Not exact matches
First - class tickets are easily three or four times the price
of economy - class tickets, according to
data from Hopper, and
airfare prediction app.
To give you an idea
of the differences between last year's travel budget and what you may be paying this year, we looked at what a seven day vacation for a family
of four would cost you, excluding
airfare (based on
data from Budget Your Trip and currency exchange rate
data from Bloomberg).
First, we used
data from the U.S. Department
of Transportation to find the average cost
of roundtrip
airfare to the top 100 airports in the country.
Analyzing historical
data from trillions
of flights, Hopper is an
airfare forecasting app that predicts when to book your flight for the best available price.
The group estimated that lack
of consumer access to fare and schedule
data could mean an increase
of up to 11 percent in ticket prices, so that «223 million American leisure and unmanaged business travelers would pay $ 6.7 billion more in
airfares, and it may result in up to 41 million passengers annually choosing not to fly because
of higher ticket prices.»
Airfare data represents the average
of lowest available
airfares on the days in the study for 7 day roundtrips.
Methodology: The
data of travelers» bookings from the U.S. to top European airports purchased from January to April in 2015 and 2016, for travel dates between Memorial Day and Labor Day, including
airfare and package paths for partners offering Allianz Global Assistance travel insurance in the booking path for the entirety
of both purchase periods.
Methodology: The
data of U.S. travelers» booking intent to purchase flights around Christmas was gathered by analyzing the number
of customers that went through the online booking process
of airfare and package paths for partners offering Allianz Global Assistance travel insurance to generate itineraries for travel around Christmas (12/20/2016 — 12/28/2016).
The
data of U.S. travelers» 2017 Spring Break plans was gathered by analyzing the number
of customers that went through the online booking process
of airfare and package paths for partners offering Allianz Global Assistance travel insurance to generate itineraries for roundtrip flights from the U.S. during Spring Break season (2/24/2017 — 4/9/2017) for trips between five and eight days in length.
* Methodology: The
data of U.S. travelers» 2017 Spring Break plans was gathered by analyzing the number
of customers that went through the online booking process
of airfare and package paths for partners offering Allianz Global Assistance travel insurance to generate itineraries for roundtrip flights from the U.S. during Spring Break season (2/24/2017 — 4/9/2017) for trips between five and eight days in length.
** Methodology: The
data of travelers» bookings from the U.S. to Brazil airports purchased from September to May in 2015 and 2016, for travel dates between July and August, including
airfare and package paths for partners offering Allianz Global Assistance travel insurance in the booking path for the entirety
of both purchase periods.
* Methodology: The
data of U.S. travelers» 2017 summer travel plans was gathered by analyzing the number
of travelers that went through the online booking process
of airfare and package paths for partners offering Allianz Global Assistance travel to generate itineraries for roundtrip flights departing from US airports during 5/29/17 — 9/4/2017 for trips between 5 - 8 days in length.
The
data of U.S. travelers» 2017 summer travel plans was gathered by analyzing the number
of travelers that went through the online booking process
of airfare and package paths for partners offering Allianz Global Assistance travel to generate itineraries for roundtrip flights departing from US airports during 5/29/17 — 9/4/2017 for trips between 5 - 8 days in length.
* Methodology: The
data of U.S. travelers» 2018 Valentine's day travel plans was gathered by analyzing the number
of travelers that went through the online booking process
of airfare and package paths for partners offering Allianz Global Assistance travel to generate itineraries for flights departing from US airports during 2/9/2018 - 2/11/2018 and returning 2/10/2018 - 2/12/2018 for two travelers and staying at least one night.
* Methodology: The
data of U.S. travelers» 2017 Thanksgiving travel plans was gathered by analyzing the number
of travelers that went through the online booking process
of airfare and package paths for partners offering Allianz Global Assistance travel to generate itineraries for roundtrip flights departing from US airports during 11/18 - 11/23/2017 and returning 11/23 - 11/28/2017.
* Methodology: The
data of U.S. travelers» Valentine's Day plans was gathered by analyzing the number
of travelers that went through the online booking process
of airfare and package paths for partners offering Allianz Global Assistance travel to purchase roundtrip flights for two passengers departing from U.S. airports 2/10/2017 — 2/12/2017 and returning 2/12/2017 — 2/13/2017 and staying at least one night.
The
data of U.S. travelers» Valentine's Day plans was gathered by analyzing the number
of travelers that went through the online booking process
of airfare and package paths for partners offering Allianz Global Assistance travel to purchase roundtrip flights for two passengers departing from U.S. airports 2/10/2017 — 2/12/2017 and returning 2/12/2017 — 2/13/2017 and staying at least one night.
Make Sure the Site Covers Delta Speaking
of Delta, that airline restricts where its
airfare data appear on some popular third - party sites such as Hopper, Hipmunk, TripAdvisor and FareCompare.com, so beware.