Book your flight ticket for this date and you'll save money

Already wanted travel plans for this summer? Join the club. A trip to Ivory Coast, plans for Asia, and maybe another nice weekend in Lisbon: I want it all. And while you might be thinking now: Look, what are you rambling about, it's only January (freezing cold and shit), but, travel buddies, if you want to fly away this summer, you better hurry up with booking that ticket.

Research from comparison site Tix shows: after January 28, all prices generally go up. Yes, so hurry up, because we have two days to be precise.

The cheapest flights are when you book between October and December for the following year, while the most expensive booking moment is usually just before departure, as the research shows, which analyzed ticket prices for summer vacations over the past three years.

For everyone wondering how it can be that flight tickets are sometimes ‘four times more expensive’ and then again ‘cheap’: it all has to do with airlines constantly balancing on the edge of ‘what can we do to fill this plane in the most profitable way?’. With a price that is too high, passengers switch to another airline, and with a price that is too low, the airline is leaving money on the table. This means that a flight ticket can be more expensive tomorrow than today, but a day later it can be cheaper again. Simple as it is. Lil’ Kleine ‘Alright, I guess I’ll go and book a ticket. And I don’t want to rush you, but you have 48 hours left. HURRY UP.

Already wanted travel plans for this summer? Join the club. A trip to Ivory Coast, plans for Asia, and maybe...