"Suddenly so much cheaper!" Many people in Hangzhou were surprised! Netizens confused: The earlier you buy, the more you lose?

Release time:Apr 15, 2024 22:32 PM

"Last Friday noon, I searched for a round-trip ticket between Hangzhou and Chengdu on a third-party platform, and the price was only 1000 yuan. Today, when I searched for round-trip tickets at the same time on the same platform, the reference price actually increased by 300 yuan."

Yesterday, a reporter from Chao News received a report from a enthusiastic parent in Hangzhou: he was planning to take his child to Chengdu for vacation at different times in September. He searched for round-trip tickets from Hangzhou to Chengdu in early September on the same platform at different times, and the difference between the two reference prices was nearly 500 yuan; Searching for the same flight ticket on different platforms at the same time results in a price difference of around 300 yuan.

When is the right time to buy a plane ticket?

This problem has caused this parent a difficulty.

"Suddenly so much cheaper!" Many people in Hangzhou were surprised! Netizens confused: The earlier you buy, the more you lose?

There is a significant difference in ticket prices across different platforms

Real time prices on the same platform are also changing

The reporter verified the authenticity of the feedback from readers.

The reporter selected several domestic Internet ticket purchase platforms, including Feizhu, Ctrip, Meituan, Tongcheng, etc; We have also selected a round-trip ticket from Hangzhou to Chengdu, with a departure time of 6:40 am on September 6th and a return time of 4:35 pm on September 11th. The time for querying platform tickets was selected for August 27th morning, August 28th morning, afternoon, and evening, respectively.

Among the four platforms tested by reporters, taking the prices of various platforms queried around 7:40 pm on August 28th as an example: the round-trip airfare price from Hangzhou to Chengdu on Meituan platform is 1389 yuan, the price of Fliggy is 1586 yuan, the price of Ctrip is 1393 yuan, and the price of the same journey is 1400 yuan.

Screenshot of reference prices for relevant platforms

It is worth mentioning that the real-time reference prices for air tickets on the platform are constantly changing. For example, on the Ctrip platform, after checking the above reference prices, the reporter went to check the same round-trip flights again after 10 minutes, and by now the price was already 1326 yuan.

Many netizens have also reported similar situations on social media platforms.

The reporter randomly selected 50 graphic and text posts in the past month and found that 60% of tourists gave feedback that the ticket price they saw when choosing a flight was different from the actual paid price, with a difference of about 10 to 100 yuan; 20% of tourists said that they bought their tickets about a month in advance, but checking the prices of the same flight one week before departure was actually cheaper; The remaining 20% of tourists are hesitant to discover that the real-time prices of their desired flights are constantly fluctuating. "When is the most cost-effective time to buy a plane ticket? I'm confused."

Netizen comments

When is it cost-effective to buy a plane ticket

It is more suitable to buy about two weeks in advance

Why do ticket prices on the same platform keep fluctuating?

"Due to the different ticketing channels of platform ticket sales agents, there may be a difference between the real-time price of one second and the price of the next second, but the difference is generally not too large," a third-party platform staff member told reporters. As for the situation where real-time ticket prices differ by 50 yuan or even hundreds of yuan after a minute, the staff explained that it may be due to the airline giving discount coupons to agents, which reduces the ticket price when issuing tickets.

As for the different reference prices for air tickets on different platforms, multiple third-party platform staff told reporters that in addition to differences in the ticketing channels of agents, there are also situations where the reference prices on the platforms are lagging or delayed. Another situation is caused by airline price changes. "When there are fewer discounted tickets and consumers place their orders later, it is easy to encounter situations where discounted tickets are sold out or directly adjusted to higher priced cabins."

The trend of air ticket prices is closely related to the impact of supply and demand. Mao Yi, Minister of the Propaganda Department of Spring and Autumn Airlines, once told reporters that after the May Day holiday this year, market demand has sharply decreased, and ticket prices have experienced a significant decline. According to the third-party platform Tongcheng National Day Tourism Big Data Prediction Report, during this year's National Day holiday, due to the explosive demand for outbound travel, the average price of international air tickets will be about 72% higher than that of summer vacation.

So when is the most suitable time to buy a plane ticket? According to the third-party platform Qunar's big data, the ticket prices for inbound and outbound flights in Hangzhou are gradually decreasing, and it is expected that the period from now to mid September will be a good time for consumers to "pick up loopholes".

Taking the average payment price for flights to Hangzhou in early September as an example, it has decreased by nearly 30% compared to the previous summer. "Affected by factors such as the Asian Games, Mid Autumn Festival, and National Day holidays, it is expected that the next peak period will be around late September." An industry insider suggested that it is generally cheaper to buy air tickets about two weeks in advance because different platform agents have different ticketing channels, so real-time price comparisons can be made between different platforms before purchasing the best option.

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