I'm fairly certain that prices also adjust fourteen days before the flight; although I haven't seen the six-week mark that moses mentions, I have no reason to doubt her. As soon as the payments I made last night clear, I'll go to SouthWest and get my $360 tickets from them (their prices have not changed since last night...).
Southwest is the exception to the rule in this, as in many other things. Outside of random sales, I've observed their prices to be very stable until you get right up on the flight date, and even then it's more like the cheap seats just get sold out. The other airlines may work largely the same way in part - maybe we just can't see their full range of price points, so we don't know.
That six-week mark is nebulous in my head, and may not actually exist, or maybe not all the time. It's been a while since I earnestly price-shopped expensive tickets - I've either been driving instead, flying on the company dime, flying Southwest, or using points to buy my last few years of tickets.
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Date: 2010-09-17 04:29 pm (UTC)As soon as the payments I made last night clear, I'll go to SouthWest and get my $360 tickets from them (their prices have not changed since last night...).
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Date: 2010-09-17 05:01 pm (UTC)That six-week mark is nebulous in my head, and may not actually exist, or maybe not all the time. It's been a while since I earnestly price-shopped expensive tickets - I've either been driving instead, flying on the company dime, flying Southwest, or using points to buy my last few years of tickets.