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hopper vs kayak price prediction?

132 10 January 31, 2018 at 01:36 PM
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Hopper says wait, kayak says buy...

Anyone have thoughts on these 2 price prediction tools?

I notice hopper says wait, but make sure to purchase by March 24

While kayak says buy because they don't see the price going down in the next 7 days...

Does kayak look long term? Or literally, just 7 day out advice?

Thanks
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LukaszB
04-05-2018 at 03:41 PM.
04-05-2018 at 03:41 PM.
I have same issue now Frown. What did You end up doing?
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04-05-2018 at 04:55 PM.
04-05-2018 at 04:55 PM.
I watched for a while for Hartford to Fort Lauderdale round trip tickets for June 22 - 30. After about 2 weeks, I bought my return ticket on Southwest for $113 for a non-stop. It was close to 4 weeks before I bought a departure flight. Flights in the summer were going up and sales blacked out a lot of summer dates. Finally, a JetBlue flight for $134 (also non-stop) opened up. Being summer, I don't expect that either site's ability to predict is as accurate as it is during the school year.

Neither site includes Southwest in their comparison. You do have to search their site on your own. Keep in mind that they allow TWO free checked bags in addition to your carry-ons. Also, if prices go down, and you rebook they will refund the difference in the form of a LUV voucher that you can apply to another flight within a year.

Also, I've noticed Hopper to be $5 per flight more than some of the other sites.
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04-07-2018 at 08:49 AM.
04-07-2018 at 08:49 AM.
Neither Delta nor Southwest share their data with Hopper. Easyjet and Ryanair (Europe) do not either. You would still need to handsearch for these airlines.
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