Delta Flight prices do they keep going up?

hearts · 23 May 2009 at 5:05PM

Went on yesterday to look at flights to New York from Edinburgh. The flights were £333 yesterday. Wnet on today and they are up to £370. Should Ibook now? Will the flight prices keep going up or might they come back down again?

sturll · 23 May 2009 at 5:29PM

hearts wrote: »

Went on yesterday to look at flights to New York from Edinburgh. The flights were £333 yesterday. Wnet on today and they are up to £370. Should Ibook now? Will the flight prices keep going up or might they come back down again?

There is every possibility they will come back down. Flights often are more expensive at different times of the week.
However there is a real possibility it won't come back down. And long term the closer you get to your date of travel the higher the price usually gets.

If it were me and your dates were at least 3 months away i would wait until Tuesday and look at the price then. If it is still inflated then it will most likely 99% not come back down.

lorweld · 23 May 2009 at 6:07PM

MOVING THREADS FOR BETTER RESPONSES

Hi, Martin’s asked me to post this in these circumstances: I’ve asked Board Guides to move threads if they’ll receive a better response elsewhere (please see this rule) so this post/thread has been moved to another board, where it should get more replies. If you have any questions about this policy please email [EMAIL="abuse@moneysavingexpert.com"][email protected][/EMAIL]

Pssst · 23 May 2009 at 6:28PM

Have you checked flights out of manchester as a possibility??

blindman · 23 May 2009 at 6:30PM

hearts wrote: »

Went on yesterday to look at flights to New York from Edinburgh. The flights were £333 yesterday. Wnet on today and they are up to £370. Should Ibook now? Will the flight prices keep going up or might they come back down again?

The other thing to be awre of is that some software "knows" you've looked before and increases the price gthe next time you look!

Either clear the cookies for that site or use a different PC

old_motters · 25 May 2009 at 12:07AM

You've given no indication as to how far in the future your ticket is to help us judge.

thatsfabulous · 25 May 2009 at 4:08PM

If i was you id book now. ( ive booked my flights through Delta for NY later this year too)
Concider this:
Would you be more gutted if you booked now then the price went down £50 or more gutted if you didnt book then they went up £50-100?

stoneman · 25 May 2009 at 4:12PM

blindman wrote: »

The other thing to be awre of is that some software "knows" you've looked before and increases the price gthe next time you look!

Either clear the cookies for that site or use a different PC

How on earth does an airlines reservation system single you out and quotes you a higher price than someone else looking at the same time. That sounds a bit far fetched to me. I know cookies can do lots of things but.........

duchy · 25 May 2009 at 5:09PM

Well....... Can depend how you access the site. Not so much with DL but with AA I've often got better prices going in through aa.com rather than americanairlines.co.uk. My latest fare with Delta I'm more than happy with -was cheaper at Delta.com than any of the consolidators. £320 in August to Vegas is a good price in my book.

M4RKM · 25 May 2009 at 5:14PM

delta fares can vary from day to day... depends what "bucket" tickets they have, and if they want to release some more, they might do.. bear in mind that today is a holiday in the USA as well, and if they've sold the allocation of 5 of the cheap tickets, and they want to add more on, that'll happen tomorrow, but also it'll happen EST more than british time...

complex eh?!

M

Delta Flight prices do they keep going up?

Coronavirus: The latest from MSE

NEWSFLASH

Delta Flight prices do they keep going up?

Replies

Quick links