App Says "Travel Deal Tuesday" Is the Best Time to Score Airfare Deals
This is a time to be thankful — especially for products that make traveling easier (think better shut-eye and on-demand jet service). Lucky for us, there's something else to add to the list: Hopper mobile app.
This nifty app predicts future flight prices "with 95% accuracy" according to the company and offers suggestions on whether to buy a plane ticket now or wait it out, in which case you can set up notifications to get alerted once the price has dropped.
With data Hopper has collected, the app found that the Tuesday after Thanksgiving is the best time to score travel deals (ahem, "Travel Deal Tuesday"). In fact, the company says sales this time last year more than doubled. In 2015, airfare sales went up by "6X the normal volume."
So what are the predictions for this year? Hopper says you can expect a roundtrip to Paris starting at $566 per ticket and roundtrip to Shanghai at just $512.
"The airlines offer major discounts because travel demand tends to die down following Thanksgiving," Hopper's Chief Data Scientist Patrick Surry states on the company's website. "Most travelers have already booked their holiday airfare, but haven't started planning their winter getaways yet."
Sales activity on Tuesday happens throughout the day but tends to start around "6:30 a.m. ET and peaks around 9:30 a.m," which means you don't have all day. Download Hooper and the app will keep you up-to-date with notifications each time a deal matches your selected travel destinations and dates.
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