Flight pricing

November 21st, 2015 at 8:41:15 PM permalink
DRich
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I know we have a lot of airline and travel experts here. I was wondering if there is a public website that shows historical flight pricing by months between city pairs?

It would be nice to have in general but I am specifically looking to find out when is the best time to find inexpensive prices between Las Vegas and Glaskow (or Edinburgh).

If anyone can recommend a website it would be appreciated.
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November 22nd, 2015 at 6:02:33 AM permalink
terapined
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Quote: DRich
I know we have a lot of airline and travel experts here. I was wondering if there is a public website that shows historical flight pricing by months between city pairs?

It would be nice to have in general but I am specifically looking to find out when is the best time to find inexpensive prices between Las Vegas and Glaskow (or Edinburgh).

If anyone can recommend a website it would be appreciated.


I am not aware of one for the public
I work on a system called Sabre
In my system I am able to look up historical fares
Its a tool I use to sometimes help me change tickets.
Some changes to a ticket, historical fare rules apply(the rules in place for that fare on the date purchased)
Some changes, historical rules don't apply, you look at the what the fare rules are the day of the change
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November 22nd, 2015 at 9:26:28 AM permalink
Nareed
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Quote: DRich
It would be nice to have in general but I am specifically looking to find out when is the best time to find inexpensive prices between Las Vegas and Glaskow (or Edinburgh).

If anyone can recommend a website it would be appreciated.


I suggest you look up travel blogs and/or forums.

It might also help to book on low cost airlines and make a few stops. Say Condor to Germany and Ryanair to Scotland (possibly stopping at England or Ireland first). Just watch the fees before you book.
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November 22nd, 2015 at 10:01:14 AM permalink
DRich
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Thanks. I have found a direct flight on Thomas Cook to Glasgow for around $800 round trip. So far that is by far the best option. I am just wondering about fare fluctuations seasonally. The other consideration is that fuel prices are dropping quite bit so would I bee better off waiting a few months to book?
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November 22nd, 2015 at 10:05:02 AM permalink
DRich
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Quote: terapined
I am not aware of one for the public
I work on a system called Sabre
In my system I am able to look up historical fares
Its a tool I use to sometimes help me change tickets.
Some changes to a ticket, historical fare rules apply(the rules in place for that fare on the date purchased)
Some changes, historical rules don't apply, you look at the what the fare rules are the day of the change


Thank you. I remember back in the earlier days when my only internet access was through Compuserve. They had an EasySabre command line interface available. That was probably the first time I ever saw any online flight reservation system. That must have been around 1994 or so.
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