When is the cheapest time to buy a plane ticket?

Nowadays, people prefer to fly, because everyone's economic situation has been well improved and the ticket price is more close to the people. Choosing when and how to buy air tickets can save a lot of money. Here are some detailed strategies for buying cheap air tickets.

Method of purchasing air tickets

In fact, when is the cheapest time to buy a plane ticket? This problem should start with the way to buy air tickets. The same plane may have different price concessions on different ticketing platforms. There are many platforms for purchasing air tickets now, and various travel apps will provide the function of purchasing tickets. We are familiar with Ctrip, Tongcheng, Tuniu and Flying Pig. In addition to these platforms, there is a very traditional way to buy tickets by phone, and of course, directly to the ticket purchase point.

Of all the ways to buy tickets, flying pig is the most commonly used one. I have formed a platform subconsciously, and flying pig is the lowest fare. I believe many people are like me. But in fact, there are many aspects to consider when buying tickets, because the lowest fare will definitely not always be on the same platform. Therefore, I have probably summarized some characteristics of the ticketing platform for your reference only.

App types of travel websites: represented by flying pigs, including Tuniu, Tongcheng, Ctrip and Qunar. These travel websites have many travel services. As one of the services, air tickets are mainly characterized by a large number of people. For a trip, many people buy them in combination with other tourism products, including hotels.

Official platform app: With the development of technology, many airlines have developed their own ticketing apps, which are also called official ticketing channels by many people. Generally speaking, the information of this ticketing channel is the general source of all other information. Other platforms provide others with a transit information and ticket purchase service by sorting out this information, but for ordinary people, tickets bought on this platform will be more expensive, so these official platforms have become synonymous with high prices. How to buy the cheapest air ticket on the official platform, let's talk about it below.

Telephone ticket purchase: Compared with the official platform, the discount of telephone ticket purchase is relatively low. Telephone ticket purchase is more traditional, and labor may give a lower price. So this way can buy some cheaper tickets, but it is easy to be ignored. The timing of buying a plane ticket: three principles need to be paid attention to.

What I just told you is about the way to buy tickets. In addition, the price and time of buying air tickets are also closely related. Generally speaking, the plane ticket price is not fixed and will fluctuate because of the number of passengers, so sometimes the ticket price bought in the same position is completely different. So, when can I buy the cheapest air ticket? It is such a phenomenon that understanding it will help to buy cheaper air tickets, but

First of all, it should be noted that not everyone has a long-term plan for their own journey, so the timing of buying air tickets is not suitable for those urgent tourists, and the fares of urgent tourists cannot get the lowest fares in this way.

Eight-week principle: This is a rule summed up by a foreign economist. I have tried this principle many times in my own journey. After the test of practice, it is true. Eight weeks before the trip, that is, two months, I usually buy the lowest ticket.

Principle 234: This principle has been tried many times. If the best time to buy air tickets is defined within one week, generally speaking, you can buy the cheapest air tickets on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Principle after 7: 00 working days: one day, one principle is that the cheapest air ticket can be bought on working days, one or two hours after work, usually after 7: 00 working days. Relatively speaking, in my many experiments these days, I can indeed buy relatively low-priced air tickets, but it is not absolute. So if you are not in a hurry, you can go through these periods yourself.

The cheapest airline ticket.

In addition to the timing and platform, low-cost air tickets are also related to airlines. You must know which airlines belong to low-cost airlines. It is more advantageous to find these airlines when buying air tickets. The following are some common low-cost airlines in China: Spring Airlines, AirAsia, Scoot and so on. These low-cost airlines generally have lower air tickets, but they also have the characteristics of low-cost airlines:

First of all, the time usually starts or arrives at an inconvenient time, about midnight. In addition, low-cost airlines generally have no meals and do not provide free baggage check-in.

So if all the above are acceptable, low-cost airlines are definitely a good choice to save money.

1. Purchase in advance

1. If you leave in the peak season, such as Spring Festival, May Day, National Day, winter and summer vacation, it will be much cheaper to book two months in advance. If you leave in the off-peak season, you can generally book 20-30 days in advance.

In fact, the price of air tickets changes every day. Generally speaking, the ticket price changes three times a day, and the best time to buy it is after 13, which is the cheapest, and the price can be refreshed every five hours.

3. In a week, the travel demand on Tuesdays and Wednesdays is relatively low, and the travel demand on Fridays and Saturdays is relatively high. You can check it in advance and buy a low-priced one. Generally speaking, it is 65438+ 10 to the beginning of March.

(except Spring Festival) 10 to early February is the cheapest. Followed by April and May, September and 10.

4. It is not recommended to buy air tickets from mid-June to early September, from mid-February of 65438 to mid-February of 65438+1early October, and during large holidays in Spring Festival travel rush. At this time, the ticket is sky-high!

5. There are also various member days and platform promotions, collecting special discount days for air tickets, and snapping up air tickets on discount days of various platforms.

6. Give priority to round-trip air tickets. It is cheaper to buy a round-trip ticket than to buy more one-way tickets. Under normal circumstances, you don't need to pick up your luggage for multiple transit tickets. Only two companies have signed a baggage transportation agreement, when you buy a plane ticket separately, to meet the conditions of baggage consignment to the last.

7. Choose the best time to travel at the wrong peak. Traveling abroad in the off-season will be a good choice. The peak season is generally winter and summer vacation, Spring Festival and various festivals. It's best to book a plane ticket two months in advance. March, April, September165438+1October is the best time for off-peak travel, and you can book air tickets 30 to 40 days in advance.

8. When buying a plane ticket, you need to know the specific terms of the plane ticket, including the quantity of luggage and the return label ... because sometimes the plane ticket plus consignment is not very cheap!

9. Go shopping. On the platform official website, you can clearly see the ticket prices of different websites, and then make a better comparison and selection.

10. After browsing the webpage for many times, airline fares may change at any time. If you want to grab a cheap ticket, you'd better wait with the computer screen open and pay close attention.

Two. Other purchase methods

1. airline membership day (membership day can be as cheap as a few dollars, dozens of dollars,)

2. The airline's seasonal sales promotion and new route sales promotion (these tickets are also cheap when they come)

3. Activities and coupons of various agent platforms, such as Flying Pig, Ctrip, and where to go. (Many times there are discount coupons for activities, and sometimes they will be reduced by hundreds or thousands, which is comparable to free air tickets).

4. Mileage game among the three major airlines (mileage accumulated by flying or staying in a hotel ... can be exchanged for air tickets for free)

5. Irregular aviation bugs (sometimes airlines can issue tickets for tens of dollars, the most famous one is the bug at the end of China Eastern Airlines 18, which made headlines).

3. Membership Day Purchase Method

China's Four Major Banks Member Day

China Southern Airlines:

The 28th of every month is the member day of China Southern Airlines.

Every time at this time, there is a 600+ domestic airline promotion! !

In addition, in addition to the membership day, China Southern will have a big ticket promotion in June, March, June and September.

65438+ 10 can buy air tickets from April to June, especially in central and western Asia, which is very cheap;

Buy tickets for May-165438+ 10 in March. At this time, there will be special tickets for summer vacation and 11 holidays;

Buy air tickets from September to June 65438+February, and there are special air tickets for the 11 th holiday and New Year's Day holiday;

Buy a ticket for the following year in September, 10 to May 65438+.

Air China:

The same day of every month is a member's day.

On February 2nd, Members' Day, the lowest round-trip air ticket for the United States and Australia is in 980 yuan! ! Every Thursday's Air China Surprise Member Day is also a good time to hoard air tickets! Eastern Airlines:

From this year, it will be changed to the 9th of each month as the member day, and the redemption of points will be the main way. Every year on the Double Eleven or Christmas Day, China Eastern Airlines will have the promotion of China Eastern Airlines International Line, and special fares will generally appear. Pay more attention to these time nodes, and it is easy to find ultra-low-cost ticket information!

Hainan Airlines:

The 8th of every month is the membership day of HNA, so you can pay attention to ANZ line. On the whole, the price is very touching!

Nine beautiful banks with average prices.

Spring Airlines:

The 27th of every month is its membership day.

Spring Airlines has a strong discount, so it is recommended to pay attention to domestic routes. In addition, air tickets from 0 yuan, 9 yuan, 59 yuan and 99 yuan often cost 65,438+.

Shenzhen Airlines:

Every month 12 is the member day, and the routes are generally centered in Shenzhen and Guangzhou, covering the whole country, Japan, South Korea and major cities in Southeast Asia.

Xiamen Airlines:

The 9th of each month is a member's day, which is usually in the form of point redemption. Major cities in China, Southeast Asia and a few European, American and Australian countries all have air routes.

Sichuan Airlines:

Every month 19 is the member day, which is generally redeemed for flight promotion mileage of all employees, covering the whole country with Chengdu, Chongqing and Kunming as the center.

Jixiang Airlines:

The 25th of each month is a member's day, which is also a form of point redemption.

Ruili Airlines:

Air tickets from 6 yuan every Tuesday! ! Yunnan flies to and from many cities in China, 66 yuan, 6 yuan! !

Western airlines:

Air tickets start from 8 yuan every Wednesday, and round-trip air tickets from Chongqing, Zhengzhou, Hefei and Guangxi include 8 yuan, 38 yuan, 58 yuan, 88 yuan and sometimes 0 yuan.

Xiang Peng Airlines:

Air tickets start from 8 yuan every Thursday, and fly from Yunnan to many cities in China and back to 88 yuan, 8 yuan!

China United Airlines:

Air tickets start from 8 yuan every Friday, and Beijing travels to and from many cities in China, such as 8 yuan, 58 yuan, 88 yuan, 128 yuan! !

In order to make it easier for everyone to see more clearly

I made a form specially.

Introduction of low-cost airline base camp

Spring Airlines

Major cities: Bangkok, Osaka, Jeju Island, Phuket, Taipei Promotion Time: 9th of each month.

You can pay attention to the 9-second activity area. 99 yuan snapped up air tickets in the above major cities. The flights in Shanghai are the main ones, and many special fares are also easy to grab.

Ruili airlines

Major cities: Kunming, Hohhot, Shenyang and Qingdao. Promotion time: every Tuesday at 6: 00pm, 6 yuan spikes.

There was a package tour recently, which was really cheap. Friends in Kunming can focus on it ~

Western airlines

Major cities: Zhengzhou, Hefei, Shijiazhuang and Qingdao.

Promotion time: every Wednesday 10: 00 am, 8 yuan is basically snapped up in 38 and 88 yuan.

Total * * * covers the whole country 12 area, and the fares in inland areas are very low.

Hainan airlines

Major cities: Beijing, Shenzhen, Haikou and Guangzhou. Promotion time: 20% discount on air tickets on the 8th of each month.

Domestic routes are basically covered, and the above four cities as fixed points mainly cover the surrounding areas.

Xiang Peng Airlines

Major cities: major cities in Yunnan, Bangkok and Zhengzhou. Promotion time: There is spike every Thursday afternoon, also starting from 8 yuan, domestic route.

The prices of Kunming-centered airlines to neighboring cities and Bangkok are very beautiful.

China United Airlines

Major cities: Inner Mongolia, Dongying and Xinyang, Henan. Promotion time: every Friday at noon 12.

Low-cost airlines with Beijing as the center, the fare to the above-mentioned major cities is less than 200, starting from 58 yuan one way.

Tips for grabbing tickets

Four major domestic airlines: China Southern Airlines, Air China, Hainan Airlines and China Eastern Airlines.

You can get a 10% discount on most routes on membership day, although foreign routes may not have low-cost airlines.

1, member day 12: 00, click to grab the ticket on time (you can set an alarm clock on your mobile phone to remind you to grab the ticket).

2. Watch the flight you want to grab before grabbing the ticket. If you want to go to a popular city, you can choose an area closer to your destination, which will reduce the difficulty of grabbing tickets.

3. When in doubt, place an order first! Don't pay, or it will be gone in a few seconds, hahahahahaha, because not only you are robbing, but also many travel agencies are robbing!

Fifteen minutes of payment time should be enough for everyone to go to WeChat to find a peer partner (anyway, I hesitate every time because I can't find anyone to accompany me).

Sometimes, someone grabs the ticket but doesn't pay, or they may miss it! ! So 15 minutes to refresh, maybe there will be

Airlines will release different routes at different times, so they can check them many times.

6. Multiple ticketing channels are used simultaneously.

7. China Southern Airlines also has a weekly snap-up: every Thursday, there will be 100-yuan route products and unexpected low-cost flights.

8. China Southern Airlines will hold tourism festival promotion activities in the middle and late February of March, June, September and June. During the promotion period, many tourist routes can be snapped up at low prices.

9. When members of China Eastern Airlines buy more than two air tickets a day, and the discount of each air ticket is more than 40%, they can enjoy a 10% discount on the total air ticket price.

Partners in the Pearl River Delta can pay more attention to the routes in Hong Kong and Macao and the price of cabbage.

Tips for often grabbing special fares

If the time and place have been determined

I suggest going to official website, a major airline, to see the real-time dynamic fares. There is often a low price period of about 20 days in advance.

If there is no definite time and place

It is recommended to pay attention to the airlines' apps and grab tickets on the member's day. That ticket will probably be available in the next few months, mainly because it is cheap.