Is it more expensive to buy airplane tickets around Christmas?

1/4/2016 10:30:54 AM

According to Cheapair.com’s analysis of 1.5 billion domestic airfares over almost 5 million trips the answer is no, it is not more expensive to buy at Christmas simply because it is Christmas.

The price fluctuates considerably with a sweet spot of cheap stability seen “one to four months out”.

You may well have seen the price increase, but given the degree of change they have observed this is a normal part of the process and is not associated with the time of year.

1/4/2016 9:01:06 AM

It is always better to try book flight tickets in low peak times and out of season. Buying tickets to fly over Christmas will always be costly as there is a high demand with people flying all over the world to visit family and go on holiday.

While it is not common across the board, sometimes some airlines will charge more when flights are booked over the Christmas season (even when the flights themselves are outside of the Christmas season) due to the high volume of people also making bookings at this time.

A better time to make bookings would be in early January, as many airlines (and other companies) offer special discounts at this time to encourage spending after the Christmas rush.

12/30/2015 2:01:49 PM

It is pretty expensive to book flights right around Christmas. The reason is simple: supply and demand. Many people want to go out of town or visit family, so naturally, the price goes up. If you want to give someone plane tickets, a good idea would be to buy them in November.

Sorry I couldn’t give any examples, but once I had the data, it would already be too late for you to use. I will add the data when it becomes available.

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