Rossen Reports: Cheapest days to fly over the holidays
Rossen Reports: Cheapest days to fly over the holidays
Hi. Yeah, it's time to start thinking about the holidays. Yeah. No, it's not too soon. If you plan to travel over Thanksgiving or Christmas, here's what you need to know. Air fares are high right now but will drop in September and early October, which is when you can save as much as $100 on each ticket. So, what days should you travel for Thanksgiving? Try flying on the Monday before November 20th and return home any weekday the following week. Those will be the cheapest for Christmas, the Thursday or Friday for the holiday will be the most expensive. So look at flights mid week before the holiday. Usually if you can choose those cheaper days to fly around the holidays, you're going to save as much as $300 *** ticket. It's *** lot. If you need *** website or an app that's going to monitor prices and alert you when the prices go down. Here are some of my favorites, Hopper, Google Flights and the app going, I'm going to post how to sign up for all that tracking on my website, Ross reports dot com. Our travel back to you
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Rossen Reports: Cheapest days to fly over the holidays
The cost of travel keeps rising, but a new report from the travel app Hopper shows you can save on your holiday travel– if you should start planning now.Airfares are high now but will drop in September and early October, which is when you can save as much as $100 on each ticket. Which days should you look to travel? If you can choose those cheaper days to fly around the holidays, you’ll save as much as $300 per ticket. ThanksgivingTry flying the Monday before (Nov. 20). Return home any weekday the following week. Those will be the cheapest. ChristmasThe Thursday or Friday before the holiday will be the most expensive. Look at flights mid-week before the holiday. If you need a website or app that will monitor prices and alert you when they go down, try some of these:Hopper: This is a website and an app. To set up a price alert, open the app and select Flights. Then put in your destination and dates of travel. You'll see Hopper's prediction along with a button that will turn on flight notifications. Make sure you’ve enabled push notifications on your phone to receive the alerts. Google Flights: Go to the website and enter your search information. Click the button that says "Track Prices" above the search results list to get price alerts.Going: This website and app used to be called Scott's Cheap Flights. You can use it for free or get a paid membership. You create an account and it will give you deals from the airports you can select. Then click on any deal for more information.
The cost of travel keeps rising, but a new report from the travel app shows you can save on your holiday travel– if you should start planning now.
Airfares are high now but will drop in September and early October, which is when you can save as much as $100 on each ticket.
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Which days should you look to travel? If you can choose those cheaper days to fly around the holidays, you’ll save as much as $300 per ticket.
Thanksgiving
Try flying the Monday before (Nov. 20). Return home any weekday the following week. Those will be the cheapest.
Christmas
The Thursday or Friday before the holiday will be the most expensive. Look at flights mid-week before the holiday.
If you need a website or app that will monitor prices and alert you when they go down, try some of these:
- : This is a website and an app. To set up a price alert, open the app and select Flights. Then put in your destination and dates of travel. You'll see Hopper's prediction along with a button that will turn on flight notifications. Make sure you’ve enabled push notifications on your phone to receive the alerts.
- : Go to the website and enter your search information. Click the button that says "Track Prices" above the search results list to get price alerts.
- : This website and app used to be called Scott's Cheap Flights. You can use it for free or get a paid membership. You create an account and it will give you deals from the airports you can select. Then click on any deal for more information.