How last minute can you buy plane tickets

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Ever wanted to just show up at the airport and get a ticket to anywhere? It reveals last-minute, cheap flights to random places around the world. Flight prices are all based on supply and demand: it costs more to visit beach destinations during summer, and it costs more to visit cities when big events are on.

Track last-minute flight prices and see the cheapest days to book on our mobile app, which functions just like our desktop site. You can also filter for flexible tickets, free cancellation, airline safety ratings and hotel cleanliness scores. At the moment, it can be hard to plan far in advance as travel rules regarding COVID can change quickly. Airlines make a loss on unsold seats, which is why many of them overbook their flights. Making plans to get back out there?

Even though there are several flight aggregator websites available these days, when is it worth it to book tickets for flights last-minute? Of course, doing so may cost you more money … but sometimes, it can save you money as well. It just depends on how you do it. Below, travel experts reveal their inside knowledge about booking plane tickets at the last minute — and when to do so. A Skyscanner spokesperson agrees, telling Bustle that, domestically, January is almost always the cheapest time to fly.

Internationally, too, Skyscanner says that the cheapest times to fly have been in winter months — January and February — as well as the shoulder season before fall — September and October.

McDonald says that traveling to Europe or really anywhere during the high season will certainly cost you more, but she has a solution. Then, you can take alternate transportation to your final destination, such as a bus, train, or long-distance rideshare service such as BlaBlaCar. McDonald also suggests flying to a different country altogether.

Several airlines post last-minute deals to their Twitter accounts. Alaska Airlines: AlaskaAir. American Airlines: AmericanAir. Frontier Airlines: FlyFrontier. Southwest Airlines: SouthwestAir. How to Buy a New Car. Kelsey Sheehy is a writer at NerdWallet. Twitter: KelseyLSheehy. Facebook Twitter Email.