FCF has your back with the latest new trend: Our newsroom has more flash fares on access than ever before. That’s because flash fares are lasting longer these days—they’re no longer Mayflies.
There’s one constant about airfares: They change constantly. The best airfares are like falling stars: You must catch them at just the right time.
Which, we admit, is hard to do. And which is why we’ve introduced Deal Tracking.
Starting this month, you’ll now:
- Run into ‘expired fares’ much less often, plus
- Be aware of older fares that are ‘still around’ which you might have missed.
We’ve put on new staff to monitor when a fare dies—they’ll also be finding new great deals as well. Here are the symbols you must know:
No symbol = Good deal, still valid.
Hot symbol = Great deal, still valid.
Ends Soon symbol = One or more of the fares in the alert has expired, and the others cited may expire soon. So hurry.
Expired symbol = Dead, expired deal.
WHY WE’VE CHANGED OUR COVERAGE
Not long ago flash fares were gone almost instantly, so if you were looking at the deal a week later, it was inevitably gone.
But the ground has changed. Now, many flash sales last longer—days and even weeks. So, if you see a deal without an ‘expired’ mark, it means that FCF’s team has checked it in the last 24 to 48 hours (minus weekends) to ascertain that it’s still there.
EXPIRED DEALS
Why show expired deals? It’s FCF’s fare memory, a record of what’s happened, which shows the current state of “fare play.” Airlines often bring the same deals back later, or similar deals, so this section gives you a baseline for a given route, and what the future might hold.
THE DEAL TRACKER
Here are the top deals still valid in our newsroom at time of publication…
9/29/17: New Business Class Fares to Beijing From U.S. & Canada Starting at US$1,928 R/T
9/25/17: Top Ten Business Class Fares from Boston to Europe, Starting at $1,715
9/22/17: New Hawaii Business Class Fares Found at 40% Off
9/21/17: New South & East Africa Business Class Fares Found at 37% Off
9/15/17: Top Ten Business Class Fares from the West Coast to Europe, Up to 37% Off
9/14/17: Top Ten Business Class Fares from New York to Europe, Up to 43% Off
Live deals are at time of publishing.
What you should do with Live Deals?
Confirm them fast without commitment: Remember that 13 airlines (and some of their partners) allow you to lock-in a flash airfare. See FCF’s July report on How to Hold Amazing Business and First Class Flash Fares Before They Disappear into a Black Hole.
At FCF, we call it “Look, Lock, Book.” Find the fare, use a lock option, and then book (or not) based on further research or whatever else factors into your travel plans. Look at the “lock” cost as insurance.