Google Flights – A method to the madness – Securely Travel
Raise your hand if you have never used Google Flights?
Last month (August 2022) Google published a blog post “How to find the best deal on your next flight.” I will admit, I thought it pretty much a fluff piece when I saw the title, and then 3 minutes later after having read the piece, I realized that this offering from Google was going to help keep my travel dollars in my pocket.
The Google Flight takeaways
Cheapest days to fly – Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday
Nonstop flights are 20% more expensive (but are they as expensive as a hotel if you take a layover?)
Best day of the week to book your plane tickets – all the one’s ending in “DAY” – there isn’t.
The ideal number of days before departure to book a flight – 21-60 days out with 44 days seeming to be the rock-bottom price.
Best time to book flights for Thanksgiving or Christmas. Lowest prices have usually been found 36-74 days before departure, hitting their lowest point 52 days out and for Christmas 22-88 days from departure.
Give the blog a visit, they expand on
Best time to buy spring break flights.
Best time to book flights for summer vacation.
Best time to book a flight from the U.S. to Europe.
Best time to book flights from the U.S. to Mexico or the Caribbean.
Christopher Burgess is a writer, speaker and commentator on global security issues. He has appeared on CNN, BBC, I24, China News, Bloomberg, CBS, NBC, and ABC providing commentary and analysis.
He is a former Senior Security Advisor to Cisco and served 30+ years within the CIA which awarded him the Distinguished Career Intelligence Medal upon his retirement. He has lived and traveled abroad for more than 55 years. Christopher co-authored the book, “Secrets Stolen, Fortunes Lost, Preventing Intellectual Property Theft and Economic Espionage in the 21st Century.” He is the founder of Securely Travel.
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