Early Booking of Flights

In almost all tips for finding cheap flights, we say that the earlier a flight ticket is purchased, the cheaper it will be.

Early booking of flights is the main condition for buying cheap tickets!

Let's look at this with an example. Let's take a Moscow - Sochi flight and check the cost, depending on the number of days remaining until departure. Today is January 23rd. To start, let's check the ticket price for a flight departing in three days, i.e., January 26th:

When booking a flight ticket 30 days in advance, the price will decrease slightly and will be 8,391 rubles:

If we buy a ticket on Kupi.com a month and a half before departure, it will cost us 7,789 rubles, which is 602 rubles cheaper.

And 2 months in advance - only 6,925 rubles. More clearly, the change in flight ticket prices to Sochi can be seen on the graph:

In the period from 3 to 14 days before departure, the price is relatively stable, and then it starts to fall. The cheapest ticket to Sochi can be bought 2 months before departure. Since Sochi, like the entire Black Sea coast, is a seasonal destination, prices will start to rise from May, but the trend will remain the same - the earlier you buy a ticket on Kupi.com, the more money you save. Let's consider an example of early flight booking on one of the most popular routes among Russian tourists: Moscow - Bangkok: The graph shows the cost of a direct flight. As you can see, the price drops lower and lower with each week. The cheapest flights to Thailand can be bought 3 and 5 months before departure. The difference in cost in this case is 28,755 rubles! As you can see, planning your trip in advance is very beneficial. This applies not only to flights but also to hotel bookings. Even if a visa is required for the trip and you don't have it yet, you can buy a flight ticket on Kupi.com several months in advance and get a refund if the visa is denied. Read more about this in the article "Can I buy a flight ticket on Kupi.com without a visa?" Early booking of flights does not work only in three cases:

• If the airline is running a promotion or a flight sale.
• If your travel time falls on national holidays, festivals, or other important events that attract many tourists.
• If all cheap tickets for your dates have been bought up by more agile tourists :)