Believe it or not, this morning I bought an air ticket on Cathay Pacific’s website from San Francisco to Bangkok, departing November 11, returning Dec 12. The price for the economy class ticket was $975. If you followed my prior post, the fare yesterday was $925. Can you imagine by delaying my purchase for 12 hours, the price went up by $50? When I questioned a Cathay Pacific agent about this, they told me that there are different class of services available in economy class i.e. K, M, Y etc. and apparently the class of service on the return flight that would have enabled me to get the ticket for $925 was sold out – call it inventory control, hence I had to pay the higher fare. Hard to believe there's many people buying tickets 6 month in advance like me! What are the odds that the fare will come down? Hard to say - but if Cathay Pacific’s inventory is not moving 2 –3 months before departure, there may be a sale. Then again, with the increasing cost of fuel, maybe the prices will go up further yet in which case I was smart to buy the ticket now. Your guess is as good as mine.

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