Rick Seaney, co-founder of FareCompare.com - is a world-class air travel expert.
FareCompare.com presides over a kingdom of sophisticated software that searches out fares and destinations at a billion combinations per query - while keeping track of 500 airlines serving more than 270,000 markets around the globe.
And all of Rick's data is updated continuously - in real-time.
No wonder he's the media's go-to guy for all things air travel. He's got the answers. And he loves to share his knowledge.
That's why Rick and the team created FareCompare.com - to help everyone become an air travel expert, and get the best deals first -- every time they fly.
So on domestic flights it is best to buy no earlier than 4 months before traveling. What about international flights? When do they start to price competitively?
By the way, love your blog and website, alert system is the best.
There are exceptions to the 4-month domestic U.S. rule, but for the most part this is when airlines are actively managing prices — sales can extend past this window periodically so alerts are still important. I’ll be putting more info out on international soon as this is a bit more complicated.
Rick –
Great snapshot on the near future of airfares. Any possiblity of getting another snapshot once Southwest opens their schedule past Oct 30, 2008?
Also – I’m wondering if you have 2008 year to date data for the following:
1) average domestic economy airfare
2) average internatial economy & business class airfare
I’d like to compare the airlines second half projected fare increases with 1st have actuals.