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LittleMax wrote: »

Have you never done this? ... I feel a bit naughty now. I thought everyone did it :embarasse

I tend to let Mrs o4u sort out clothes.

It's wise for many reasons.

hcb42

McKneff wrote: »

I will never understand why people book/buy etc then still keep looking, can anyone enlighten me.

It is pretty common behaviour and due to the need to verify the decision unfortunately..(and why we see so many threads perhaps..!)

Murphy_The_Cat

McKneff wrote: »

I will never understand why people book/buy etc then still keep looking, can anyone enlighten me.

If I buy say a cooker, I research it, buy it at a price I am happy with, why would I still keep on looking for one......

But if you were to buy a cooker every year, you may find it a useful research tool for when was the optimum time to make your purchase.

I keep checking after I've booked my flights so that I've got some more knowledge in my experience bank for next time around.

Timay

Murphy_The_Cat wrote: »

But if you were to buy a cooker every year, you may find it a useful research tool for when was the optimum time to make your purchase.

I keep checking after I've booked my flights so that I've got some more knowledge in my experience bank for next time around.

I wouldn't say there really is an optimal time to book a flight, unless you know how the flight is selling.

Obviously if demand is high for the seat you want on a plane the prices will soar.

I just wouldn't bother checking prices after booking and I would only book if i'm willing to pay that much in the first place.

What i don't like is the apparent price fixing that websites use by apparently using cookies to determine the price you will pay.

Such as I was looking at a hotel at Heathrow airport for the night before I fly out that also included parking for 2 weeks at a long stay car park. on my computer it was on for £139 for hotel and car park on my iPad at the same time it was only £111.

Murphy_The_Cat

Timay wrote: »

I wouldn't say there really is an optimal time to book a flight, unless you know how the flight is selling.

Obviously if demand is high for the seat you want on a plane the prices will soar.

I just wouldn't bother checking prices after booking and I would only book if i'm willing to pay that much in the first place.

Wellllllllll - following my research, for the last 3 years I've booked my flights at the 'right moment' and its saved me quite a wedge of money. Which gives me the confidence to start looking to book at the 'optimal moment' for a future flight.

It works for me and I'm quite happy to carry on using the same system in the future. If your pot luck/random way of booking flights works for you, I'm not going to knock it.

I just wouldn't bother checking prices after booking and I would only book if i'm willing to pay that much in the first place.
That really interests me, as I'm partway towards those sentiments myself -- however, even though I've got a ceiling price of (say) £800pp, I'd still be happier paying £650 pp, if I could do !

mcfisco

Timay wrote: »

I wouldn't say there really is an optimal time to book a flight, unless you know how the flight is selling.

Obviously if demand is high for the seat you want on a plane the prices will soar.

We go off to the Canaries at least 3 or 4 times a year and I have some fairy extensive data now on prices with 4 different airlines from 3 airports.

Forgetting about leaving it till the last few days, most people can't live with doing that anyway. There is definitely best times to buy a flight.
By that I mean you're more likely to have booked at the bottom of the market than just booking at a random time.
Sure, it all depends on how the flight is selling but that pretty much replicates itself year on year, sometimes a spell of particularly poor or good weather here can alter things but on the whole, you can take a pretty accurate stab at it and get it right - maybe - 75% of the time.