I tried booking a flight to Germany for mid May thru kayak.com. For two consecutive days the price was under $1,000, the next day the price jumped almost $300/person. Do the online travel companies raise the price when they notice you are searching their website? If so, when is the best time to book a flight before my travel date? Should I wait for the price to come down?
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Gettysburg PA
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The airline sites do use cookies and supposedly if you look for prices often the price may go up for you. Not sure about kayak- but I would always book airfare thru the actual airlines website.
I was watching flights to Germany for mid- May all thru August- just happened to see a price drop of about $200 and grabbed tickets then, that was a Tuesday.
If you monitor price on airline website- just clear your cookies after each session. You can also use something like sky scanner to watch for price drops- you will get notifications for any flights/routes you set an alert for.
skyscanner.com
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OP
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Thank you, Christine H, that is a big help.
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Seattle
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Were the flights you were looking at on Delta by any chance? They had a Europe sale that just ended.
Besides Kayak.com, I also use flights.google.com. As flights fill up, the prices go up. Sometimes the airline will lower fares, but for the most part they just go up.
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Gettysburg PA
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mabigilbert-
Where are you looking to fly to/from?
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OP
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I am flying Milwaukee to Munich, mid-May
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Gettysburg PA
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You might try flying out of Chicago- if you are willing to drive there-- you should have more options/better pricing.
Right now Air Berlin has RT $745 ORD to MUN- stopover in Berlin. That's pretty cheap!
We have 4 International airports to chose from and most always end up going out of PHL with the best prices- it is a 2 hour drive but oh well!