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Hi all
I’ve booked 4 x reward seats in Club for next Oct half term and want to buy 3 more returns for cash. Currently they’re at approx £3750 (just been released).
Does anyone have any insight in to whether I’d be best off booking now or whether prices typically fluctuate (downwards!) after initial release?
Google Flights is a good tool to check price history. I have found dates that are popular are expensive no matter what (so booking a flight to MAD for Xmas is expensive no matter how early I try to get it … but the more you wait the more it can go up … no last minute or early bargains to be had).
Kayak also plots the history of prices and gives an indication of whether they are likely to move up or down.
buy 1 now, gamble with the other 2.
That’ll go down well haha
32 CW seats on a Gatwick flight. Max 28 remaining now on a premium route on a popular date, I wouldn’t bank on BA needing to sell these for much less and indeed if a couple of families book on the price could go up further !
Caribbean routes are like this. Grab what you can.
If you can’t find enough seats there’s always the trek via the USA.If you mean just released as in T-355, BA do charge a premium for a couple of weeks as anyone paying cash that far in advance is clearly desperate to secure that exact flight. If you look at Google Flights a couple of weeks earlier you should see a more typical price. Unless it’s school holidays I can’t see how it will stay at the peak price. According to the Google price graph, normal for a 7 day trip seems to be about £2300-£2600. I’ve paid much less in the past, but that was pre-pandemic.
Were it me, I’d give it 3-4 weeks and then book. But then I’m also OK flying WTP if CW is poor value by my judgement.
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