By: John Rauser - Farecast Fareologist
It has been a long time since I’ve been able to post about fares coming down, but that’s just what I’ve been seeing over the last few days. Though fuel costs are still high it doesn’t surprise me to see some fares retreating from their [...]
By: John Rauser - Farecast Fareologist
If you’ve read any press about the travel industry, you know that things are pretty rough out there. The carriers that haven’t gone out of business are suffering weakening demand and fuel prices that have nearly doubled in the last year. Naturally, [...]
By: John Rauser - Farecast Fareologist
With the summer travel season nearly upon us, I thought I’d slice and dice some Fourth of July airfares. The average summer airfare is up 20% since last year, and trips over the Fourth of July weekend are no different. However, you can still exercise [...]
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The Open Skies Agreement and European AirfaresBy: John Rauser - Farecast Fareologist What impact will Open Skies have on airfare prices to Europe? For the impatient, here’s the quick takeaway: Fares for travel to London in April and May have been lower than expected, with some fares substantially below 2007 levels. This is probably due to the [...] Airfare Seasonality Part 3: EuropeAirfare Seasonality Part 2: Mexico and the CaribbeanVideo: Summer Airfare StrategiesBy: John Rauser - Farecast Fareologist I’ve put together a video with some summer travel tips to accompany the airfare seasonality posts that I’ll be publishing over the next few days. The video covers domestic travel and travel from the US to Europe, [...] Airfare Seasonality Part 1: Domestic TravelBy: John Rauser - Farecast Fareologist Peak, off-peak, shoulder, high, low? When exactly are these seasons, and what do they mean for your bank account? The answer, it turns out, depends on where you’re going. Over the next few days I’ll be talking about seasonal trends in airfare. Today I’ll talk [...] Maui deals from Los Angeles and San FranciscoBy: John Rauser - Farecast Fareologist
United is running a sale for travel to Maui in April and May from either Los Angeles or San Francisco. Prices have tumbled over $100 since yesterday, and non-stop [...] Vote for Farecast - CNET Webware 100By Marco Lopez, Farecast Frequent Flier Farecast has been nominated as a finalist for CNETs Webware 100 Awards, in the Commerce & Events category. The Webware 100 Awards recognizes innovative new Web 2.0 services. Its now up to users to decide who qualifies for the top 100. Farecast is one [...] Flying off-peak days: when it matters, when it doesntBy: John Rauser - Farecast Fareologist One of the easiest way to control your airfare is to choose the days on which you fly. Being smart about this aspect of your travel can often save you $40, $100, or even $500+ on international travel. However, there are many times when the [...] New Prediction and Rate Key ColorsBy: Mike Fridgen - VP Marketing & Product Development Based on feedback from our most frequent visitors, we have changed our airfare prediction and hotel rate key colors to match up with the familiar stoplight metaphor. As we’ve started embedding our prediction arrows on pages where the icons aren’t supported by [...] Virgin Atlantic Fare Sale To LondonPresidential Fare Predictions Worth $380K
By Kristine Marshall, Product & Marketing Seattle, hometown of Farecast.com, played host last week to the three top 2008 presidential candidates Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain. As we Farecasters battled our way through traffic caused by various rallies and events, [...] Spring break airfare saleBy: John Rauser - Farecast Fareologist East Coasters rejoice! If you’re still thinking about taking a Spring break trip you’ll be pleased to know that the airlines are running big sales from a number of East Coast cities to Aruba and Nassau. You’ll find the deals for travel between mid-March and [...] Just Launched International Predictions
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By: Mike Fridgen - VP Marketing & Product Development After over a year in R&D and 13 billion airfares in our system, we bring you airfare predictions from top U.S. cities to select destinations in Europe, Mexico, the Caribbean and Canada. Searching for International trips is particularly painful this year due to [...] Spring Break 2008
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By: John Rauser - Farecast Fareologist Spring break season is upon us, and with average fares for travel in March up 10-12% over last year, here are some tips you can use to book a great trip at a reasonable price. When to go Traditionally, schools schedule a week long Spring break in [...] Giving The Gift of TravelBy: John Rauser - Farecast Fareologist High Christmas airfares got you down? The most popular Christmas trips, those departing on Saturday December 22, have averaged well over $400 so far this year. It will come as no surprise that trips departing after the holidays are a lot cheaper. The period between [...] Farecast Airport Guides: Chicago
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By: Marco Lopez, Farecast Frequent Flier Make the most of the time youre grounded, with our guides to the ten busiest airports in the U.S. Our countdown of the busiest airports in the U.S. continues with #2Chicago: O’Hare InternationalAirport. 2. Chicago: O’Hare International Airport Huge Fare Sale UnderwayBy: John Rauser - Farecast Fareologist I woke up this morning to one of the largest fare sales I’ve seen since joining Farecast. Of the 100 most popular routes in the US, nearly every one saw an average fare decrease of $20 or more. Many trips have fallen by over $60, [...] Farecast Airport Guides: Los AngelesBy: Marco Lopez, Farecast Frequent Flier Our countdown of the busiest airports in the U.S. continues with #3 Los Angeles International Airport. 3. Los Angeles International Airport Thanksgiving Fare Trend - November 8, 2007By: John Rauser - Farecast Fareologist As we come down to the wire, prices for Thanksgiving travel have been falling. In general, prices aren’t as low as they were back in September, but for many cities, prices are a lot lower than they were a week ago, particularly if you’re able [...] Christmas Deal: Los Angeles to HawaiiBy: John Rauser - Farecast Fareologist
ATA is offering deeply discounted fares for travel over Christmas from Los Angeles to Honolulu. For example, a trip from Saturday Dec. 22 to Saturday Dec. 29, has dropped from over $1,000 to just [...] Baseballs effect on ticket prices
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By: John Rauser - Farecast Fareologist As the final game of the ALCS series played out last Sunday, you could have guessed the result by looking at our search logs. When the Red Sox clinched the series, going up 11-2 in the bottom of the 8th, we saw a big jump [...] MSN.com Family Travel: Theme Park TradeoffsAnne Taylor Hartzell, Farecast Family Traveler Which theme park city is the best value for your family? Thats the question MSN travel editor Jon Douglas answers for families planning travel to some of the countrys most popular theme park destinations. He notes that while there are many factors that go into [...] Christmas Fare Trend - October 19, 2007
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By: John Rauser - Farecast Fareologist Here’s a snapshot of what we’ve seen so far this year for Christmas airfares. In the graph below, the red lines show the average price for the most expensive itineraries, those that depart on the Friday or Saturday before Christmas. The green lines show the [...] Outdoor Escapesby Jocelyn Milici, Destination Diva Escape the madness of theme park lines and crowded cities to trees, open space, and where the wild things are. Now is the time to get in touch with your inner nature lover. Flora, fauna, cragged mountains, plus boating, [...] Second Chance At Low Thanksgiving FaresBy: John Rauser - Farecast Fareologist Here’s a bit of good news for procrastinators. Over the last two days, many cities have seen big price cuts for Thanksgiving travel. On average, prices are still higher than they were early in the season, but if you’re lucky, your trip might be at [...] Regional Preferences for Christmas Travel
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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 [...] MSN and USA Today Report On Holiday Airfares
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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 [...] Thanksgiving Fare Trend - September 28, 2007By: 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 [...] Airfare Tax Changes Possible
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By: Dylan Weed - Airfare Expert Update - October 2: A temporary continuing appropriations bill was passed by Congress and signed by the President, extending the taxes until November 17th. We will continue to provide updates as the FAA Reauthorization Act [...] Budget Travel, T+L Recognize Farecast.comBy: Anne Taylor Hartzell, Farecast Evangelist Thank You Budget Travel and Travel + Leisure: Best in Travel and Top 25 Websites for 2007
Reviewing 2006 Christmas Airfaresby John Rauser - Farecast Fareologist With the end of Summer and the onset of Fall, its time to get going and book your flights for the Holidays. Ive talked about Thanksgiving in some recent posts. Today Im going to review what we saw in the run up to Christmas 2006 [...] Great Fall Deal: Dallas to Las Vegasby John Rauser - Farecast Fareologist As my fellow travel bloggers over at the Washington Post said recently: The heck with high season. The Fall brings cooler weather, smaller crowds, and lower prices. Each day Farecast digs through a mountain of airfares looking for great deals, [...] Thanksgiving Fare Trend - September 4, 2007by John Rauser - Farecast Fareologist Weve been watching Thanksgiving airfares closely for the last two weeks and heres an update on what weve 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 [...] Were thrilled by your interest, just a bit overwhelmedBy: Hugh Crean, President & CEO Update: Hotel Search is now available. Thanks for your patience.As some of you might have noticed, our site, particularly our new hotel search, is experiencing some growing pains right now. You might be experiencing some slowness or seeing a temporarily unavailable message when you [...] Farecast Launches Hotel Search Toolsby Roger Wong - Farecast Blogger Weve just launched our new Hotel search channel today! With Farecast Hotels, Farecast introduces Hotel Rate Key, an innovative new hotel pricing technology that lets you know where to stay by indicating if the current rate for a hotel is a deal or not a [...] Farecast Fare Trend: August 28, 2007by John Rauser - Farecast Fareologist Its been a couple of weeks since weve had an interesting Tuesday with a lot of price changes, but this week doesnt disappoint. Fortunately, today brings good news and more good news. Ill start with the good news: AirTran is at it again, launching a big [...] Buying tickets on the weekend costs more?Reviewing Thanksgiving 2006By: John Rauser - Farecast Fareologist I know that its still Summer, but here at Farecast were already thinking about Thanksgiving, and you should be too. To arm you with some facts that you can use while planning your trip, Im going to review what we saw for Thanksgiving 2006. First, the [...] Farecast Expands Its Deal PlatformBy: Marco Lopez, Farecast Frequent Flier Just Launched - Deals Alert via email. The team here is thrilled at the new expansion of our deals platform, which began as a way to surface deals on our site that are based on science not marketing. Our Deals Alert is different because we [...] When Airfare Drops and WhyBy: Anne Taylor Hartzell, Farecast Family Traveler Why is it that the cost of an airline ticket is so much more volatile than the price of a pint of ice cream? MSN Travels Jon Douglas shares his insights (and favorite flavor) on a topic that is near and dear to our [...] Budget Travel, T+L Recognize Farecast.comBy: Anne Taylor Hartzell, Farecast Evangelist Thank You Budget Travel and Travel + Leisure: Best in Travel and Top 25 Websites for 2007
Reviewing 2006 Christmas Airfaresby 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 [...] Great Fall Deal: Dallas to Las Vegasby John Rauser - Farecast Fareologist As my fellow travel bloggers over at the Washington Post said recently: “The heck with high season.” The Fall brings cooler weather, smaller crowds, and lower prices. Each day Farecast digs through a mountain of airfares looking for great deals, [...] Thanksgiving Fare Trend - September 4, 2007
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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 [...] Were thrilled by your interest, just a bit overwhelmed.By: Hugh Crean, President & CEO Update: Hotel Search is now available. Thanks for your patience. As some of you might have noticed, our site, particularly our new hotel search, is experiencing some growing pains right now. You might be experiencing some slowness or seeing a temporarily unavailable message when you visit [...] Farecast Launches Hotel Search Tools
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by Roger Wong - Farecast Blogger We’ve just launched our newHotel searchchannel today! With Farecast Hotels, Farecast introduces Hotel Rate Key, an innovative new hotel pricing technology that lets you know where to stay by indicating if the current rate for a hotel is a deal or not a deal. The [...] Farecast Fare Trend: August 28, 2007by John Rauser - Farecast Fareologist It’s been a couple of weeks since we’ve had an interesting Tuesday with a lot of price changes, but this week doesn’t disappoint. Fortunately, today brings good news and more good news. I’ll start with the good news: AirTran is at it again, launching a big [...] Buying tickets on the weekend costs more?Reviewing Thanksgiving 2006
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By: John Rauser - Farecast Fareologist I know that it’s still Summer, but here at Farecast we’re already thinking about Thanksgiving, and you should be too. To arm you with some facts that you can use while planning your trip, I’m going to review what we saw for Thanksgiving 2006. First, the [...] Farecast Expands Its Deal PlatformBy: Marco Lopez, Farecast Frequent Flier Just Launched - Deals Alert via email. The team here is thrilled at the new expansion of our deals platform, which began as a way to surface deals on our site that are based on science not marketing. Our Deals Alert is different because we apply [...] When Airfare Drops and WhyBy: Anne Taylor Hartzell, Farecast Family Traveler Why is it that the cost of an airline ticket is so much more volatile than the price of a pint of ice cream? MSN Travel’s Jon Douglas shares his insights (and favorite flavor) on a topic that is near and dear to our [...] Summer Fares In ReviewBy: John Rauser - Farecast Fareologist Here’s another look at the year-over-year trend in lowest-price airfares. Each day Farecast finds the cheapest available tickets for trips up to 90 days into the future, between nearly 2,000 city pairs. The graph below compares the average lowest price airfare in 2007 vs. 2006 [...] Why You Need Farecast PredictionsBy: John Rauser - Farecast Fareologist Every morning I review the day’s price activity in a display where price increases show up red, and price decreases show up as green. Today I awoke to this:
That is a lot of red, far more than we see on a typical [...] Last Minute Labor DayBy: 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 [...] Farecast Fare Trend: Weekend Highs and Weekday LowsAirfares nearing the bottom?
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By: John Rauser - Farecast Fareologist Find the Perfect Golf Green: Part 3 of 3By Jocelyn Milici: Destination Diva Kapalua Golf Resort, Maui Nearby airport: Kahului, HI (Maui) Farecast Joins ThisNext to Launch ContestBy: Marco Lopez We’ve joined with ThisNext to host a chance to win $250 in travel essentials. How to Enter Coast-to-coast Travel On Sale
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By: John Rauser, Farecast Fareologist Following up on my post from Tuesday, here are a couple more end-of-Summer sales. Today it’s coast-to-coast travel that’s on sale, specifically Fall travel between San Francisco and Boston or New York. To get in the mood, East-coasters can imagine wine tasting and hiking [...] Farecast Summer Travel Trend
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By: John Rauser, Farecast Fareologist We all know that summer travel tends to be expensive, but at some point those high summer fares have to come back down to normal levels. The weeks following the Fourth of July are typically marked by a series of big sales. If you’ve recently been [...] Find the Perfect Golf Green: Part 2 of 3By Jocelyn Milici: Destination Diva Hilton Head, South Carolina Nearby airports: Atlanta, GA or Jacksonville, FL Farecast on MSN is live!By: Hugh Crean, President & CEO We’re all very excited to announce a new partnership with MSN. The MSN Travel Channel now offers free airfare predictions by Farecast. This agreement is further validation of the value of Farecast’s predictive technology to help people make smarter buying decisions and be more [...] Blog Info:
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