It’s time to settle the age old question once and for all.

What is the cheapest day to fly and what is the best time to purchase your ticket?

Save Money On Your Next Flight!

If you have ever searched the Internet for the cheapest airline ticket you will often find that the price fluctuates nearly everyday.  It can be particularly frustrating when you see the price continue to climb from the first time you saw it.  If your anything like me, you purchase the ticket only to find that the price goes down the following week.  After enduring this several times over again I decided to research the cheapest day to travel as well as the cheapest day to purchase your ticket.

By far and away the cheapest day to travel is on a Tuesday.  Some would argue Monday, but in fact this is incorrect.  Those individuals that just can’t come back from vacation will stay one day longer and return on a Monday.  Let’s not forget about all the business travelers who departed Monday morning as well.  Think of it this way.  The secretaries would not dare to book their boss for a Saturday or Sunday flight.  No one in his or her right mind wants to leave Friday evening.  Plus it turns out to be the most expensive day to travel.  Of course all of this is only true if you can get a seat on the plane for a Tuesday.

It’s also  a good idea to choose 3 or 4 airlines that fly to places you frequently visit so you can get on their email list.  Airlines don’t advertise their cheapest fares to individuals not on their distribution list.  Most recent example is Jet Blue’s one-day sale where they offered cross-country flights for $29.  The only way you would have been able to get in on this action would be to get on their distribution list.

So if Tuesday is the cheapest day to travel, what is the cheapest day to purchase your ticket?

The cheapest day to purchase an airline ticket is on Wednesday between midnight and 1am in the time zone of the airlines headquarters.  For example, Delta’s headquarters are in Atlanta.  The best time to purchase a ticket for Delta would be Wednesday between midnight and 1am Eastern Standard Time.  The reason for this is because that is when the airlines eliminate reservations made on low fares that the customer has not booked for one reason or another.  So there you have it.  The next time you’re planning a getaway be prepared to fly on Tuesday and purchase your ticket on Wednesday between midnight and 1am.

Now go out there and save some money.

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