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mike56gte
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4th Sep 13 at 12:08   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
do the prices of flights go up and down or do they just go up the closer you get to that specific day?

i looked at flights for the 13th of this month yesterday and they were £116 then i looked today and they were £156.

any chance they will go back down?

cheers
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Only if seats don't fill. If it's a flight to somewhere popular they'll only increase.
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It's all a gamble. Even if you leave it to the last minute in the hope that prices drop, they might sell out and then you're fucked.

When I was looking for Antigua flights, there were only a couple of carriers that offered direct flights. I figured it was safer to book now and risk paying a premium than wait and risk having to get an indirect flight.
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4th Sep 13 at 12:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I see, cheers. Will probably end up just taking it at that prices.

what are good site to look for flights anyway?
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Going to depend on the airline, they're going to do anything to maximise the money that plane makes that day. So it might make sense to bring the price down if its looking like its got empty seats. Although I would think once they're up they stay up to take more money off people who leave it too late.
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I'm pretty sure that nowhere can offer better prices than going through the carrier directly.

Using comparison sites like http://www.skyscanner.net just shows everything on one page, it won't actually get any better rates. It's also useful if you have a complex route that involves more than one carrier.

[Edited on 04-09-2013 by James]
mike56gte
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4th Sep 13 at 12:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
cheers guys. looks like i'm just gona have to pay the premium for booking late. was a last minute planned holiday so should have expected that. lol
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Try clearing your cookies for that site and it might go back down. I have heard before that the cookie stores info so each time you visit, it puts the price up a bit. One of the guys I work with had first hand experience of this when booking a flight. Give it a go

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I find prices vary depending on trend of how many times its being booked

When we booked my Stag doo last year flights went cheap - 10 of us booked flights then they went up by nearly 50%

A week later they came back down and the rest of the guys booked them

However within about 2 weeks of the flight they will remain high and get higher i suspect
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I always use Kayak.co.uk for finding flights
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Download liligo.com on your iphone app thingie. It has fare alerts for when your favourite fares drop in price....

Decent!
mike56gte
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quote:
Originally posted by Daveskater
Try clearing your cookies for that site and it might go back down. I have heard before that the cookie stores info so each time you visit, it puts the price up a bit. One of the guys I work with had first hand experience of this when booking a flight. Give it a go


how do i delete cookie for just that site?

my computer knowledge is very basic lol
Munchie
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quote:
Originally posted by mike56gte
quote:
Originally posted by Daveskater
Try clearing your cookies for that site and it might go back down. I have heard before that the cookie stores info so each time you visit, it puts the price up a bit. One of the guys I work with had first hand experience of this when booking a flight. Give it a go


how do i delete cookie for just that site?

my computer knowledge is very basic lol


try www.maryland.co.uk or www.oreo.co.uk
mike56gte
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4th Sep 13 at 13:47   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
very funny lol

i managed it its ok.
mike56gte
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didnt work
Munchie
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send me flight details. Ill look from here and a few other sites
mike56gte
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quote:
Originally posted by Munchie
send me flight details. Ill look from here and a few other sites


cheers

departing 13th from glasgow (either airport doesnt matter) to palma de majorca and leaving 18th or 19th

for 2 people.
Munchie
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Same price as what you said. It is leaving in just over a week though so may thats why the prices are high?!
mike56gte
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4th Sep 13 at 14:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yeah thats probably it. cheers for having a look tho. think am just go book it before it goes up again. lol

 
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