Flying Somewhere?

If you are going to buy plane tickets anytime soon, buy them on Tuesday afternoon. I have heard this rumor plenty of times, but...it is true.

I am taking 7 kids to Louisville, Kentucky for DECA Nationals this year. Our conference is the week before the Kentucky Derby. Plane tickets are off the charts expensive. I have been looking for about a week and a half trying to get the lowest price for me and my students. They have been ranging anywhere between $350-500 to fly in to Cincinnati (the next closest airport to Louisville. It is about an hour and 15 minute drive). To fly directly into Louisville, it was even more expensive. So yesterday, I planned on buying their flights for about $350 with one stop in Chicago on the way to Cincy. I knew I needed to buy them tomorrow night at the latest. So I decided to wait until 2:30 and recheck the prices. Remember, they were $350 with a stop at about 9:00am yesterday morning.

I login at 2:30 yesterday afternoon. $242 for a NON-STOP FLIGHT TO CINCY! Can you believe that? It is true, they drop the prices on Tuesday afternoons! Also, I rechecked this morning, and the prices went back up.

My recommendation: BUY AIRLINE TICKETS ON TUESDAY AT 2:30PM MOUNTAIN TIME.