Waiting to Book Flight Pays Off

[Pat H]

I kept putting off getting my tickets to Dayton for 2/17. The cheapest fares were on NW & DL and I wanted to fly on UA or US because of my status. I checked tonight and lo and behold UA had a fare from Allentown for only $179. It had been over $400. I'm a happy camper!

[Kay H]

Congrats, Pat. Good thing come to him/her who waits. What a philosopher I am .

[susiequeve]

I know what you mean - I waited until Southwest Air opened up their date range, check every day, and got an unbelieveable deal, 2 actually. Flying from Providence RI to Tampa $152 PP round trip for May and from Providence to Phoenix, Las Vegas to Providence $198 PP round trip non stop for June. These are the cheapest flights I've ever booked. Got to love Southwest Air. I got all internet specials. You have to book early to get the deals with Southwest and again check a couple times a day.

[susieq]

You got a great deal!! Know what you mean about Southwest! We're flying to Tampa the end of March from Providence ~ picked up the tickets when the block first opened ~ last Nov. Check out the one way internet specials ~ cheapest. $69. one way, $140. RT. Can get some great deals there, if you keep checking!

Sue

[camachinist]

Good job Pat

You can set up alerts on FareCompare which use their historical matrix to send you updates with relevant fare reductions for your desired city pairs. I get such about 3-4 times per day, either by e-mail or SMS, in advance of the fares being published to the GDS. This is exactly how I get the mistake fares I fly, along with the good deals like you experienced.

I assume you're in the 5/10/25 promo ending 2/28, yes? If not, check F/T to see if you qualify...

Pat

[Pat H]

Originally Posted by camachinist

Good job Pat

You can set up alerts on FareCompare which use their historical matrix to send you updates with relevant fare reductions for your desired city pairs. I get such about 3-4 times per day, either by e-mail or SMS, in advance of the fares being published to the GDS. This is exactly how I get the mistake fares I fly, along with the good deals like you experienced.

I assume you're in the 5/10/25 promo ending 2/28, yes? If not, check F/T to see if you qualify...

Pat

Hi Pat,

Yes, I get FareCompare alerts everyday and I did sign up for 5/10/25 promo even though I didn't think I would have any UA flights that qualified. I ended up with 3! Goes to show that you should sign up for all those promos anyway.