive on the 1st). Inside the USA I expect
there's a lot less demand to fly *on* Thanksgiving Day, rather than the
day before and the day after.

There's also a noticeable both daily and weekly "tidal flow" on my
flights from EMA to AMS.
--
Roland Perry