IAD to SFO (United)

[Anonymous]

We were looking to book Summer travel from IAD to SFO. Between Friday and Today the tickets went up by a total of $600. Anyone else notice airfare increase this weekend?

[Anonymous]

Airfare in general does this all the time. Set up a google flight alert. It will likely go back down unless there is a huge event going on.

[Anonymous]

Airfare also sometimes will vary by aircraft type and time of day. Flights with a smaller % of seats sold often will be (at least somewhat) cheaper.

Some people prefer the twin aisle airplanes, which might cause those flight to sell more seats sooner, and the remaining seats often will be higher priced.

Try searching for a less convenient time or a smaller plane to see if that helps.

If one can tolerate a plane change, then a route to SFO via DEN might be cheaper. DEN has tons of plows, so surprisingly it is less affected by snow delays than ORD, and the terminal layout at DEN is much easier/faster to navigate than the maze at IAH.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Airfare also sometimes will vary by aircraft type and time of day. Flights with a smaller % of seats sold often will be (at least somewhat) cheaper.

[url]Some people prefer the twin aisle airplanes, which might cause those flight to sell more seats sooner, and the remaining seats often will be higher priced. [b]

Try searching for a less convenient time or a smaller plane to see if that helps.

If one can tolerate a plane change, then a route to SFO via DEN might be cheaper. DEN has tons of plows, so surprisingly it is less affected by snow delays than ORD, and the terminal layout at DEN is much easier/faster to navigate than the maze at IAH.

Do you have any data to support this claim? I know a lot about airplanes and keep an eye on things like this. The vast majority of people I know would have zero idea what plane type they are booking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Airfare also sometimes will vary by aircraft type and time of day. Flights with a smaller % of seats sold often will be (at least somewhat) cheaper.

[url]Some people prefer the twin aisle airplanes, which might cause those flight to sell more seats sooner, and the remaining seats often will be higher priced. [b]

Try searching for a less convenient time or a smaller plane to see if that helps.

If one can tolerate a plane change, then a route to SFO via DEN might be cheaper. DEN has tons of plows, so surprisingly it is less affected by snow delays than ORD, and the terminal layout at DEN is much easier/faster to navigate than the maze at IAH.

Do you have any data to support this claim? I know a lot about airplanes and keep an eye on things like this. The vast majority of people I know would have zero idea what plane type they are booking.

Everyone I know factors plane type into flight choices. Everyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Airfare also sometimes will vary by aircraft type and time of day. Flights with a smaller % of seats sold often will be (at least somewhat) cheaper.

[url]Some people prefer the twin aisle airplanes, which might cause those flight to sell more seats sooner, and the remaining seats often will be higher priced. [b]

Try searching for a less convenient time or a smaller plane to see if that helps.

If one can tolerate a plane change, then a route to SFO via DEN might be cheaper. DEN has tons of plows, so surprisingly it is less affected by snow delays than ORD, and the terminal layout at DEN is much easier/faster to navigate than the maze at IAH.

Do you have any data to support this claim? I know a lot about airplanes and keep an eye on things like this. The vast majority of people I know would have zero idea what plane type they are booking.

Everyone I know factors plane type into flight choices. Everyone.

I guess that's a form of data? Was hoping for a bit more than "everyone I know". Most of the people I know have a masters degree or higher. But I know that's not representative of the general public.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Airfare also sometimes will vary by aircraft type and time of day. Flights with a smaller % of seats sold often will be (at least somewhat) cheaper.

Some people prefer the twin aisle airplanes, which might cause those flight to sell more seats sooner, and the remaining seats often will be higher priced.

Try searching for a less convenient time or a smaller plane to see if that helps.

If one can tolerate a plane change, then a route to SFO via DEN might be cheaper. DEN has tons of plows, so surprisingly it is less affected by snow delays than ORD, and the terminal layout at DEN is much easier/faster to navigate than the maze at IAH.

Ummm... ChatGPT fail since it didn't pick up on the "summer" travel bit.