Cheapest time to Buy Airline Tickets:

The best Time to buy airline tickets is Tuesday 3pm EST

to buy airline tickets is on weekends (Fri-Sun)

Cheapest day to fly is Wednesday for domestic travel. Next would be Tuesday and Saturday.

The cheapest time to fly is first flight out in the morning, lunch time & dinner time.

of course you can’t beat the red eye.

Avoid departing on Fri-Sat-Sun and Mondays. Airfares could be 25% - 50% higher on these popular days.

Other ways of cutting your airline ticket cost:

If at all possible, be flexible time wise & destination wise.

Try shopping for one passenger first instead of 3 or 4 or 5. If there’s 1 seat left on the low cost fare and you need 2, both tickets get jacked up to the next higher fare.

Check low cost airlines like Frontier, Southwest, Jet Blue separately for lower prices.

Buying a ‘one way’ ticket is always more expensive. A round trip ticket may be cheaper even if you end up wasting the return ticket.

Returning to the same airport is cheaper than flying out of multiple cities.

Always check ‘include nearby airports’ for more price and schedule options.

Flying to/from airline hubs offers lower prices & more flight schedule options.

Always watch for ‘vacation package specials’ for specific destinations. Vacation Package is often cheaper. It also saves you a lot of your precious time.

Bidding for airfares? Unless you know the current market prices, it could turn out to be going once…twice…gotcha!