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When to buy airline tickets

When to buy airline tickets – Based on 1.5 Billion Airfares

Every year at CheapAir we go through a little exercise.

We take a list of the top 15,000 markets where our customers live and like to fly to, and we watch fares between those cities over the course of an entire year.

It’s actually more than a “little” exercise. In 2014, it amassed to 1.5 billion airfares as we watched 4,986,522 trips, recording the lowest fare for each trip every day from 320 days in advance up until one day before flight time. It’s a treasure trove of cool info if you’re an airfare geek; or, a curious use of terabytes, if you’re anybody else.

Since the majority of questions we get asked every year start with “When is the best time to book my flight to…”, the first thing we always do with this data is determine, on average, how far in advance should you book your flight to get the lowest fare.

This year, for domestic flights, the answer is 47 days.

Now, if our database could talk, it might protest having to give just one number for when to buy. As we have found in years past, the average is just that: The Average. There was, and always will be, quite a variance across the five million trips we reviewed.

Here’s an example: If you happened to fly from Boston to Detroit for a seven day trip starting on February 13, there were actually some fantastic (and rare) last minute sales. In that case, booking the day before the flight was the best day to book. This is extremely rare, and waiting until the day before travel is something we never advise. At the other extreme, there were trips like Austin to Orlando, leaving on July 11 where your best bet would have been to buy 320 days in advance.

The point is, for individual trips, the best time to buy varies substantially depending on the destination, time of year, and travel days. So think of 47 days as a guide, not an exact day you should book. And on average, booking later than 47 days will always carry more risk than booking early.

Here are 5 additional pieces of advice that we are able to glean from this massive study. Keep in mind that our focus here is on domestic flights – those within the U.S. Click here for our discoveries about the best time to buy international flights.

1. When You Buy Matters

A graph of the best fare by the numbers of days booked in advance looks deceptively smooth, aside from the sharp rise once you get inside 14 days. At 320 days out when we started looking, average fares were about $50 higher than their low point. Prices dropped gradually until 47 days out (the bottom) and after that they started to rise again slowly. Once inside of 14 days they shot up pretty significantly.

But the smoothness of this graph belies the true volatility of the market. It looks smooth only because we are aggregating such a large number of individual trips. The spikes and dips even out over such a large dataset. But our study confirms that the price volatility when buying an airline ticket is more like buying a share of stock than buying something at Target. The lowest possible prices change on average 70 times during the booking window we looked at – that’s once every 4 ½ days! And even if we ignore the super-pricey booking period of within 14 days, the average difference between the best low fare and the worst low fare was a whopping $201 during the time a trip was available for sale! So the date you pick to book your flight absolutely makes a huge difference.

2. Waiting for Last Minute Deals is a Bad Idea

The easiest and most obvious conclusion we can draw is that you should buy your ticket at least 14 days in advance. The Boston to Detroit example above was an outlier. Fares are almost always more expensive at the last minute. Tickets purchased within 14 days were $111 more, on average, than those purchased further in advance; tickets purchased within seven days were $174 more. So don’t believe the myth that never seems to die that a day before flight time airlines will practically give away their unsold seats. That doesn’t happen. Give yourself 14 days advance purchase at the very least; or better yet, 21 if you can swing it.

3. Be Careful Not to Book Too Early

In years past when we looked at numbers we came to the conclusion that the worst thing you could do was to buy your ticket too late but the second worst thing you could do was to buy your ticket too early. That’s still true, but the “penalty” for buying a ticket too early is less significant than in years past.

Airlines have historically come out with really high fares when flights open for sale, let them sit for a while, and then introduce various sales a few months before flight time in a mad scramble to fill all the empty seats. But with Delta having swallowed up Northwest, United merging with Continental, Southwest buying AirTran and now American combining with US Airways, there is less competition and less capacity. Airlines don’t have to do as much scrambling. Fares still tend to be lower a few months before travel than they are 11 months before travel, but that difference is not as pronounced as it used to be. Still, on average, domestic flights open up for sale about $50 higher than their ultimate lowest price – and they typically stay that way for many months.

4. One to Four Months Out is the “Prime Booking Window”

The general pattern is that from the time a flight opens for sale, fares will drop slowly but steadily until reaching a low point somewhere between 27 days and 114 days out. That three month window, which is essentially between one and four months in advance, is what we call the “prime booking window”. Much more often than not, the best fare for a domestic trip will be offered at some point during that window.

If you don’t book within this window, it is generally better to book too early than too late. Those booking more than 114 days out paid an average of $32 more for their flight in 2014; those booking inside 27 days paid an average of $47 more (and a lot more than that if within 14 days).

5. For Summer and Holiday Travel, the Rules are a Little Different

There are important exceptions to these patterns, mostly for very popular routes during very popular times where flights tend to fill up quickly and the most optimal time to buy tends to be earlier than the normal one to four months. Hawaii is a great example; the best time to buy flights to Hawaii is usually pretty close to the time they go on sale (11 months in advance). Flights around Christmas and Thanksgiving, and warm weather trips for Spring Break, also have a different dynamic and you’re generally better off booking sooner rather than later.

In 2014, demand for air travel continued to increase and airlines kept supply in check for the whole summer. June to August began to look a lot like the special holiday seasons. For summer travel last year, the best time to book was 76 days in advance on average – almost a month earlier than the rest of the year. And the danger in booking too early was much less pronounced. Fares booked 320 days in advance were, on average, only $8 more than their low point. More than ever before, air travel has become a seller’s market, especially in the peak seasons, and the airlines don’t have to be as aggressive as they used to in order to fill all their seats. This means that the deals you see early on for peak season flights are increasingly likely to be among the best deals that will be offered.

But It’s Not Just About Price…

It’s important to understand something about our methodology. For every booking date for every trip, we simply looked at the lowest possible fare that would have gotten you there, without regard to airlines, flight times, or number of stops. Sometimes, there are differences in the quality of flights or choices of flights that are not reflected in our numbers. For instance, there might be a situation where 80 days before a trip from L.A. to New York there were eight non-stop and 24 one-stop flight options for $350. 30 days before that same trip there might have been just one flight left at $350, a one-stop flight at 6:00am with a 2 ½ hour layover in Chicago. Based on our methodology, each of the two scenarios has the same low fare so we would have treated both as equal – and our numbers would suggest you are in a good position to wait. In reality? You would have been much better off booking 80 days out.

No matter where you’re going, it’s a pretty fair assumption that the number of options (and, therefore, the quality of those options) is highest the earlier you book. This is important for flyers who care a lot about specific flights, specific flight times, specific routes, or specific airlines. The less flexible you are with respect to these parameters, the more we advise you to book earlier than we would otherwise suggest to make sure you can get a flight that is satisfactory.

Some Additional Tips for Finding the Best Air Fares

Given everything that we’ve learned, here is some general advice on how to go about your airfare search:

– Since it’s impossible to know exactly the best day to buy an airline ticket, the best strategy is to check fares early and often. For travel during the summer or holidays, start your research as soon as you can. For other travel dates, try to check frequently in the one to four month lead-up to your travel dates. By checking often enough, you are likely to see both the ups and the downs as fares fluctuate– and you’ll be able to tell the difference and recognize a good deal.

– Aim for a good deal, not the best deal. With 70 different fare changes on average for each trip, you have to get very lucky to book your flight at their absolute rock bottom. So don’t get too caught up in trying to squeeze a few extra dollars off your ticket price. When you see a good deal, grab it since any good fare is much more likely to go up than down.

– Consider booking much earlier than the 47 days in advance if: (1) you are traveling for a holiday; (2) you are traveling during the summer; (3) you are traveling with a family or large party (three or more travelers); (4) or, you are particular about your airline, number of stops, travel times, or seat assignments and you see only a few flights offered that you’d be happy with.

– Avoid booking too early (before four months) if all of these are true: (1) you are not traveling during the summer or for a holiday; (2) you are traveling by yourself; (3) and, you’re flexible on the airline and flight times.

Final Shameless Plug

And, finally, having reached a limit on the number of words we can write without shamelessly plugging our own web site, consider CheapAir’s unique Price Drop Payback option as a way to make the ticket buying process less stressful. If you purchase with CheapAir.com we provide price protection for free – if you see a fare drop after your purchase you can get a travel credit back for the difference, up to $100 per passenger. That’s something that no other online travel agency provides and, in the crazy world of airline pricing, allows you to buy with more confidence!

10 Places It’s Cheaper to Fly to in 2016

10 Places It’s Cheaper to Fly to in 2016

Where to save the most on airfare this year

So you’ve resolved to travel more in 2016. You’ve set aside some money to take a vacation, perhaps to live out your Anthony Bourdain fantasies in exotic places. But not everyone can afford to travel like a TV-star. Fortunately, you may not have to.

Travel search engine Kayak has crunched the numbers and found the top 10 travel destinations for airline savings. Specifically, these are the cities where the average roundtrip airfare from the United States and Canada has come down the most this year compared to last. The savings are nothing to scoff at.

You’ll save the most if you’re traveling to Hong Kong — a roundtrip flight is expected to be 26% cheaper in 2016 than it was in 2015. Coincidentally, Kayak also found that the cheapest month to fly to Hong Kong is in October, where median airfare from the U.S. is only $683 (comparatively, the most expensive month to fly is in December, when airfare costs $1,345.)

Hong Kong made the list last year too, clocking in at No. 6. Closer to home, four U.S. cities made the list this year, up from only one last year.

David Solomito, Kayak’s director of brand marketing, says that airline prices have dropped in each of the “deals” cities for different reasons. For example, a stronger American dollar had made a trip to Hong Kong (and many of the destinations in Asia) cheaper. On the other hand, competition between low-cost carriers like Frontier and Spirit helped bring down the price of flights to Cleveland, which is No. 3 on the Kayak list, with the average flight there 22% cheaper than in 2015.

Ready to make the most of the bargain-hunting intel? Here are the rankings and how much you’d save, as a percentage, on airfare if you traveled this year:

1. Hong Kong: 26%
2. Dallas: 24%
3. Cleveland: 22%
4. Chicago: 21%
5. Atlanta: 20%
6. Tel Aviv: 19%
7. Beijing: 18%
8. Manila: 18%
9. Bangkok: 18%
10. Athens: 17%

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• Top 10 Biggest NBA Scandals of All Time

He shoots! He scores! From free throws and jump shots to rebounds and layups, basketball is one of the few team sports where an individual player can transform from a bottom feeder to a national championship contender. Not only that, but basketball players are some of the most recognizable in the world of sports thanks to their towering height, stunning stats and, especially because of the globally recognized brand of the NBA.

Thanks to the popularity of the NBA, professional basketball players find themselves in the spotlight for more than just their skills on the court. Sometimes, unfortunately, players learn the hard way that the media loves, more than anything in the world, to sink their teeth into a piece of juicy gossip regardless of whether or not it’s true. Because of this, controversy and scandal have become just another part of the game.

So which controversies and scandals have taken over the court for the NBA? From players and coaches to broadcasters and even referees, we found 10 of the biggest scandals to ever reach the world’s premier basketball league, the NBA. Making news headlines around the world, let’s start with a love story that proved to be bad for more than just the game!

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#10 – Tony Parker Leaves Eva Longoria

From desperate to ditched! There have been an incredible amount of international players who have made their way into the NBA but few have been as successful as Tony Parker. Hailing from France, Parker has played with the San Antonio Spurs since 2001 and has helped his team win four NBA Championships while making six All-Star Game appearances. What a record!

Outside of his jump shot and rebounding skills, Parker has taken the media by storm thanks to his 2007 marriage to Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria. In what looked like a picture-perfect pairing, Parker and Longoria seemed to have it all – beauty, fame and fortune. But, faithfulness was obviously lacking as the relationship unraveled in divorce in 2010 after Parker was caught sending inappropriate text messages to Erin Barry, the wife of his teammate, Brent Barry. Looks like the desperate housewife dodged a bullet with a quick divorce after all!

#9 – Sprewell and Carlesimo

Talk about a temper tantrum! After attending Alabama, Latrell Sprewell was drafted in the first round by the Golden State Warriors in 1992 and quickly earned the reputation of being a hothead both on and off the court. Despite his success with four All-Star Game appearances, Sprewell’s reputation and temper cost him everything, including his $100 million paycheck. But, losing everything wasn’t the worst Sprewell had seen.

In 1997, Warrior Coach P. J. Carlesimo and Sprewell continued to butt heads during both practice and games. One practice, however, proved to be worse than ever before after Sprewell grabbed Carlesimo around the throat and choked him for nearly 10 seconds. As if this wasn’t enough, Sprewell even punched Carlesimo later the same day. First handed a full year suspension by the NBA, Sprewell’s sentence was reduced to 68 games but, the lesson obviously went unlearned as Sprewell continued to pick fights with his teammates and was arrested multiple times until his career ended in 2005.

#8 – Jayson Williams

Is there basketball in prison? Drafted in the first round by the Phoenix Suns in 1990, Jayson Williams spent nine years in the NBA with a career that included an early trade to the Philadelphia 76ers and another trade in 1992 to the New Jersey Nets. As a full time starter by 1996, Williams’ career took off, leading to an All-Star Game appearance in 1998. Unfortunately, however, fate had other plans for Williams after injury, retirement and a lengthy legal battle ended the star’s career.

After breaking his leg in 1999 and announcing his retirement in 2000, the drama surrounding Williams was only just beginning. In 2002, while giving a tour of his home, Williams was messing around with a shotgun when the gun went off, shooting and killing a limo driver named Gus Christofi. Charged with accidental manslaughter and for covering up the shooting, Williams was sentenced in 2010 to five years in prison after a lengthy trial. Serving an 18-month prison sentence, the former basketball star was released in April 2012.

#7 – Gilbert Arenas’s Gun Collection

Known as both “Hibachi” (“bowl of fire”) and “Agent Zero” because of his Wizards jersey number, Gilbert Arenas was one of the final selections in the 2001 NBA draft. After a brief time playing with the Golden State Warriors, Arenas went on to spend the best years of his career with the Washington Wizards where he became a three-time All-Star. With a taste for success in the United States, Arenas left for China after his 2012 season with the hopes of international stardom. But, was that all or was he running from something else?

During his final season with the Wizards, Arenas kept getting into trouble after security discovered he was keeping guns in his locker at the Wizards arena. Not only was this a violation of NBA rules, it was against the law in Washington, D.C. At one point, Arenas even pulled an unloaded gun on a teammate who owed him money over a lost bet. With no intent to correct his behavior, Arenas was suspended by the league and pled guilty to carrying an unlicensed pistol.

#6 – Marv Albert

Often considered the voice of the NBA, Marv Albert has one of the most recognizable voices in basketball thanks to calling some of the biggest moments in NBA history on air. A member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, Albert almost lost everything, from his job to his loyal fans, in 1997 after being sent to trial for accusations of sexual assault on Vanessa Perhach.

In a trial that literally cost Albert his seat on air, the world caught a glimpse into Albert’s questionable private life as Perhach and another woman came forward with accusations of assault. With DNA samples taken from the scene as well as from bite marks on Perhach, the truth finally came out as Albert pled guilty to a misdemeanor of assault and battery. As a result, Albert was given a 12-month suspension and was ousted from NBC after his 20 year career until his return just two years later for the 2000-2001 season.

#5 – Jordan’s Suspension?

Who’s the first person who comes to mind when you think of the Chicago Bulls? The most recognizable player in NBA history, Michael Jordan, of course! Considered to be quite possibly the best player of all-time, Jordan and the Bulls were a dominant force in the NBA after winning three consecutive NBA titles, making Jordan’s career seem endless! Yet, Jordan wanted more, or so the world thought!

In an announcement that shocked sports fans around the globe, Jordan confirmed his retirement from basketball with the hopes of pursuing a career in professional baseball. With everyone standing around scratching their heads in confusion, the real reason behind the switch was never known but theories, as always, ran wild. From his notorious gambling problem leading to his father’s murder to the brink of suspension from the NBA, many people thought baseball was a way for Jordan to try and save face. Whatever the reason, it all seems sketchy if you ask us!

#4 – Kobe on Trial

Like Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant will go down in NBA history as one of the greatest players to ever step foot on the court. First joining the Los Angeles Lakers in 1996, Bryant established himself as a basketball superstar after winning five NBA Championships and appearing in 17 All-Star Games. Despite his success on the court, however, Bryant couldn’t hide from drama and earned his own scandal in 2003.

During the summer of 2003, Bryant was arrested and investigated after being accused of sexually assaulting a 19 year old hotel employee. While most would agree that being arrested was devastating enough, Bryant’s situation went far worse as he admitted on national television, with his wife beside him, that he had committed adultery. Though he maintained his innocence on all allegations of rape, Bryant’s career took a hit, causing him to lose several endorsement deals. With the case dropped after settling in a civil suit with the accuser, Bryant has since worked to rebuild both his public and private life.

#3 – Malice at the Palace

Mass chaos easily describes the next scandal on our list, which took place in the middle of a game in November 2004 when the Detroit Pistons hosted the Indiana Pacers. The Pacers held strong to a commanding 15 point lead in the fourth quarter with less than a minute left in the game when players on the two teams started to fight. While the fight was broken up before it escalated too far, the scandal was far from over.

When a fan tossed a beverage on Pacer player Ron Artest, Artest ran into the stands and punched the fan, causing several players to follow. As the final seconds of the game were called off, fans were punched and drinks were thrown in complete chaos that resulted in nine players being suspended for a collective 146 games. Five players faced criminal charges and were put on probation while five fans faced charges and were banned from ever returning to the Palace of Auburn Hills in the city of Detroit.

#2 – Donald Sterling

From law and real estate to professional basketball, Donald Sterling first began his career in the early 1960s as an attorney before branching out into real estate. Growing his real estate empire, Sterling looked to invest and did just that when he purchased the Los Angeles Clippers in 1981. After over 30 years, however, Sterling’s days of ownership would soon come to a tragic end.

When a private tape of Sterling making racist comments was released to the media courtesy of one of his female friends, the world looked on in horror at the once beloved owner. Fined a record $2.5 million and banned for life by the NBA, Sterling made countless apologies for his mistake, all of which fell on deaf ears until players from around the league protested on his behalf, leading the NBA to levy the fines and the ban. With the Clippers now in the hands of Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer after a hefty $2 billion price tag and Sterling himself in the midst of a nasty divorce, it’s easy to say that the former owner is on the hunt to find a new investment.

#1 – Tim Donaghy

The biggest scandal to ever hit the NBA didn’t come from a player, owner or even a broadcaster! Instead, it actually came from referee Tim Donaghy, a 13-year NBA veteran with nearly 800 games on the whistle. Donaghy’s career came to an end when the FBI received a tip that he was gambling on the games he officiated. After a lengthy investigation, investigators found that many of the calls Donaghy made in the games actually affected the point spread, the perfect setup if you’re betting on the game.

In 2007, Donaghy admitted his guilt on two federal charges and was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison only to be released in November 2009 after his sentence was further extended. Donaghy didn’t go quietly, however, as he fired back in 2008 when his attorney accused the NBA of asking officials to allow the Los Angeles Lakers to beat the Sacramento Kings in the 2002 Western Conference Finals to establish higher ratings. The allegations were denied and no charges were made, leaving this gambling ref to settle down and serve his time.