When would you buy airfare NOW for April 15?

[mefordis]

Should I wait or buy? Airfare is very high right now but I'm not sure if it will go down, or up. Would you buy or wait?

 

[Mrs.AMC]

You could check to see what Google Flights or Hopper advises.

Personally, we are flying the last weekend in April and I bought our flights a few weeks ago, when I saw a price I was ok with.

 

[spiders]

I would buy now. I’ve already bought tickets for three trips planned this year from February through September.

While I also don’t have a crystal ball, I’m betting that airfares aren’t going to go down and demand will be extremely high once things calm down over the next few weeks.

 

[DebbieB]

It’s a holiday weekend, probably will not go down unless they have empty seats.

 

[nelsonkg]

Flying down from the Northeast mid April and I also booked airfare a couple of months ago. Flying down on JetBlue returning on SWA both nonstop and the cheapest I found

 

[AnnaS]

We booked our flights for October at least a month ago - we had credits I had not seen flight prices as low as the one we booked in a long, long time.

For April, I think I would have booked already.

 

[sam_gordon]

You could check to see what Google Flights or Hopper advises.

I haven't seen advice from Google Flights. Just a listing of airlines and costs. Where do you get the "advice"? Capital One Travel has been giving me advice.

To the OP: At this point, I would not expect airfare to go down, but it is possible. Buying air tickets is a gamble. One good thing is additional airlines (Delta is one) have waived their change fees. So you can buy your ticket and if prices go down, change to the cheaper ticket and get a credit for the difference.

I've never bought into the "7-8 week for best price thing". Book when you're satisfied with the price. Doesn't matter if it's when tickets are released, seven months out, seven weeks out, seven days out, or seven hours out.

 

[EACarlson]

I haven't seen advice from Google Flights. Just a listing of airlines and costs. Where do you get the "advice"? Capital One Travel has been giving me advice.

When you search the city pairs and dates for your trip Google will tell you where prices rank currently compared to over the last two months. Right between the "Best Departing Flights" and "Other Departing Flights" is a box that says whether prices are high, low or typical, click on that and you can see the historical data. Be aware it does not include Southwest and only looks at the lowest price, on a ULCC if there is one that serves that city pair. I just looked at my trip from MKE-MCO leaving the 25th and it lists Spirit, which I won't fly, at $96 the next cheapest is on United at $323.

 

[sam_gordon]

When you search the city pairs and dates for your trip Google will tell you where prices rank currently compared to over the last two months. Right between the "Best Departing Flights" and "Other Departing Flights" is a box that says whether prices are high, low or typical, click on that and you can see the historical data. Be aware it does not include Southwest and only looks at the lowest price, on a ULCC if there is one that serves that city pair. I just looked at my trip from MKE-MCO leaving the 25th and it lists Spirit, which I won't fly, at $96 the next cheapest is on United at $323.

I have Google tracking a specific flight on a specific airline. I see the "high, low, typical" chart, but the "typical" range is very large to me ($225-$485). With CapOne Travel, they actually say "buy now" or "wait", and they have a price predictor on what they expect tickets to do over the coming weeks and months.

 

[MakiraMarlena]

Easter weekend, it likely won't get any cheaper

 

[sam_gordon]

Easter weekend, it likely won't get any cheaper

Is Easter Weekend (or Passover Weekend) really that big of a flying holiday?

 

[bambialways4ever]

Is Easter Weekend (or Passover Weekend) really that big of a flying holiday?

Big enough. Most religious schools in the country have their spring break then. Both LAUSD and NYC (the two largest school districts in the country) are out then too.

 

[sponica]

Is Easter Weekend (or Passover Weekend) really that big of a flying holiday?

And that's the regularly scheduled school vacation week for MA and parts of the northeast.

 

[aokeefe]

I am flying that weekend and the prices of the airlines I follow have steadily been rising since I booked back in September.