Tag: flight prices
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Airline Pricing- Behind the Scenes
This morning, I want to share a little insight as to what is going on behind the scenes regarding airlines ticket prices. As you may or may not know, airline ticket fares fluctuate based on supply and demand. If a flight fills up as expected or ahead of schedule fares may increase. On the other…
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The tale of two travelers, who saves more money?
Let’s compare two travelers to see who saves more money, we’ll call them Person A (The Points & Miles Guru) and Person B (The Smart Business Owner). Both are business owners who travel 3x per month and both spend about $350 per flight. Person A spends hundreds of hours researching how to try and “beat” the airlines and hotels…
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How To Pick The Best Seat On Your Next Flight
In this post we are going explore airline seating configurations on the major US airlines. Seating layouts often play a crucial role for me in determining not only which airline I book for each trip, but also which airplane I book. In other words, sometimes the aircraft type determines my airline choice. This is an especially important…
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Can I Get A Refund If My Flight Price Goes Down?
Picture this: You wake up to a beautiful Friday morning in NYC. You are pumped- your best friends from college are flying in to watch Aaron Judge and the Yankees play the Royals to get to the World Series. As a Yankees fan, you barely remember what the World Series is like but you do…
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Why Are You Okay with Overpaying for Flights?
Most of the things we repeatedly spend money on cost about the same amount every time we buy them. That small package of blueberries we buy every week is usually about $3.99. One week it may be $2.99, or maybe $4.99 on a different week, but it’s usually anywhere from $3 to $6. When we…
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Why You Should Usually Book One-Way Flights, Domestically
Most of the time, when we get on a plane we are leaving our home to go somewhere else and then fly back home. Thus, intuitively it seems to make sense to book a round-trip flight for most of our flights, right? In this post I am going to try and make the case for…