Review of October Airfares Finds 796 Price Changes, 49% of Which Are Decreases
BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - October 15, 2010) - With reports of rising airfares afoot, Cheapflights.com, the online leader in finding and publishing travel deals, dove into its database of airfares to review price changes over the last month. By comparing the prices listed on individual routes for flights on sale September 11, 2010, versus on October 11, 2010, Cheapflights.com found 796 instances where the average airfare had changed. The average airfare was down on 390 routes, or 49% of the total, and up on 406 routes, or 51% of the total.
Cheapflights.com also looked at the 100 most popular routes in the database and saw that the pattern didn't shift much either. Of the 100 routes, 86 had changes in the average airfare, with 55% (47 routes) increasing and 45% (39 routes) decreasing.
"While air travel is not getting any cheaper in general these days, don't throw in the towel quite yet," said Andrea Mooney, Cheapflights.com site editor. "Rather than assume the trip you want to take is suddenly out of reach, do your homework, keep your eyes open and book and plan wisely. If you are heading to the right place at the right time, you may even find yourself saving money."
To find out more about this research, including the popular routes that have the biggest percentage spikes and drops in average airline price, check out http://news.cheapflights.com/2010/10/fluctuating-flight-prices-do-your-homework/.
Of course, finding a reasonable flight price is just one of the challenges for air travel this time of year. As we head into the busy holiday season, travelers need to prepare themselves to navigate the crowds and chaos. To help, Cheapflights.com has prepared some tips for surviving the holiday travel season:
For the rest of the top 10 survival tips for holiday travel, visit http://news.cheapflights.com/2010/10/top-10-survival-tips-for-holiday-travel/.
About Cheapflights Media
Cheapflights Media is an international media network providing users with different ways to find low cost travel. Since 1996, Cheapflights Media has been helping consumers research, compare and save on domestic and international travel. Our flagship brand, Cheapflights, is one of the largest flight deals publishers, delivering over 4 million deals daily. With brand-name deals on airline tickets from more than 300 partners and 600 airlines and a team of travel experts hand picking the best offerings, Cheapflights offers visitors a mix of deals they can't find anywhere else. zugu, the newest brand in the Cheapflights Media portfolio, is a powerful and simple travel search engine that makes it easy to compare and select the lowest available fares online. By organizing flight options by date, airline and time, zugu helps consumers find the best fares based on their travel terms. There are currently Cheapflights-branded sites for the U.K., U.S., Canada, Germany, Australia & New Zealand, France, Italy and Spain. zugu is available in the U.K., U.S. and Germany. For more information, visit www.cheapflights.com.
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