Field notes · fare timing · not investment advice, just airplane advice

When to Buy the Ticket

Airfare doesn't reward booking as early as possible — it rewards booking in the right window, and the window depends on what kind of market you're flying. Pick your trip below; I'll show you the curve.

Step 1 · Where are you going?

Booking myths, adjudicated

Everything below is graded against fare-tracking data (mostly Google Flights' multi-year analyses) rather than folklore. Two of these myths are actually true — those are where the real money is.