Domestic Travel Question ($)
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Topic: Domestic Travel Question ($)
Posted By: FionaS
Subject: Domestic Travel Question ($)
Date Posted: 16 October 2007 at 9:50am
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Can anyone tell me please...
Do domestic airfare prices tend to go up as it gets closer to your desired depature date or do they go down? e.g. I am thinking of joining the Mega Meetup this weekend but am not sure whether to book today or wait and see what prices are like tomorrow. The prices today are lower than they were yesterday. Any experts out there?? ------------- Mummy to Gabrielle and Ashley |
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 16 October 2007 at 9:55am
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Tend to go up, well have done every time I have looked at going up to Auckland for next weekend. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: FionaS
Date Posted: 16 October 2007 at 9:56am
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That is what I thought as they went up quite a bit but are now going down...:) ------------- Mummy to Gabrielle and Ashley |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 16 October 2007 at 10:05am
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I may have to go and have another look then. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: Lisha
Date Posted: 16 October 2007 at 11:42am
Have you had a look on www.grabaseat.co.nz? Not sure what they have on there today, but it pays to have a look  ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Glow
Date Posted: 16 October 2007 at 1:36pm
Depends on your destination & of course things work on a super saver basis. 1st in 1st serve; basically. Where you going what you doing? ------------- Mummy of Two Boys B: 2004 K: 2007 |
Posted By: jdjzmum
Date Posted: 22 October 2007 at 9:44pm
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Hi, as a domestic travel consultant, I can tell you that the longer you leave booking your flight especially with Air NZ and Qantas, the higher you will pay. Pays to book well in advance (before, what we used to call the "28 days in advance" fare). The catch with the cheap fares is, you have to fly at certain times to get the bargins and they are always subject to availability. Hope this helps ------------- Gaye  
 
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Posted By: FionaS
Date Posted: 22 October 2007 at 9:53pm
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Well I ended up going to the Mega Meet (yay! It was great!) and the initial flight costs weren't too bad. I missed the cheapest option by about 30 secs.
BUT on my way to the airport realised my wallet had been stolen, had to borrow MILs EFTPOS card, arrived at the check-in counter bang on 11.10am (11.30 flight) and got turned away! My flights were non-refundable so my only option was to pay an additional $120!!!!!!!!!!!!!! to get on the next plane. Needless to say there was a particularly silly looking me in tears at the airport LOL. When I got to Wgtn Emma kindly said I looked very stressed :) So it ended up being a VERY VERY expensive trip. ------------- Mummy to Gabrielle and Ashley |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 23 October 2007 at 9:51am
Teehee, trust me and my big mouth!  I just don't know when to keep my thoughts to myself...-------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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