Ryanair up and down prices!

[p1tse]

I've been looking to book specific dates and travel destination for a couple of months now.

it's been hovering for basic ticket prices for a family of 4 at c.£1k, +/- £300
Bit annoyed i didn't book it when they were closer to £700 as they are £1k+ without baggage and reservations which adds another £300ish.

anyone got any good insight or tips on when it would have been the best time to book, apart from the only one day I've seen them at the lowest

[p1tse]

thanks, will do

[p1tse]

Cupramax said:

Prices will go up and down the closer and more booked up it gets, on any airline, not just Ryanair. There is no game to play, if you see a price that you like, book it, dont go back looking every 2 minutes because you can almost guarantee it will go down (or up).

yes should have booked it when i saw it at it's lowest point to date

[p1tse]

FlashmanChop said:

Use skyscanner.net, but set up price alerts – you get an e-mail everytime they change. From watching them across a period of time you can see the patterns in price fluctuations.

thanks

darn the prices have gone up on outbound and inbound and they've not moved in last couple of days

maybe cut my losses and book up at 50% more

[p1tse]

Shaoxter said:

Delete your cookies and browsing history and don't do loads of searches in a short period because some sites will "hold" the tickets you searched for so your next search might be in a higher price band.

Generally you should use incognito mode when looking for flights. That's the only time I use incognito mode really

incognito?

[p1tse]

Interesting read

Skyscanner is good though
I've seen flights to destination I want to go to is cheaper from Stansted vs. Bristol. About £110 cheaper x 4 = £440 which can't be sniffed at but need to weigh up as Bristol is local to me, with two young ones, and extra cost of fuel and travel times

[p1tse]

skyscanner is quite cool

i like how it comes up with cheapest options but non direct flights

i.e. bristol- gran canaria £189
but can be cheaper if i went bristol to dublin £25 and then dublin to gran canaria £92 = total of £117