How can I save money by booking tickets temporarily? , only “high-priced tickets worth 10,000 yuan” are left for returning to Shanghai from Harbin and Sanya

Halfway through the Spring Festival holiday, some travelers are beginning to worry about returning. In the past two days, economy class tickets to Beijing from Sanya, Haikou and other places have been sold out, and the price of business class tickets exceeds 10,000 yuan, which is called "sky-high". Ms. Wu, who was traveling in Sanya, said that the air ticket from Beijing to Sanya was more than 1,000 yuan, but she didn’t expect that it would cost more than 10,000 yuan to go back. “It’s too expensive!”

In fact, the surge in return air ticket prices is not limited to the route from Sanya back to Beijing. A reporter from Liberation Daily and Shangguan News searched on relevant travel platforms and found that in recent days, the routes from Sanya to Shanghai and Harbin to Shanghai have also seen high-priced air tickets of nearly 10,000 yuan, while air tickets out of Shanghai have remained low, making them suitable for off-peak travel.

How expensive are flights back to first-tier cities from popular tourist destinations during festivals? Taking travel on February 15 as an example, air tickets from Shanghai to Sanya can be as low as more than 570 yuan. On the same day, all economy class air tickets from Sanya to Shanghai have been sold out, and business class air tickets range from 9,200 yuan to more than 9,700 yuan.

On February 15, the lowest outbound flight price from Shanghai to Sanya was 577 yuan.

On February 15, the flight back to Shanghai from Sanya is as low as 9,200 yuan. All screenshots

Also on February 15, direct flights from Shanghai to Harbin were as low as about 520 yuan. Economy class tickets from Harbin back to Shanghai on the same day were also sold out, and business class tickets ranged from 9,480 yuan to 12,635 yuan. From the perspective of air ticket discounts, the lowest discount on business class air tickets from Harbin to Shanghai on the same day is 25% off, and the business class air tickets on more flights are close to full price; the business class air tickets from Sanya to Shanghai range from 5.4% off to 5.7% off. Relatively speaking, the air ticket price from Harbin to Shanghai is firmer.

On February 15, the lowest direct flight ticket from Shanghai to Harbin is 520 yuan.

On February 15, the lowest direct flight ticket from Harbin to Shanghai was 9,480 yuan and the highest was 12,635 yuan. All screenshots

People in the tourism industry said that traveling south to escape the cold and traveling north to play in the snow during the Spring Festival holiday has always been a hot spot. As Sanya and Harbin are two representative destinations of "one south and one north", it is not uncommon for return air tickets to be tight on some dates. However, the vast majority of tourists traveling during the Spring Festival will book major travel consumption items such as air tickets and hotels one month or more in advance, and they can basically book economy class air tickets. It is indeed a rare exception to encounter a business class ticket costing nearly 10,000 yuan because of a temporary return ticket.

The reporter further inquired and found that the flight supply to more popular tourist destinations during the Spring Festival holiday is relatively sufficient, and economy class tickets can still be booked. In addition, air tickets to Shanghai have been at a low level in recent days, which means that a good time for off-peak travel has arrived.

Take the popular tourist destination Xi'an during the Spring Festival holiday as an example. On February 15, the lowest direct flight ticket from Shanghai to Xi'an was 863 yuan and the lowest return ticket was 2,210 yuan. On the same day, the lowest ticket price from Shanghai to Chengdu was 841 yuan and the lowest return ticket. 1,750 yuan, there is still a 63% discount on the return ticket.

On February 15, economy class air tickets are still available for flights to Shanghai from Chengdu and Xi'an, popular tourist destinations during the Spring Festival, and there are discounts on air tickets for the return route from Chengdu to Shanghai. All screenshots

For some tourists who really need to book return tickets temporarily but are unwilling to book high-priced air tickets, people in the tourism industry have given several solutions. One is to choose a connecting flight or return by high-speed rail near the destination; the other is to try to stagger the peak hours. Choose to postpone your return trip for one or two days.

The query results show that during the peak return period on February 16th and 17th, only business class flights from Sanya to Beijing are available, and the minimum price is about 10,000 yuan. If you choose the transfer plan, it will be at least several thousand yuan cheaper. For example, the flight from Sanya to Beijing and connecting via Chongqing on February 16th costs more than 4,000 yuan. The minimum direct flight from Sanya to Shenyang on February 17th is about 10,000 yuan. If you choose to transfer via Xi'an, the ticket price is less than 5,000 yuan, which is half the price. .

Relevant alternatives are also given on the Ctrip platform. For example, fly from Sanya to a city near your destination and then take the high-speed rail back. For example, the direct flight price from Sanya to Chengdu on February 16 and 17 is more than 9,000 yuan. If you take the high-speed rail from Sanya to Haikou and then fly directly from Haikou to Chengdu, the price will be nearly 3,000 yuan cheaper. On February 17, it only cost more than 4,000 yuan for tourists to fly from Sanya to Tianjin, and then take the high-speed rail from Tianjin to Beijing, which is 6,000-7,000 yuan cheaper than flying from Sanya to Beijing.

In addition, try to stagger the return trip as much as possible, which is a relatively cost-effective and labor-saving alternative. The query results show that from February 15 to February 17, three days after the Spring Festival holiday, air ticket prices from popular tourist destinations to first-tier cities are the highest, and air ticket prices from February 18 have significantly "dived".

Among them, the air tickets from Sanya to Shanghai in the three days from February 15 to February 17 were 9,200 yuan, 9,200 yuan, and 8,240 yuan respectively. On February 18, the air tickets from Sanya to Shanghai "dived" to 2,630 yuan, and on February 19 3,160 yuan; the air ticket price from Harbin to Shanghai was the highest on February 15, with air tickets starting from February 16 for 4,980 yuan, and on February 18, the air ticket price was 2,630 yuan, a significant drop. Therefore, taking into account post-holiday work and saving money, it is more cost-effective to take two days of annual leave after the holiday and then return.

From February 15th to February 18th, air ticket prices from Sanya to Shanghai continued to fall. All screenshots

From February 15th to February 18th, the air ticket price from Harbin to Shanghai showed a stepwise decrease.

It is also understood that during the peak return period on February 16th and 17th, there are 10-20% off low-priced air tickets from Shanghai to Changsha, Zhengzhou, Sanya and other places; there are 20% off air tickets from Hangzhou to Wuhan, Zhengzhou, Changchun, Xi'an and other places. -40% off low-priced air tickets. Since prices change rapidly during the peak holiday season, industry insiders remind consumers to pay attention to price changes in a timely manner and plan their itineraries in advance.