Ryan Air price change from yesterday. Advice please...

Tunstallstoven

Hi

Yesterday I was looking at a flight from London Stansted - Brno, which Ryan Air had for £45.99.

I've gone back today. They still have seats available but they are now £69.41. Damn and blast!!!

This is the first time I have looked into flights. So I wondered if someone with more experience could tell me whether they think the price will continue to fluctuate up and down in the next few days. Is it likely to go back down to £45.99? Or has that ship sailed?

Many thanks

Max

Froggitt

Try using a different browser or clearing your cookies.

Tunstallstoven

Funny you should say that! I did just clear cookies etc (for a different reason) prior to the price going up.

I'll try a different browser...

Cheers

Tunstallstoven

Just tried a different browser.... Same price.... So, is it likely to go down again do you think?

Incapuppy

There is a technical term for it. Yield Management perhaps? Someone more knowledgeable will be able to confirm this.

Bottom line is: the price could go up, or down. It may well do several of both; it all depends on ticket sales and how full the airline need the plane to be (or not)

Superbiatch

I was watching Porto flights for a five day period which went from £95 (two adults return from Liverpool) to £198, then back down to £75. If you can afford to wait I'd give it a few more days.

Tunstallstoven

Hmmm - interesting stuff. And good to hear that they go down as well as up.

I might just take your advice and hold on. As a bonus, we are actually going to a festival which is equal distance from Brno, Prague and Wroclaw. We could even fly in to somewhere further away and use a train for the rest (although we would rather not to save time). But point being that options are open....

If any of you folk have a spare minute, your advice in this thread would also be hugely appreciated...:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3876279

Ignore first five posts. Just want to know about how searching on screen scrapers compares to searching direct on airline sites (post 6 onward).


Thanks a million.

Max

Tunstallstoven

I'm not sure if this is significant or not, but I used the tip for the MSE article and tried booking with more seats to see how many cheap ones there are.

Getting a quote for 15 people, the price remained the same at the current £69.41.

At 16 people it went up to £85.41.

I wish I had done this yesterday when there were still £45.99 seats left....

Incapuppy

Superbiatch wrote: »

I was watching Porto flights for a five day period which went from £95 (two adults return from Liverpool) to £198, then back down to £75. If you can afford to wait I'd give it a few more days.

Yes, all well and good if it works out in your favour but a case of having to 'suck it up' if it doesn't.

I'm glad I don't have any need to subject myself to the stress of pricewatching budget flights! :rotfl:

PS: meaning that I travel rarely these days, not that I'm some kind of flight snob!

Superbiatch

Incapuppy wrote: »

I'm glad I don't have any need to subject myself to the stress of pricewatching budget flights!

Goody good for you! I enjoy finding a bargain

Incapuppy

Superbiatch wrote: »

Goody good for you! I enjoy finding a bargain

Ah, you posted as I edited, see above!

Gutted I'm not in a position to take advantage of some of the long haul bargains I've seen recently!