Comments on: Everything All The Time http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/2008/03/30/everything-all-the-time/ Sun, 12 Apr 2026 13:06:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Leigha http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/2008/03/30/everything-all-the-time/#comment-36901 Leigha Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:59:12 +0000 http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/2008/03/30/everything-all-the-time/#comment-36901 Hope Portland is treating you well! Not sure how often you take vacations (so this may not prove relevant for quite some time) but wanted to share with you my two favorite flight-sites: 1) Flyspy - this was created by a bunch of dudes in Minneapolis who needed to know the best time to purchase tickets. Therefore, the only outgoing option is Minneapolis. It's AWESOME. I think it only covers NWA flights, but I know that Sun Country matches most of the fares and destinations. 2) Farecast - this is a huge search engine where you plug in the dates you'd like to fly, then they tell you with various percentages of certainty whether to buy immediately, buy soon, or wait, based on aggregates of past fares over the same time frame. Using this one (because Flyspy was temporarily unavailable), I caught tickets to San Diego for $150 less than the entire month prior, and $50 less than the very next day. Hope Portland is treating you well! Not sure how often you take vacations (so this may not prove relevant for quite some time) but wanted to share with you my two favorite flight-sites:

1) Flyspy - this was created by a bunch of dudes in Minneapolis who needed to know the best time to purchase tickets. Therefore, the only outgoing option is Minneapolis. It’s AWESOME. I think it only covers NWA flights, but I know that Sun Country matches most of the fares and destinations.

2) Farecast - this is a huge search engine where you plug in the dates you’d like to fly, then they tell you with various percentages of certainty whether to buy immediately, buy soon, or wait, based on aggregates of past fares over the same time frame. Using this one (because Flyspy was temporarily unavailable), I caught tickets to San Diego for $150 less than the entire month prior, and $50 less than the very next day.

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