If you're looking to snag a deal on a new car, wait for Presidents’ Day. For a set of golf clubs or a grill, find promotions for your sought-after goodies around Fathers’ Day. And for that mondo-sized plasma, pack yourself a leftover turkey sandwich and prepare to do battle with the camped-out gadget geeks outside the electronics stores the day after Thanksgiving. But what about airfare? Is there a Black Friday for cheap flights?
There may just be. Airfarewatchdog Airfare Analyst Manager Gabriel Leung gets paid to hunt down the lowest-priced fares. Having observed countless sales throughout the years, Leung finds that “fluctuations mostly depend on other sales, and whether an airline has a new sale.” These days, the trendsetting carriers are Southwest and AirTran, which typically post their newest air sales on Tuesdays.
