The INSIDER Summary:
- August 23 is known as "cheap flight day."
- Some people say it's a particularly inexpensive day to fly, while others claim that it's a cheap day to buy plane tickets.
- It seems mostly like a myth, though the end of August is one of the cheapest times to fly and buy tickets for fall travel, generally speaking.
Today is "cheap flight day," an unofficial holiday that people claim is the best time to get travel deals. If you're looking to buy plane tickets, you can get good deals today, but not for the reasons you might think.
Some claim that cheap flight day is the cheapest day to fly, while others say it's the cheapest time to buy tickets — and there's truth to both of these claims. While Cheap Flights found that August 23 in and of itself is not a particularly special date when it comes to travel deals, they also found that you can definitely save some money when flying and buying tickets around this time (late August).
June, July, and early August are particularly busy travel months, so the last week of August is one of the cheapest times to travel in the summer, according to Cheap Flights.
If you're looking to buy tickets for future travel, try looking at flights from late September to early November, which Cheap Flights says is when many airlines offer their lowest fares of the year. Once schools are back in session and the weather cools down, many airlines significantly lower prices.
You can fly from Los Angeles to Denver for $83 round-trip if you travel off-season, for example. International travel is also less expensive in the fall — you can fly from New York to London for a little over $300 in November.
Cheap flight day may be a bit of a myth, but there is truth in the idea that the end of summer is a great time to buy tickets for fall travel as we approach the off-season.
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