Jovialcho:

For budget air, different case...

Kangaroos_kang:

Heard that in other country, SQ will refund you the fares differences.
Example : if u bought yr ticket for S$1500, few days later, you change the date and there are cheaper category (total new adjusted price S$1100), SQ will refund u the airfares S$400 differences.

sparks:

no, i dont think so too. i track d airlines instead by signing up to receive promo news n store them in my travel folders so that i can gauge the promo period for my date of travel n ensure i get d best price n timing among the various airlines. the airline industry is just too competitive nowadays.

ngl2010:

Since 20 years ago I am already aware that availability of seats and travel dates affect airfare. However, the current technology is much more sophisticated than that.


I couldn't find my magazine but here is the link to USA Today and BBC on the matter.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/columnist/mcgee/2013/04/03/do-travel-deals-change-based-on-your-browsing-history/2021993/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20353321

I am quoting one paragraph from USA Today:

Quote from USA Today:

Back in 2007, on behalf of Consumers Union, I spent many hours examining this issue, and conducted extensive testing using multiple computers with multiple browsers. In one case, we searched a major travel site for a fare from New York City to Sydney, Australia under identical, real-time, apples-to-apples circumstances with two different browsers; one was cleared of all cookies and one had a robust history of purchasing flights. We found the cleared browser offered fares ranging from $1,770 to $1,950, while the second browser could only find a fare of $2,116. Although a company spokesperson said there is no \"user differentiation\" based on buying histories, industry analysts, journalists and consumers have been noticing this trend for years now.

I started suspecting it in 2011 but only this year I read about it.

KSP:

i think the price increases when the date of travel is closer and seats get lesser.....

floppy:

Airline doesn't do that, I am quite sure of that. You can check the website a hundred times and that action (checking) has no effect on the selling price.

Quote from USA Today:

Back in 2007, on behalf of Consumers Union, I spent many hours examining this issue, and conducted extensive testing using multiple computers with multiple browsers. In one case, we searched a major travel site for a fare from New York City to Sydney, Australia under identical, real-time, apples-to-apples circumstances with two different browsers; one was cleared of all cookies and one had a robust history of purchasing flights. We found the cleared browser offered fares ranging from $1,770 to $1,950, while the second browser could only find a fare of $2,116. Although a company spokesperson said there is no \"user differentiation\" based on buying histories, industry analysts, journalists and consumers have been noticing this trend for years now.

ngl2010:

slmkhoo:

I thought that the price increase is due to ticket sales. The airlines probably have an algorithm that increases the prices as the no. of seats available decreases. I'm not sure that it's due to their tracking who is checking. We have booked on AirAsia and Tiger before, and the price does remain the same sometimes, but as it gets closer to the travel date and ticket nos. reduce faster, the prices may go up very quickly.

It is due to that and also the airline is tracking our visit. I have always suspected that. My suspicion was confirmed when I read about it in Wired Magazine. Let me try to find the magazine.

slmkhoo:

I thought that the price increase is due to ticket sales. The airlines probably have an algorithm that increases the prices as the no. of seats available decreases. I'm not sure that it's due to their tracking who is checking. We have booked on AirAsia and Tiger before, and the price does remain the same sometimes, but as it gets closer to the travel date and ticket nos. reduce faster, the prices may go up very quickly.