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I decided I was going to go home for Thanksgiving last month and looked at the price of tickets. $129 for a round trip in to Omaha a week before Halloween. I didn't buy it then. Stupid me.
Northwest Airlines has their main hub at Detroit Metro and the only airline to have a direct flight to Omaha. November 1, I decided to buy the ticket finally and guess what $585 and up. Oh hell no, I'm not buying that. So I told my daughter screw it, I'm staying home or going someplace a hell of a lot more exotic then Iowa for that kind of money.
Well the next week the price was down to $398. Still no way, but I continued to watch the prices daily. They've fluctuated all over the place for the same flight anywhere from $500 to $225 yesterday. I grabbed that price yesterday morning at 5am. Good thing I did, within a few hours it went back up to $398.
What's up with that? Anyway, I'll be going home to stuff myself full of turkey for Thanksgiving. I fly out Thanksgiving morning, a 1 hour and 45 minute flight. Probably 4 hours of delays. I hope nobody else is stupid enough to fly on the holiday but what's the chances?
I'm convinced airline pricing is part voodoo.
I'll bet you'll be the only one travelling on Thanksgiving. I'd look forward to all that personalized attention if I were you.
Posted by: LittleA at November 22, 2003 10:06 AMLast Christmas, I couldn't eat the cost of an airline ticket, so I went Greyhound. Dear God, never again! I made a solemn vow to never do 1`500 miles by bus ever again. If I have the cash I'll pay any amount necessary to fly.
Posted by: Chelle at November 22, 2003 07:06 PMActually I read somewhere (yeah, real authoritative, that "somewhere" place) that the best days for holiday travel on on the holiday itself. So I booked the Hub Unit for his visit to his mom on January 1. Article said no one wants to fly on the actual day (Dec. 25, Jan 1, whatever) so lines and flights are less crowded.
I hope they weren't lying and that you have a great visit.
Air travel around the holidays is just a mess, pure and simple. I think the pricing is supposed to be based on some weird concept of supply and demand, but it defies all logic to me and seems rather arbitrary. I think it makes about as much sense as Blogshares.
Posted by: andrew at November 23, 2003 09:13 AMI'm glad you found a reasonable flight. I've got no qualms about flying on the holiday. I've been wanting to do it, but haven't had the need to fly for a holiday in a while.
This year I'm in the marvelous position of not only not being able to afford the cost of going home, but not being able to afford the income I'll lose by not working over the holidays. Thanksgiving I don't mind so much, but missing Christmas irks me.
Posted by: Erica at November 23, 2003 07:27 PM