By: John Rauser - Farecast Fareologist
Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been doing a lot of interviews about holiday travel with regional newspapers. For each one I do a detailed analysis for their region’s airports. This has revealed some interesting regional quirks. One I found particularly interesting is that travelers in New Jersey seem [...]
By: John Rauser - Farecast Fareologist
Here are a couple of useful stories for planning your holiday travel this season. Laura Bly at USA Today wrote today in her column that holiday travel will cost more this year. She writes that procrastinators who are still determined to fly home this year for the holiday will [...]
By: John Rauser - Farecast Fareologist
Here’s a quick recap of how Thanksgiving prices have been tracking year-over-year. In the graph below, the red lines show the average price for the popular, and expensive, itineraries with a Sunday return. The green lines show the average price for all other itineraries. The faint lines show [...]
by John Rauser - Farecast Fareologist
With the end of Summer and the onset of Fall, it’s time to get going and book your flights for the Holidays. I’ve talked about Thanksgiving in some recent posts. Today I’m going to review what we saw in the run up to Christmas 2006 and make some suggestions for [...]
by John Rauser - Farecast Fareologist
We’ve been watching Thanksgiving airfares closely for the last two weeks and here’s an update on what we’ve seen so far. The graph below compares Thanksgiving airfares in 2006 vs. 2007 for a diverse set of popular cities.
The faint lines show airfares from 2006, and the darker lines show 2007. [...]
By: John Rauser - Farecast Fareologist
If you’ve been thinking about taking a trip over Labor Day weekend, but have been putting off buying your tickets, it’s not necessarily too late to get a good price.
I spent a little time digging through the data, and one gem I turned up is Phoenix to San Francisco. A [...]
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By: Anne Taylor Hartzell, Farecast Family Traveler
It’s that time of year again to celebrate mom and all she has done for you. Why not surprise her with a trip home for Mothers Day May 13? Or better yet, why not find a great deal and surprise her with a long weekend escape to a spa [...]